[time-nuts] An embedded NTP server

Bob Camp lists at rtty.us
Thu Jan 3 01:18:59 UTC 2013


Hi

Arduino's original popularity was based on low cost. These days you can get a *lot* more for your money.

Bob

On Jan 2, 2013, at 8:07 PM, Jim Lux <jimlux at earthlink.net> wrote:

> On 1/2/13 4:46 PM, Bob Camp wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> That's the point I've been trying to make for about a month now. At some point, for a hobby project, the cost of the CPU becomes irrelevant. In my book, once the CPU goes below the price of lunch at McDonalds, it really doesn't matter much.
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> yes.. it's all about ease of interfacing and ease of programming. (unless you're making hundreds or 1000s of them)
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> This is why Arduino is so popular.. dead simple for a lot of hackery kinds of things.  The "first steps" on the learning stairway are pretty darn low (to the point that *artists* use them <grin>.. what is the world of computers coming to?)
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