[C.CC USERS] Which Arduinos?

[Matt Jadud]

An interesting thought; I can always order more as necessary. But, at first
blush, I'd like to support what people are trying to use.

It looks like I'll order four types of board:

* Mega 1280 with FTDI
* Mega 2560 with 8u2
* Uno 328 with 16/8u2
* Leo 32u4


Based on questions on the list, I'll tackle them in the above order. I've
put the 1280/FTDI first because it should be a non-issue to get working
once the build is reassembled. The 2560 could run into bootloader issues,
depending on its age. The Leo might take a bit of work; I think we might
need a new wrapper for the processor. I'm not sure how similar it is to the
ATmega family.

I'll order two of each, so that if anyone comes along who wants to join in
on testing firmwares on boards over time, I can mail one out as volunteers
come along.

Although it wasn't mentioned, I want to hold off on committing to the Due.
I think its going to be a market flop; there are cheaper, more capable
boards out there at this point. I want to get us on a good little ARM
board, but the R-Pi is a much better space to be in (at the moment) I
think. Which will be another (small) piece of work to get it rolled into
the mix, but we'll get there. (Actually, just getting the Linux build up,
and then built on ARM, will take care of that.)

Cheers,
Matt



On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Mats Nyberg <mats at matsnyberg.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Couldn't you get a list based on sales from the Arduino guys?
>
> Cheers
> Mats
>
> Den 15 apr 2013 13.28 skrev "Martin Ellis" <ellism88 at gmail.com>:
>
> Nope sounds about right.
>> From what I have seen these are the most popular boards/chips out there
>> at the moment.
>>  - Uno ATmega328 with Atmega16U2 or Atmega8U2 for serial.
>>  - Leonardo ATmega32u4
>>  - Duemilanove with ATmega328p or older ones with ATmega168
>>
>> If you want to support the mega's as well that covers
>>  - Atmega2560 with ATMega 8U2  for serial
>>  - ATmega1280 (older).
>>
>> I "think" that's pretty complete.
>>
>> I wouldn't look at any older than these (4 years support for old devices
>> is enough?)
>>
>> --
>> M
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 2:10 AM, Matt Jadud <matt at jadud.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I'm going to be putting in a small budget request at my home
>> institution. I want to purchase versions of the Arduinos that people are
>> using (or trying to use) with our toolchain.
>> >
>> > I've started work on revitalizing our build tools, so that we can
>> release new Windows (7!) and Mac builds of the JEdit environment. I would
>> then like to make sure that we are supporting the things people are using
>> or trying to use.
>> >
>> > I really only have, at the moment, 2009-era Arduino devices at my
>> fingertips. Some questions came in recently about the 2560-devices with
>> either 8u2 or 16u2 interface chips; clearly, I need one of those fort
>> testing. Anything else?
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Matt
>> >
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