Wow. Frankly, I can't imagine NOT being able to do something with the Arduino. The wild ease of use of the IDE, the incredible (over?)simplification of th= e C language, library support, shield structure, sample projects, wide project base and bootloader capacity have made it my go-to for quickly deploying simple projects. At work, I buy them by the bushel. They go into projects that once would have used a PC with LabVIEW or costly custom programs. At home, they factor high on my tool list- I can get code running and parts programmed and interacting with hardware on a breadboard so much more easily that it has significantly broadened my hacking. Microchip really missed the boat on this one- I was (am?) a hardcore PIC devotee who saw no point in switching to AVR UNTIL the Arduino came along. Now, AVR gets all my attention. Mike H. On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 3:41 PM, V G wrote: > I bought an Arduino several months ago. I haven't done anything at all wi= th > it. It feels useless. Everything I've wanted to do, I did successfully wi= th > a PIC or an MSP430. PIC16 for very simple, easy, low level control of > stuff, > PIC18 for slightly more complicated stuff requiring more flash/memory, an= d > PIC32 for everything else, specifically with the UBW32. I used MSP430 for > very low power stuff (clock, watch, simple calculator). I KNOW that putti= ng > "MSP430" and "low power" in the same sentence will anger SOMEONE on the > list > as PICs can be just as low power, but it was too easy with the MSP430, > especially with the $4.30 launchpad. Can't go wrong there. > > Biggest thing for me was the price and availability. AVRs are hard to com= e > by and very expensive compared to PICs and MSP430s. Also, I like TI and > Microchip a lot. > > End random babbling. > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .