[C.CC USERS] Which Arduinos?

[Martin Ellis]

Defiantly agree about the Due.  It's too late, and too expensive.
Might make a good final year project though.


On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 3:32 PM, Matt Jadud <matt at jadud.com> wrote:

> 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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