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Arduino Announces New Changes "Dinner is Ready"
- atomical 16y agoI think the branded web store might overshadow a lot of the work that other suppliers are doing. They have a competitive advantage. If someone is browsing the site they will most likely buy directly from them.
- jbarham 16y agoBut only if they have local fulfillment. I can't see how it would be cheaper to ship boards from Italy vs. say Sparkfun for US customers.
- maximilian 16y agoAlso, sparkfun has much more compelling hardware offerings that have much smaller and useful form-factors that are pin-compatable with the arduino hardware (just not form-compatable).
- billswift 16y agoAmazon carries some Arduino boards and kits, that's where I got mine. Also, though I have seen places to order clones, there is a question about their compatibility, at least of the couple I have seen - which their sites and order forms don't adequately address.
- jbarham 16y agoI was almost hoping they'd be upgrading to a 32-bit ARM chip vs. the 8-bit Atmel. Can anyone recommend ARM boards with similar I/O capabilities to the Arduino? I'm interested in something that you could use for embedded robotics but powerful enough to run a real OS so that you could do real-time image processing.
- cewawa 16y agoAdafruit.com have MicroBuilder LPC1343 boards and the Chumby hacker board. And there's always a Beagleboard
- nitrogen 16y agoCan anyone recommend a voltage level translator for the Beagleboard? Edit: to interface between the 1.8V I/O of the OMAP and the 5V I/O commonly used by other devices.
- neeson 16y agoHere you go: http://leaflabs.com/devices/maple/ http://leaflabs.com/devices/maple/
- jncraton 16y agoThis has an ARM Cortex A8, it runs Linux, and it is small enough for embedded robotics applications. http://www.gumstix.net/Setup-and-Programming/view/Overo-Setup-and-Programming/Overview/111.html http://www.gumstix.net/Setup-and-Programming/view/Overo-Setu...
- aberkowitz 16y agoBranding should be the last concern of Arduino. The name is practically synonymous with low cost, easy to program hardware.
- sliverstorm 16y agoTheir name is well-established, it is true. However, I gather the hope is that an actual brand image (e.g. "Pepsi") rather than a household word (such as 'a coke' referring to many different sodas, or "Kleenex" referring to all things facial tissue) will help combat the clones and rip-offs. Perhaps if only because customers will expect to see the company logo stamped on 'quality' hardware.
- limmeau 16y agoArduino hardware designs are/used to be available under GPL, so I hope the Italians won't start to "combat the clones".
- aberkowitz 16y agoThe whole point of Arduino is that anybody can make clones and derivatives. The only distinction is that the clones cannot be called arduino, which is why you see freeduino, seeeduino, etc.
- ugh 16y agoI was very confused after I first looked into Arduino. Branding provides much needed orientation, especially for those who are new to Arduino.
- kylemathews 16y agoIs there any boards out there that let you program in higher level languages such as Python? It'd be fun to hack on one of these but I'd rather use languages and techniques I'm used to.
- sliverstorm 16y ago> I'd rather use languages and techniques I'm used to This makes you sound incredibly unmotivated and lazy. FYI. Running a scripting language VM is massive overhead on little devices like these. Consider that the Arduino, last I checked, has 16k of code space, and most microcontrollers are in the same range. The Python VM itself is already measured in megabytes. You're going to have to take several steps up the ladder in terms of hardware. For further information: http://wiki.python.org/moin/EmbeddedPython http://wiki.python.org/moin/EmbeddedPython
- wzdd 16y agoThere is Netduino: http://netduino.com/ http://netduino.com/ I think it's worth having a bash in a lower-level language too, though. You'll notice the Netduino is a 48MHz ARM7 with 60K of RAM and 128K of Flash. By contrast, the Arduino Duemilanove is a 16MHz processor with 16K of Flash and 1K of RAM -- a far lower-specced chip, and very cheap (couple of dollars). Writing code in C (or Wiring, or whatever) for such tight constraints is part of the fun in my opinion. Edit: The BASIC Stamp is also really popular: http://www.parallax.com/tabid/295/Default.aspx http://www.parallax.com/tabid/295/Default.aspx
- oasisbob 16y agoHaven't used it, so I have no idea if it's been implemented in hardware beyond the concept, but there's always python-on-a-chip: http://code.google.com/p/python-on-a-chip/ http://code.google.com/p/python-on-a-chip/ That being said, programing on an Arduino is very simple and non-intimidating to the point of it being a running ironic joke on many hacking boards whenever a project doesn't involve an Arduino. (eg "Oh, nice logic analyzer you made from scratch with $3 worth of parts, too bad it doesn't involve an Arduino though...")
- evilduck 16y agoArduinos are pretty simple to program, and with data logging or ethernet shields, you can "control" the device over the network or perform data analysis off-device with a higher level language.
- limmeau 16y agoThey claim that advanced users can reprogram the USB-serial adapter to implement different USB device classes. Yummy!