The new Arduino era

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They said they were cooking us up something...

http://arduino.cc/blog/2010/09/24/dinner-is-ready/

They will announce the new changes saturday, september 25 at maker faire. 

Just creating this to show and discuss the changes.

 

At 3 pm, Sunday September 25th, the arduino team will be speaking at makerfaire on the improvements. This will be live some where on the internet...

So next time you order a actual Arduino main board, it will be the one above.

 

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It might just be me but…

I think the Toyota logo looks like a cowboy hat and the new Arduino logo looks like ■■■■■ for nerds.

3

I have seen the new Arduino

I have seen the new Arduino board! It looks the same as Duemilanove, but it’s called Arduino Uno. And it does not have the FTDI chip anymore, it was replaced by an Atmel chip, only it was too tiny to read anything else on it and the vendor did not let me touch it. I was looking at it through a glass display. He said it loads sketches faster and he got it today but he can sell it only tomorrow, after the official launch… Oh, and Arduino Mega uses the new chip also.

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this is so awesomei now have

this is so awesome

i now have a reason to buy another arduino and start wireless projects

5

Hmm, I thought they will

Hmm, I thought they will bring out a new board generation with an Xmega 32bit controller.

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That’s the board i saw

That’s the board i saw yesterday. And the Arduino Mega has the same logo, but uses the mega2560.

7

I was hoping for something

I was hoping for something more…

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Great

The idea is awesome. You can reprogram the small chip to imitate a usb keyboard, or any other USB device. If they make a mini version of this, I will make a prank device which presses random keys when connected to a PC. 

9

kind of, disappointing

kind of, disappointing really.

I do hope this isn’t just a veiled attempt to impede generic arduino manufacturers.  All the time they insist on manufacturing their branded ones in Italy, where labour is vastly overpriced, they will be five times more expensive than generics.

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…

I was hoping for something more too pat,they actually changed the name of the board and added a new chip but its the same thing.

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I must admit that the

I must admit that the loading time on the Arduino has been a bit of a pain, but with all hype of “cooking something new” I hoped for something more than this. If this is all I wouldn’t call it dinner, this is more like a little snack.