Hi Arduino's original popularity was based on low cost. These days you can get a *lot* more for your money.
Bob On Jan 2, 2013, at 8:07 PM, Jim Lux <jim...@earthlink.net> wrote: > On 1/2/13 4:46 PM, Bob Camp wrote: >> Hi >> >> That's the point I've been trying to make for about a month now. At some >> point, for a hobby project, the cost of the CPU becomes irrelevant. In my >> book, once the CPU goes below the price of lunch at McDonalds, it really >> doesn't matter much. >> >> > > yes.. it's all about ease of interfacing and ease of programming. (unless > you're making hundreds or 1000s of them) > > This is why Arduino is so popular.. dead simple for a lot of hackery kinds of > things. The "first steps" on the learning stairway are pretty darn low (to > the point that *artists* use them <grin>.. what is the world of computers > coming to?) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
