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this appears to be a complete upgrade * from the Spark Core, correct? So waiting 5 months will get you a better product at half the price?
* it appears to be missing the option for external flash storage, but that's not a big deal as they've upgraded the built in storage.
As a wifi -> GPIO board, this seems to be similar to the Electric Imp, but better since it doesn't use their misguided SD card form-factor or their blink-up nonsense. They also have a web-based ide, as well as a downloadable ide. I've not tried either of those out, but the downloadable IDE (though no Linux support) means I can use the same version control tools (ie git) to manage it, which is a huge win over Electric…
As a wifi -> GPIO board, this seems to be similar to the Electric Imp, but better since it doesn't use their misguided SD card form-factor or their blink-up nonsense. They also have a web-based ide, as well as a downloadable ide. I've not tried either of those out, but the downloadable IDE (though no Linux support) means I can use the same version control tools (ie git) to manage it, which is a huge win over Electric…
The SD card is not the only form factor the Imp is available in they also sell a surface mount module.
http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/IMP002-S-US-TR/1413...
This seems like a version of the Tessel[0] that isn't as overpriced[1]. [0] https://tessel.io/ [1] https://shop.trycelery.com/page/tec
As a wifi -> GPIO board, this seems to be similar to the Electric Imp, but better since it doesn't use their misguided SD card form-factor or their blink-up nonsense. They also have a web-based ide, as well as a downloadable ide. I've not tried either of those out, but the downloadable IDE (though no Linux support) means I can use the same version control tools (ie git) to manage it, which is a huge win over Electric…
That said, this is a pretty interesting price point. I find myself unable to resist ordering a couple :-).
Oh, and to answer your question, when folks say "Spark" they generally think of the "Core" which was $39 (or twice as much) so this really is saying, "hey a new cost reduced version of the Spark core."
That countdown showing the number of remaining orders with free shipping is a stroke of marketing genius. It certainly worked on me.
Based on these specs: https://store.spark.io/ this appears to be a complete upgrade * from the Spark Core, correct? So waiting 5 months will get you a better product at half the price? * it appears to be missing the option for external flash storage, but that's not a big deal as they've upgraded the built in storage.
As a wifi -> GPIO board, this seems to be similar to the Electric Imp, but better since it doesn't use their misguided SD card form-factor or their blink-up nonsense. They also have a web-based ide, as well as a downloadable ide. I've not tried either of those out, but the downloadable IDE (though no Linux support) means I can use the same version control tools (ie git) to manage it, which is a huge win over Electric…
"misguided SD card form-factor" The SD card is not the only form factor the Imp is available in they also sell a surface mount module. http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/IMP002-S-US-TR/1413...
I mean, to be pedantic, they'll also sell you the chip by itself, sans FCC certification, which is even more* useless.
* http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/LBWA1ZV1CD-TEMP/490...
That countdown showing the number of remaining orders with free shipping is a stroke of marketing genius. It certainly worked on me.
It had the opposite effect on me. I saw that I missed out on free shipping so I didn't order one.
It started as white and 1000/1000, so I wasn't sure if that meant all were available or none were available - I suspected all were available.
Then I scrolled down and the progress bar became blue and looked more as though none were available.