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.

[–] phlegmy@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Not since the pi pico came out.
It's cheaper, more capable, and you can still use arduino code if you want.

[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I can find an arduino nano clone for 3$. There are use case for ultra cheap electronics like that.

[–] SteveTech@aussie.zone 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I can find the official Pi Pico for $3.50, I'm sure clones are cheaper than that.

[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

The official Pico, I can only find them at 9$. I am not in the US.

[–] SinAdjetivos@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sure, but you can do better for $3. Smaller, more powerful, similar power consumption

[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

I am not in the US. Seeed shipping would kill me

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 days ago

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.

[–] Magnum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 days ago

Thank you for your service

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

I was always surprised why the TI line of MSP430s didn't take better. Guess their marketing was bullshit 🤷.

[–] sobchak@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago

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.