I agree about building and programming your own project. I went to a local "makers-fair" where a bunch of young people buy various modules and plug them together. Yes they get a working product but they have no clue how to manufacture any one of the modules they use. This is a charming start for young people but they never hold a soldering iron or design and make their own boards or look at component specs and buy their own components. Just not the old school electronics I grew up with.
mtcw regards Phil
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From: Bill van Dijk <[email protected]>
Date: January 23, 2018 at 12:46 PM
> I realize the Arduino makes an easy target, but why the hate?
Ah, I’ll go out on a limb (BTW, “hate” is probably a bit strong), but from my perspective it’s an old phart thing. The Arduino is so hyped up, it reminds me of Harley Davidson motorcycle owners. They seem to think theirs is the only one, the best, nearing cult status. On FleaBay they even advertise things like capacitors as “for Arduino” just to get the hits. Yes, I’m an old phart, and I still like to do things the hard way. To me, building a project is, or at least should be, more than plugging in shields and loading prepared libraries. I like to understand what I build, and put it all together myself. I still use assembly language for smaller projects. Since the nixie community is very much about old technology I assume there are probably a few more who feel that way.
But each to his / her own........
Bill van Dijk
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Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 12:28 PM
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Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Re: mason jar numitrons
I realize the Arduino makes an easy target, but why the hate?
On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 12:13 PM, Mike Harrison <[email protected]> wrote:
very nice but pity about the Arduino.--
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