The lovechild of an alliance between Arduino and Pi?

That got your attention didn't it?

In fact, the item I am writing about is pretty much that thing. It's also very small, in fact it's Teensy. It's available from Cool Components and it's called the Teensy 3.0 board. An ARM chip with some very nice capabilities but also capable of running Arduino IDE produced software.

Go and have a look at the specifications and then look at the price and you will see why I'm getting enthusiastic about it. Always remember, however, that Cool Components price everything at net price so you will need to add your local VAT or equivalent to the quoted price of £16.71.

This months PC Pro (UK edition) has quite a spread on the Arduino platform with a project based on the Leonardo. It may even have helped me to solve a problem I am having with an 'if----else' loop.