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12/28/10 17:33
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 		 #180318 - re: broad span
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Per Westermark said:
Andy Peters said:
I really don't get the hobbyist mentality. Maybe it's because I do this for a living.

Most of commercial developers have:
- very little spare time to play around, so it's most economical to buy things if it saves times
- enough income to be able to buy their equipment tax free.

Quite a lot of hobbyists have almost no money at all to spend on their hobby. But they may sometimes have almost infinite amounts of time.


I'm not saying "build everything from scratch."

I'm saying, instead of buying an Arduino for fifty bucks, why not just get an SiLabs board? I realize that there's this weird ecosystem built up around a supposedly "open-source hardware design," but fer cryin' out loud, the Arduinos are nothing special. And, one more time: debug support for the SiLabs parts is sooooo much better than what the Arduinos offer.

Oh, and this is very interesting. Bugs in the hardware design that Sparkfun doesn't acknowledge or want to fix?

-a

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[ARM] derivative choice            01/01/70 00:00      
   an illusion            01/01/70 00:00      
      ?            01/01/70 00:00      
         Possibility            01/01/70 00:00      
            pins and what they are            01/01/70 00:00      
               the reason to differentiate is...            01/01/70 00:00      
   None?            01/01/70 00:00      
   There's no PDIP pins            01/01/70 00:00      
   Product upgrade?            01/01/70 00:00      
      i'm not            01/01/70 00:00      
   Nuvoton NuMicro M051            01/01/70 00:00      
      Don't see it [Ed]            01/01/70 00:00      
         You cannot see it? c'mon! ;-)            01/01/70 00:00      
         pinout and compatibility            01/01/70 00:00      
   arn is not for hobbies            01/01/70 00:00      
      Oh yes it is!            01/01/70 00:00      
         I didn't type            01/01/70 00:00      
            Yes, you did!            01/01/70 00:00      
               Good hobby processor            01/01/70 00:00      
                  cheaper evaluation boards            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Debugging support really is vital            01/01/70 00:00      
                        debug            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Arduino            01/01/70 00:00      
                              silabs equivalent to arduino            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Broad span of resources available            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    absolutely, however            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       Which means we must motivate people            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          toolstick is cheaper            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    re: broad span            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       Imagination            01/01/70 00:00      
               I meant...            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Not relevant            01/01/70 00:00      
                     but            01/01/70 00:00      
                        google            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Solder all - then clean up            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Agree ... it's all in the flux and wick            01/01/70 00:00      
                           hard to solder            01/01/70 00:00      
                              see 2 ways            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Hard to ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    You just aren't listening, are you?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       hard or not            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       re: just not listening            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Don't solder pad for pad            01/01/70 00:00      
                        oy            01/01/70 00:00      

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