@ShrimpingIt

General information

We host documentation enabling non-specialists to use prototyping materials such as breadboard and stripboard to create a substitute for the Arduino Uno for about a tenth of the price.

We aim to progressively document complete projects using similar prototype materials, building on the @ShrimpingIt circuit, to help people get going on their maker careers.

We’re not a shop, and we aim to make it possible for anyone to follow along without buying anything from us. The information of where we buy our stuff is at the Bill of Materials page and a minimal guide to build our Arduino-compatible is available on the Shrimp page. We are hoping to act as a point of coordination for bulk-buying so if that’s of interest, get in touch.

The aim is that guiding teachers, young people and novice makers through this very flexible and empowering way of working will mean they are in a much better position to cheaply and easily create their own physical computing projects.

We try to ensure binary and pin-compatibility, so that any Arduino project can be replicated using a #Shrimp. That’s because there’s a huge community of practitioners, prepared software, resources and project ideas which assume you are using an Arduino.

Grab us on Twitter @ShrimpingIt or contact us via the website if you need anything else or are just interested in collaborating on this project.