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~$100 ARM M7 at 480MHz and ARM M4 at 240MHz 2MB SDRAM 16MB Flash USB, host and device WiFi Bluetooth 10/100 Ethernet MIPI DSI lcd panel DisplayPort ove

by jws 7y ago

~$100 ARM M7 at 480MHz and ARM M4 at 240MHz 2MB SDRAM 16MB Flash USB, host and device WiFi Bluetooth 10/100 Ethernet MIPI DSI lcd panel DisplayPort over USB-C (graphics out) Integrated Li-Po charger 3x ADC 16 bit 2x DAC 12 bit, 1MHz 4x UART 22x Timers 2.95µA in standby mode That's obviously way too much to come out of the Arduino style pins. There are two 80 pin high density connectors on the back which have everything on them.

wrycoder 7y ago
The price seems very high for the category.
- sgillen 7y ago
  Arduino's have always been a little pricy for the hardware you get. I think a lot of what you pay for (at least for a regular, non pro, Arduino) is the ease of use and the eco system. That being said, do you have any examples of other entries in this category that are suitable for industrial / automotive use?
  - rtkwe 7y ago
    Yeah you pay for the hobby convenience of flashing over USB on the regular board which is a nice convenience when you're just noodling around with a project not intended to become a product. (Or doing rough PoC prototypes where iteration speed is important).
    - sgillen 7y ago
      Definitely, looks like others are taking note. All of TIs newish launchpads seem to have a built in usb debugger/programmer. Pretty sure that was a direct response to the popularity of Arduino.
      - mrguyorama 7y ago
        Eh, TI has been doing the in circuit programming route on their BASIC Stamp boards since before USB was popular. I don't think they had anything special for debugging though
  - PeanutNore 7y ago
    There's little reason to commit a whole Arduino board to a project when you can easily flash the Arduino bootloader onto an ATMega and embed one in your gadget. I think I own exactly two Arduinos: an UNO SMD edition that I use for flashing bootloaders on ATMegas and programming ATTinys, and a regular UNO that I stuck a ZIF socket on that I use to program ATMegas.
- mbanzi 7y ago
  the product starts a 49. it's an industrial product with industrial temperature grade parts. it's also a quantity 1 price. if you buy in bulk directly the price comes down
- dragontamer 7y ago
  > The price seems very high for the category. Does anyone else remember when a Keil C 8051 at 20MHz devkit would cost you several hundred dollars for the hardware, and then several hundred dollars for the compiler? I remember... it was like... what? 10 years ago? Not actually very long ago...

by jws 7y ago

wrycoder 7y ago

The price seems very high for the category.

sgillen 7y ago
Arduino's have always been a little pricy for the hardware you get. I think a lot of what you pay for (at least for a regular, non pro, Arduino) is the ease of use and the eco system. That being said, do you have any examples of other entries in this category that are suitable for industrial / automotive use?
- rtkwe 7y ago
  Yeah you pay for the hobby convenience of flashing over USB on the regular board which is a nice convenience when you're just noodling around with a project not intended to become a product. (Or doing rough PoC prototypes where iteration speed is important).
  - sgillen 7y ago
    Definitely, looks like others are taking note. All of TIs newish launchpads seem to have a built in usb debugger/programmer. Pretty sure that was a direct response to the popularity of Arduino.
    - mrguyorama 7y ago
      Eh, TI has been doing the in circuit programming route on their BASIC Stamp boards since before USB was popular. I don't think they had anything special for debugging though
- PeanutNore 7y ago
  There's little reason to commit a whole Arduino board to a project when you can easily flash the Arduino bootloader onto an ATMega and embed one in your gadget. I think I own exactly two Arduinos: an UNO SMD edition that I use for flashing bootloaders on ATMegas and programming ATTinys, and a regular UNO that I stuck a ZIF socket on that I use to program ATMegas.
mbanzi 7y ago
the product starts a 49. it's an industrial product with industrial temperature grade parts. it's also a quantity 1 price. if you buy in bulk directly the price comes down
dragontamer 7y ago
> The price seems very high for the category. Does anyone else remember when a Keil C 8051 at 20MHz devkit would cost you several hundred dollars for the hardware, and then several hundred dollars for the compiler? I remember... it was like... what? 10 years ago? Not actually very long ago...