Arduino has its place for self-taught hobbyists. For a lot of projects, a simple code is more than enough, so there is no point of going into the more advanced mcu like esp32 or stm32.
I think the pi pico is a different category of dev-board.
If you are a beginner, it won’t make a big difference, so you might as well go for the 200MHz pi pico instead of the arduino.
If you are more advanced and prefer C, setting up timers etc. will be a lot simpler with the arduino atmega-MCUs. The rp2040 of the pi has many more features and the configuration will be accordingly complex.
I haven’t looked into the pi yet, but I’m just gonna assume it also uses more power.
All the open hardware and software and ecosystem was pretty cool. It was cool you could just buy hats, or whatever they’re called, to add functionality, rather than designing a custom PCB and spending hundreds of dollars to get a few boards made and populated. I’m not a fan of their software stack or their choice of uC’s, but they did make it easy to just kind of plug stuff together in hardware and software.
Arduino is dogshit, I will not elaborate.
Arduino has its place for self-taught hobbyists. For a lot of projects, a simple code is more than enough, so there is no point of going into the more advanced mcu like esp32 or stm32.
Not since the pi pico came out.
It’s cheaper, more capable, and you can still use arduino code if you want.
I can find an arduino nano clone for 3$. There are use case for ultra cheap electronics like that.
I can find the official Pi Pico for $3.50, I’m sure clones are cheaper than that.
The official Pico, I can only find them at 9$. I am not in the US.
Sure, but you can do better for $3. Smaller, more powerful, similar power consumption
I am not in the US. Seeed shipping would kill me
It’s a lot more capable and complex.
I think the pi pico is a different category of dev-board.
If you are a beginner, it won’t make a big difference, so you might as well go for the 200MHz pi pico instead of the arduino.
If you are more advanced and prefer C, setting up timers etc. will be a lot simpler with the arduino atmega-MCUs. The rp2040 of the pi has many more features and the configuration will be accordingly complex.
I haven’t looked into the pi yet, but I’m just gonna assume it also uses more power.
Both valid, but slightly different categories.
You are not wrong. Took a trip down that path for a friend, helping him create some items, which was frustratingly limited.
It is, however, super easy if you don’t want/need much.
I hate to see options disappear, even if we have other reasonable options available.
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I was always surprised why the TI line of MSP430s didn’t take better. Guess their marketing was bullshit 🤷.
All the open hardware and software and ecosystem was pretty cool. It was cool you could just buy hats, or whatever they’re called, to add functionality, rather than designing a custom PCB and spending hundreds of dollars to get a few boards made and populated. I’m not a fan of their software stack or their choice of uC’s, but they did make it easy to just kind of plug stuff together in hardware and software.