There are some amateur radio groups. Robotics group in Eden Prairie or somewhere southwest. Maker movement and many kits using Arduino (microcontoller) http://www.tcmaker.org/blog/2012/01/minnesota-2020-inside-the-maker-movement/ RepRap development in meetup groups like http://msp3d.com/ (3d printing) Even Radio Shack has a lot of kits and components available nowadays. Does "outstate" mean rural Minnesota or "out of state?" > I was involved with this group years ago. Live outstate. Using opensuse > 11.3 (used SuSE since 6.1, tried others). Just posted links to Linux > programs using serial port here: >> http://community.freepascal.org:10000/bboards/message?message_id=715768&forum_id=24083 >> > > I have had some luck with AVR microcontrollers on serial port. > > But I can't figure out how to put any little electronics hardware > together. I need to reconnect to the Twin Cities tech arts scene. > Suggestions welcome. > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >