16 Feb
2010
16 Feb
'10
2:56 a.m.
On 15 Feb 2010 at 21:36, keith wrote:
I think there is also a certain group of people
(present company
excluded, of course) that don't want to allow the "newbies" in their
precious "club." They feel that by removing the barriers to entry
(maybe learning to solder, learning assembly language, learning basic
electronics) that their self-worth is somehow diluted because the end
goal is more easily attainable now w/o requiring these skills.
That's fine--I was a big supporter when the BASIC Stamp came out.
But talking about an Arudino in the same breath as doing an HPIB
adapter seems, well, a bit strange in that a considerable amount of
research is necessary simply to understand HPIB. Far more than it
takes to hook up a 20 pin DIP, it seems to me.
But maybe not.
Don't get me wrong--I think some of the single-board setups are
pretty cool. Just never understood the need for something as simple
as an Arudino.
--Chuck