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Is Arduino killing the electronic hobby?
FriedMule:
As a beginner do I look for all sort of funny and strange tasks / functions I can get done by building a circuit.
To do that do I use a lot of time to search the internet for simple solutions and explanations.
I.e.: Blinker, detectors, sound generators, remote control, volume control, dimmer and so on and on.
Unfortunately does it get harder to find a great solution, most are hidden among hundreds or even thousands of "solutions" stating the following: "with an Arduino", "just take an Arduino" or "It's super easy, why don't you simply just use an Arduino?"
To me is an Arduino a finished product you write some code too, while electronic is the assembling of discrete components.
Or if we look at paintings: You use years and years to learn to blend colors, get the stroke perfect to finally paint these amazing landscapes, the day after do I grab a camera, snap a picture and say "look it's much easier", but is it the same, even we both have created a picture of the landscape? I am not saying one thing is better than the other, just that it's two different skills, just like Arduino and Electronic is two different skills.
Is Arduino killing the electronic hobby? What do you think? :-)
ataradov:
No, it does not. It enables more people to do things that they would not have done before.
My issue with Arduino is that sometimes people that only used Arduino assume they know how to do actual product development and apply for the real programming jobs. That never ends well.
The fact that majority of stuff that required a ton of analog circuitry is now better done with $1 microcontroller is not related to Arduino. And Arduino examples for working with sensors or doing interesting things are fully transferable to any other MCU.
ledtester:
--- Quote ---... while electronic is the assembling of discrete components
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The way of doing electronics has changed:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/end-of-the-analog-era/
cortex_m0:
No, an arduino or other microcontroller is a perfectly acceptable piece of "electronics".
I also think modern cheap and powerful microcontrollers allow many things that were either very complicated or impossible decades ago, such as a timer that operates only Monday to Friday, or a display with the ability to interact with the user (via buttons or even bluetooth).
Imagine how much work it would have been in the 1980s to do something as simple as drive a seven-seg display with the setpoint for a thermostat by default, or the current temperature measurement when you press a button. That's certainly not impossible with logic chips, but I'd think it would be enough work to keep most hobbyists from trying. With Arduino, it's not difficult at all.
themadhippy:
No,if anything its given what was a dying hobby the kiss of life.
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