[TriEmbed] Arduinos and the TSA

[Sofie Permana]

I don't think you will. They are very strict about pointy/sharp objects and
fluid - which I hope your stuff don't have. I would just put it in a
container/Tupperware and put it out of the bag to the prepared bin during
scanning for showing good intention - same like what you do with notebook
and other metals.


On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Rodney Radford <ncgadgetry at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would not recommend taking the items on the plane as luggage, but as
> long as you are checking it under, you should have no problems.  I have
> carried Arduinos, Raspberry Pis, other development boards, keyboards, mice,
> hubs, power supplies, etc on trips and have never had a problem.
>
> The only 'ussue' I have ever had was a bit funny and was pre-TSA.  I
> carried a full set of tools on the plane, including knives, pliers,
> screwdrivers, along with a robot that I had built.  Again, this was
> pre-9/11 and pre-TSA and the thought of it being a problem never crossed my
> mind (naive).
>
> At the baggage Xray, they ran my bags through, stopped, backed them up and
> ran them through again.  They then called over someone else to look at it
> and ran it through a second time.  I tried to explain what it was, but they
> did not want to hear my story. On the third run, they pulled my tools and
> my robot off the conveyor belt, leaving on my 11 year old daughter's bag on
> the conveyor for the 3rd run. They then pulled it off the conveyor, opened
> it up, talked and finally realized what the issue was and ran just one item
> from her baggage through before putting it back in the bag and waiving us
> on.
>
> So with all my tools, robot, etc - what was the ONE item that concerned
> them?  A hair brush... not sure why, but it was being flagged as an issue
> until they examined carefully.
>
> So I can't promise you will have smooth sailing if something as simple as
> a brush can alert security, but I can say I have flown several times since
> then, post TSA, with no further problems.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Lauren Putvin <lewoods at ncsu.edu> wrote:
>
>>  Hello all,
>>
>>
>>
>> I’m a grad student and using an Arduino with some sensors attached as
>> part of my grad school project.  I’d like to take it with me on vacation to
>> work on it some and was hoping some of you had experience in this area.  I
>> don’t think they are specifically disallowed by the TSA, but do you get the
>> back room special treatment for taking a microcontroller with you as a
>> carry on or in your luggage?  I’d like to minimize the pain since I will
>> have to make connections and don’t want to miss those because of hours of
>> security BS.
>>
>>
>>
>> Lauren Putvin
>>
>> Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student
>>
>> Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines http://www.crim.ncsu.edu/
>>
>> North Carolina State University
>>
>> 919-599-1727 (mobile)
>>
>> 919-515-7016 (lab)
>>
>>
>>
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