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Date: | Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:15:39 -0400 |
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On 03/31/2013 02:59 PM, Markus Hitter wrote: >> It is Arduino code compatible but uses a faster ARM chip > > Why not use an original Arduino, then, which is also ARM based these days? > > > This Kickstarter stuff makes me cringe. One couldn't try harder to get > engineers into producing well marketed, but hastily engineered stuff than by > bidding on products which don't even exist, yet. And showing how many > hundreds of thousands of bucks one can make that way. Makes everybody doing > carefully designed, sustainable and well supported engineering masterpieces > feel like an idiot. It certainly makes ME feel like an idiot...for not having thought of it first! A board like that can be designed in an afternoon if you're familiar with the parts and already have symbols and footprints. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
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