12-bit ADCs! Woohoo! If they ever reach 16-bits (or beyond!), our lab may buy them weekly. The 10-bit resolution of the Arduino ADC is the biggest single thing

12-bit ADCs! Woohoo! If they ever reach 16-bits (or beyond!), our lab may buy them weekly. The 10-bit resolution of the Arduino ADC is the biggest single thing that's kept us from switching to them for general-purpose DAQ. The speed with which Physics undergrads can pick up the Arduino environment trumps anything else we use. Yes, we can implement I2C/SPI communication to another ADC chip, but the development environment isn't nearly as stable (chips and vendor-specific serial protocols change). The knowledge that the Arduino codebase should remain moderately stable over time makes it worth our trouble to develop for it. Thank you, Arduino-folk!