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The code. The shields are pretty worthless, but the availability of libraries and example code is excellent. Instead of working out all the fine details of I2C
by Hasz 9y ago
The code. The shields are pretty worthless, but the availability of libraries and example code is excellent.
Instead of working out all the fine details of I2C, I can call a well developed function that takes care of all that for me. Instead of spending days writing a graphics library, I can find an off the shelf GFX library that has more features/is faster/ etc
The ability to move quickly with well documented, prebuilt libraries is invaluable when you want to get something up and running ASAP.
Once you're ready to develop it, then you can go back, strip out everything that's not needed, rewrite things, etc.
That's the beauty of Arduino.
- Doxin 9y agoHint if you're going the no-shields route: Go for the arduino pro mini. It's the same thing in a different format, and a bunch cheaper.
- LeifCarrotson 9y agoThe problem is that there are a lot of Arduino form-factor mainboards from other manufacturers (like the one in the article) which have no code provided. But manufacturers cargo-cult into the form factor without realizing that code is the important thing.