Post by christenone on Jul 10, 2016 2:28:34 GMT
Hey Curious! Great to see that you did this. There could be quite an interest going forward, so I figured I'd get in at the front. Congrats.
So, I will probably skirt pretty close to the line wrt the "posts must be substantive" rule. I know very little, especially when it comes to the Raspberry Pi. I have an RP2 board, but I've never done a project with it. I went to Fry's today, and they did have RP3s, but no Zeros (of course.) Bit of background: I'm old, so I can do almost anything, although I do not have an extensive electronics education, and my experience is specific (opto-electronics, electro-optics, instrument interfacing, gas lasers, Arduino, tiny, Forth language, op-amps, littleBits Synth, Pocket Operator Synth, etc.)
Here's a processor rumination: What will Microchip do with their new acquisition, Atmel? Surely continue the AVR line, even though it is in direct competition with their own PIC microprocessor. But what about a new direction, that puts AVR and a more powerful chip together in the same IC?
So, I will probably skirt pretty close to the line wrt the "posts must be substantive" rule. I know very little, especially when it comes to the Raspberry Pi. I have an RP2 board, but I've never done a project with it. I went to Fry's today, and they did have RP3s, but no Zeros (of course.) Bit of background: I'm old, so I can do almost anything, although I do not have an extensive electronics education, and my experience is specific (opto-electronics, electro-optics, instrument interfacing, gas lasers, Arduino, tiny, Forth language, op-amps, littleBits Synth, Pocket Operator Synth, etc.)
Here's a processor rumination: What will Microchip do with their new acquisition, Atmel? Surely continue the AVR line, even though it is in direct competition with their own PIC microprocessor. But what about a new direction, that puts AVR and a more powerful chip together in the same IC?
I think there is a lot at the intersection of embedded PC's and microcontrollers, and you're more than welcome to post about all of it. (Later we can always make subforums dedicated to specific things).