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Nitpick, but: > Arduino literally opened their platform to competitors and flourished. Arduino as a hardware manufacturer has collapsed in relevance in the la
by quailfarmer 4y ago
Nitpick, but:
> Arduino literally opened their platform to competitors and flourished.
Arduino as a hardware manufacturer has collapsed in relevance in the last 5 years, in part because they were continually undercut by clones and similar/compatible hardware. In their case, it seems intentional, Arduino IDEs openly allow other manufacturers to add support for new boards. I think this was always the ethos of the Arduino project, so it’s hard to make a comparison to Prusa
- cowl 4y agoArduino's difference was never their hardware manufacture. And cheaper clones did not contribute so much on their relevance collapse. It was their lack of advancement. Their competitors improved with things like 32bit Controllers, Wifi or other communication and integration options. On the other side of the spectrup rPI also made availble a much more powerful development platform for the same price and I would say better quality. The Arduino Idea to make device prototyping easier and cheaper flourished. It was a success and clones helped in that.