Here's the solution. Stop using Arduino. That's how people power work. Then a new open alternative will pop up, and people can start using that. Ones desire to create and build, should never belong to only one brand - but a universal brand - whenever possible.

[–] Moonrise2473@lemmy.ml 55 points 3 days ago (1 children)

i think it was already dead and replaced by the esp32s - the original arduinos are too expensive for what actually offered: get the performance of a 8-bit cpu with 2k RAM but at raspberry pi prices

[–] limdaepl@feddit.org 26 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Exactly. Why would anyone still use Arduino when alternatives are both better and cheaper?

[–] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 1 points 1 day ago

I rooted my original chromecast with a teensy arduino board.
nostalgia perhaps

[–] sauerkrautsaul@lemmus.org 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I still use em cause they work and thats what I learned. my projects are simple enough: ultrasonic sensor detects when someones near, activates a relay etc

[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The good news is that there are a billion no-name brands in China etc. manufacturing drop-in replacement Arduino-compatible boards.

I got into microcontrollers through Arduino but very quickly moved to much cheaper (and tbh, better) third-party options.

[–] sauerkrautsaul@lemmus.org 5 points 3 days ago

yeah none of my props actually use name brand arduinos. theyre "for arduino nano" chinese boards. cheap as hell and, touch wood, havent failed even after one went haywire from being wet too long.. next season it was back to functioning completely normally

[–] seitzer@piefed.social 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Here's a problem. Schools are full of them. They are really, really good for that specific field. People only think about their private use, but education will suffer the most. Or taxpayers, because they have to pay the bill. Again.

[–] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

It's a problem, but a minor one. And it still talks into the fact, that it is possible to make an Open Source projekt like that, maybe even owned by the government in some way, so it can't be turned to shit by corporate interests...

[–] modus@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago

Hopefully places like Adafruit will stop stocking them. They should also post explanations for people searching directly for them.