Here’s the solution. Stop using Arduino. That’s how people power work. Then a new open alternative will pop up, and people can start using that. Ones desire to create and build, should never belong to only one brand - but a universal brand - whenever possible.
i think it was already dead and replaced by the esp32s - the original arduinos are too expensive for what actually offered: get the performance of a 8-bit cpu with 2k RAM but at raspberry pi prices
Exactly. Why would anyone still use Arduino when alternatives are both better and cheaper?
I still use em cause they work and thats what I learned. my projects are simple enough: ultrasonic sensor detects when someones near, activates a relay etc
The good news is that there are a billion no-name brands in China etc. manufacturing drop-in replacement Arduino-compatible boards.
I got into microcontrollers through Arduino but very quickly moved to much cheaper (and tbh, better) third-party options.
yeah none of my props actually use name brand arduinos. theyre “for arduino nano” chinese boards. cheap as hell and, touch wood, havent failed even after one went haywire from being wet too long… next season it was back to functioning completely normally
I rooted my original chromecast with a teensy arduino board.
nostalgia perhaps
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It’s a problem, but a minor one. And it still talks into the fact, that it is possible to make an Open Source projekt like that, maybe even owned by the government in some way, so it can’t be turned to shit by corporate interests…
It’s time for micropython.
Unfortunately all the controller boards appear to be out of stock everywhere.
You can run it on pretty much every esp.
I’ve had issues with getting it working on lilygo devices, but had no problem with basic cheap “devkits” from AliExpress.
“Hello, this brand of tools that was specifically made for people to learn about? Yes, you’re no longer allowed to attempt to understand how they work.”
Beagle boards are looking better - What other alternatives are recommended?
Edit: sorry, I was thinking of SBC’s. Blue pills & ESP are good hardware, the libraries & toolchain Im not so sure about.I wonder how these terms compare to those of the Raspberry Pi Pico series.
Are RISCV microcontrollers out yet? Might be a good idea to rally around making a fully open IDE ecosystem and breakout board standard for it (maybe even make it pin compatible with the old school Arduino, surely they can’t sue for that right?)
I’m glad I still have shitloads of ESP8266s kicking around.
Which ESP32 boards do folks recommend lately? Too many options.
ESP32C3 are pretty cool. Choose a random one from Aliexpress where the board pictures are unique and high quality and the description doesn’t have spelling errors or the AI flair.
Thank you kind sir. AliExpress has been lacking my funding too long.
Digikey sells the Espressif dev boards, not very expensive either.
Thankfully, this doesn’t seem to apply to code written outside of the Arduino ecosystem, so i ASSUME that if you’re writing code for a cloned board using PlatformIO that these new terms don’t apply to you
If that’s not the case, I’ll switch to micropython (probably easier anyway)
Sad :/
