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Re:Why we won't be selling Genuino or Arduino any more by Karunamon on Thursday August 11, 2016 @10:30AM (#12268506)
No, they are not. One has more in common with a FPGA, the other is literally a Linux computer. Different complexity, different skillset, different use case.

..Unless you're talking about something like the Arduino Yun, which actually runs a Linux OS. But as an example, you're probably not going to build a wifi security camera on the original device.

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Re:Why we won't be selling Genuino or Arduino any more by azdle on Thursday August 11, 2016 @10:46AM (#12268617)
Yeah, but you're still talking about the raw technical implementation of how they work.

All I'm trying to say is that for the vast majority of users a raspberry pi can do anything that an arduino can. Sure you might not be able to so some super tight real-time stuff that you could do with hand-rolled asm that you could do on an arduino, but at that point you're more at the level of 'using an AVR' than 'using Arduino'.

When the problem is "I want to control some RGB LEDs" or something, either can be used. That means that they are of the same category.

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Re:Why we won't be selling Genuino or Arduino any more by Karunamon on Thursday August 11, 2016 @11:43AM (#12269142)
A rackmount server can control some RGB LEDs, if wired correctly. That doesn't mean a rackmount server is in the same category as a Pi.

Furthermore, most people using Pis and Ardunios are hobbyists who are necessarily familiar with the raw technical implementation and are choosing the product based on that technical data.

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Re:Why we won't be selling Genuino or Arduino any more by azdle on Thursday August 11, 2016 @11:49AM (#12269208)
Yeah, but if a rack-mount server was cheaper, easier to use, about the same size, and used a reasonable amount of power compared to an Arduino, I'd probably use a rack-mount server for all my DIY projects.
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Re:Why we won't be selling Genuino or Arduino any more by syntheticnature on Thursday August 11, 2016 @01:45PM (#12270272)
Digging into it, it looks like the Arduino and friends trump the Pi versus sleep/idle modes in terms of power draw, and that's likely useful for easy battery operation. If you're tapping mains power, it's likely a rounding error.

OTOH, all the folks saying the knockoffs are $2-10, that's cheaper than a Pi.

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