![]() ![]() Given a choice between MEGA and DUE boards, I'd pick Mega at this point in time.īut there are other AVR based options for more pins.įor example, the Teensy boards Teensy USB Development Board Every new user will of course have to make their own decision on their first arduino board selection, but I would think that the 'official' forum recommendation should be that the Uno/mega is a best or better choice, unless the users has prior experience.įor 5V compatibility, software maturity, and less headaches, ![]() The IDE for the Due is still officially a beta release and the hardware will be new to most all of use that have no prior ARM experience.īottom line is that the Due was not designed and build to replace the Uno or mega boards, but rather to offer a more advanced board for those projects requiring the increased resources that the Due board offers. If you are new to either programming or hardware I would suggest the Uno or Mega2560 is a better choice for one's first arduino board rather then jumping on the new Due offering. And of course there are newcomers that come with vast experience in both hardware and software and are soon teaching us stuff. Conversely we've seen many users that come with good hardware backgrounds but are just trying to take on learning the C/C++ programming language that the Arduino platform uses. We've seen many new users that come to the arduino platform with lots of software knowledge and experience but have little experience at all with fundamental electronics knowledge and have little concept of voltage, current, resistance and don't even own a digital multimeter let alone know how to use one. I think experiance on this forum has taught us (me anyway) that that is simply not a good assumption to make. If you have the programming ability to make use of the Due, you are likely able to handle planning hardware around the Due also. I think that problem exists for the majority of Arm style chips out there. I'm already thinking of a lot of kit that does not have the correct values for current limiting resisters where a 3ma is not going to be enough. ![]() That is the strength of open source hardware I can just pop up eagle make what I want by building on the great works you guys have already done. I love the ecosystem you guys have created but I've never been thrilled by the hardware. Now granted I think the breadboard compatible form factors make more sense for a hobby/learning device. I have not yet received the one I ordered but made some in the shop, I think you really limited yourself in trying to keep the the mega form factor which in itself was trying to keep comparability with the previous generations. The most glaring not connecting up the built in Ethernet and wiring multiple pins together effectively limiting external ram use come to mind. What are the piles of weaknesses? and what other vendors can do that we can't do? Honestly right now the Due hardware is showing piles of weaknesses much like the hardware that came before, give it time for better designed kit to come out from other vendors. ![]()
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