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Is Arduino killing the electronic hobby?
John B:
Without searching, I'm pretty sure this exact topic has been covered before on EEVBlog. When it comes to implementing logic, it's now practically impossible to walk past microcontrollers.
I've spent the last few days building a python program to control a lighting interface on an RPi. I mean, blinking LEDs without a full screen colour GUI and internet access? Lmao what year is this, 1990?
DiTBho:
--- Quote from: John B on June 21, 2021, 08:37:12 am ---it's now practically impossible to walk past microcontrollers.
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That's the usual sentence, written by those who think they have to use python to blink a led ;D
dl6lr:
--- Quote from: Karel on June 20, 2021, 12:40:41 pm ---I did! My older brother got this kit when I was a little kid. He played with it 3 times and that was it.
Than I took posession of it and I got addicted for the rest of my life.
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Oh, that is the newer version with plastic board, I started with the older Philips 1003/1004/1005/1006 with peg-board.
jonovid:
in my opinion Arduino is a trade mark. for do it yourself programmable computers on integrated circuits, before this we had
fixed single function integrated circuits as in the 555, before this transistor to transistor logic, vacuum tubes and telephone exchange technology.
history can get complicated if we try to add everything invented before we got here.
in my opinion, the history of electronics is important from an educational point of view.
because electronics is so complicated and diverse, starting at the beginning and continuing to the present time.
is a good place to start. the skill is knowing what parts of electronics history are important for getting to the final conclusion.
fourfathom:
--- Quote from: jonovid on June 21, 2021, 11:32:34 am ---in my opinion Arduino is a trade mark. for do it yourself programmable computers on integrated circuits, before this we had
fixed single function integrated circuits as in the 555, before this transistor to transistor logic, vacuum tubes and telephone exchange technology.
history can get complicated if we try to add everything invented before we got here.
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Don't forget, in the timeline between 555 and Arduino there was the PIC. Less up-front EE knowledge needed than the 555, but not as newbie-friendly as the Arduino. And I think it's all good.
By the way, CNC can be done easy and sleazy -- that's how I do it. I mill simple fixtures and panels, and do an adequate but hardly expert job. Before CNC I did shoddy work with a drill, saw, and file, so the only thing that's really changed is I have more tools available to be not-an-expert with.
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