Why we won't be selling Genuino or Arduino any more
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Why we won't be selling Genuino or Arduino any more
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Re: Why we won't be selling Genuino or Arduino any more
#2Cool. Now i can buy the cheap offbrand clones from Aliexpress without thinking i should have supported the actual creators.
Re: Why we won't be selling Genuino or Arduino any more
#3So basically the Arduino the Software Company (IDE), and Arduino the hardware supplier broke ties?
I use the ESP8266 which I do believe is an Arduino (Hardware) Killer. However, the Arduino IDE has amazing support for the ESP8266 among other hardware components.
This isn't a bad thing, at least for consumers, since I feel like Arduino (the hardware) is a few cycles behind (eg. Particle, CHIP, bbc micro, pi zero, nodemcu/esp8266... etc)
Re: Why we won't be selling Genuino or Arduino any more
#4So basically the Arduino the Software Company (IDE), and Arduino the hardware supplier broke ties? I use the ESP8266 which I do believe is an Arduino (Hardware) Killer. However, the Arduino IDE has amazing support for the ESP8266 among other hardware components. This isn't a bad thing, at least for consumers, since I feel like Arduino (the hardware) is a few cycles behind (eg. Particle, CHIP, bbc micro, pi zero, node…
I dunno about the ESP8266 being a Arduino killer- it doesn't handle analog very well last I checked.
But as for details over what happened, check this [1]hackaday article.
Re: Why we won't be selling Genuino or Arduino any more
#5Bah! Arduino is way overpriced for the specs anyway. Raspberry pi and others are where it's at now. But I do think there is a massive power usage difference.
Re: Why we won't be selling Genuino or Arduino any more
#6This is what happens when a company crosses the line from being a small, hacky, indie, startup shop to a corporation.
It's a line that can only be seen after you cross it, making it especially onerous.
Re: Why we won't be selling Genuino or Arduino any more
#7Bah! Arduino is way overpriced for the specs anyway. Raspberry pi and others are where it's at now. But I do think there is a massive power usage difference.
You're comparing a microcontroller (Arudino) with a computer (pi). They aren't the same thing.
Re: Why we won't be selling Genuino or Arduino any more
#8Bah! Arduino is way overpriced for the specs anyway. Raspberry pi and others are where it's at now. But I do think there is a massive power usage difference.
Raspberry Pi and Arduino aren't comparable...
Re: Why we won't be selling Genuino or Arduino any more
#9Bah! Arduino is way overpriced for the specs anyway. Raspberry pi and others are where it's at now. But I do think there is a massive power usage difference.
You're comparing a microcontroller (Arudino) with a computer (pi). They aren't the same thing.
Sure they are.
I mean, sure, you and I know the difference between an 8-bit micro with some friendly libraries and a 64-bit ARM SOC running a full OS. But for a lot of stuff they accomplish the exact same thing. So why not compare them by what most people do with them rather than their raw technical specs.
Re: Why we won't be selling Genuino or Arduino any more
#10Bah! Arduino is way overpriced for the specs anyway. Raspberry pi and others are where it's at now. But I do think there is a massive power usage difference.
Look at the esp8266, it's a tenth of the price of a pi, and it has built in wifi and is seriously tiny.
I'm currently using a couple around the house for controlling my lights. They come with great example code and libraries, including a webserver.