<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Lauren,<br><br></div>Though I don't travel extensively, I frequently take my Arduino kit with me in my carry on baggage when I do fly. I found a small cardboard box that a NetGear adapter of some sort came in. I put pink static free foam in it and custom cut it to go around my tiny breadboard. Various discrete components are stuck in the foam for whatever I may be working on at the time, and a few jumper wires as well. Also inside the box is some packing tape that I can peel apart and several Liberty Bell forever stamps. On the outside of the box, I wrote my name and address with a sharpie marker. I also try very hard to have an Arduino textbook with a picture of an actual Arduino on the cover in my bag as well. When I go through security, I put the Arudino box in its own separate tray. I make eye contact with a TSA agent and point at the tray and say "Just wanted to let you know, I have some electronics in here."<br>
<br></div>Sometimes the agent will tell the screener, sometimes not. The most attention I have ever received has been entirely positive. "Thank you for letting us know." "It looks like you have done this before." Never really a second look. In the event that there is a problem, I am sure to be in the airport in plenty of time to back out, tape up the package and ship it home USPS.<br>
<br></div>I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this. I'm thrilled to be able to travel with it, but with the proper components, it would make a marvelous trigger. I will leave that discussion for others to debate.<br>
<br></div>When I get home, Ill try to take a picture and send it out.<br><br></div>Glen<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Lauren Putvin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lewoods@ncsu.edu" target="_blank">lewoods@ncsu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello all,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style>Lauren Putvin<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style>Biomedical Engineering Graduate
Student <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style>Center for Robotics and
Intelligent Machines </span><a href="http://www.crim.ncsu.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">http://www.crim.ncsu.edu/</span></a> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style>North Carolina State University <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style><a href="tel:919-515-7016" value="+19195157016" target="_blank">919-515-7016</a> (lab)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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