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The Arduino Split is Over, New Non-Profit Formed (arduino.cc)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the peace-of-Pi dept.

"Today is one of the best days in Arduino history," announced Massimo Banzi, Co-Founder of Arduino LLC, calling it "a new beginning" for Ardunio. Slashdot reader ruhri reports: Massimo Banzi and Federico Musto, co-founders of the Arduino Project, announced they have settled their differences that had resulted in the creation of Arduino LLC and Arduino SRL. A new, unified Arduino Holding and Arduino Foundation will be created.
"Massimo Banzi and Federico Musto took the stage today at the New York Maker Faire to announce the good news," reports a blog post at Arudino.cc. "At the end of 2016, the newly created 'Arduino Holding' will become the single point of contact for the wholesale distribution of all current and future products... In addition, Arduino will form a not-for-profit 'Arduino Foundation' responsible for maintaining the open source Arduino desktop IDE, and continuing to foster the open source movement by providing support for a variety of scholarships, community and developer initiatives."

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  1. Why did they split? by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    Did one want to pronounce it "Ar-dwee-no" and the other "Ard-yoo-ee-no"?

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    1. Re:Why did they split? by NotInHere · · Score: 2

      When two companies fight about something it usually boils down to money being their motivation.

  2. Excellent News by AlphaBro · · Score: 2

    Glad to here this is happening. My Arduino Diecimila lead to my first misadventure into the hardware world, and I still have it as a keepsake. Seeing the community fracture was sad, and it made many question whether open source hardware was feasible.

  3. And any with half a brain... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Will continue buying the cheap Chinese clones.

    1. Re:And any with half a brain... by Yvan256 · · Score: 4, Informative

      Buying an Arduino Pro mini in Canada:

      eBay: 2.48$CAD with no shipping or import costs, estimated delivery within 12-36 business days. Total: 2.48$CAD.

      Sparkfun: 9.95$USD (~13.06$CAD) with International Economy shipping of 3.45$USD (4.53$CAD), average delivery 2-4 weeks, may take up to 6 weeks. Total 17.59$CAD if I'm not hit with import fees.

      I can get SEVEN Arduino Pro mini from eBay for the cost of a single one from Sparkfun, and the shipping delay is more or less the same in both cases.

      I'm all for supporting the little guys but that kind of price difference is way too much.

    2. Re:And any with half a brain... by Shirley+Marquez · · Score: 2

      The price difference is so large that it usually works out better to buy the cheap clones and make donations to Arduino to support development.

  4. Probably Just Creative Difference$ by BrendaEM · · Score: 2

    Now we just need a faster 5-volt version.

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    1. Re:Probably Just Creative Difference$ by Gaygirlie · · Score: 2

      Why 5V? What's wrong with 3.3V? You can get *plenty* of much faster, much more capable 3.3V-boards and if you wanted I could even hand you out a bunch of links and personal hands-on comments on various boards.

    2. Re:Probably Just Creative Difference$ by caseih · · Score: 2

      But the problem is interfacing with the real world. There are far more cheaply available 5v components such as sensors that you can find than 3.3v. Before the days of 3.3v, 5v was the standard, so there are many many devices and circuits out there that work at 5v. I would be happy with a 3.3v arduino so long as it had built-in logic level converters to translate to 5v for at least some of the i/o pins.

    3. Re:Probably Just Creative Difference$ by Gaygirlie · · Score: 2

      I would be happy with a 3.3v arduino so long as it had built-in logic level converters to translate to 5v for at least some of the i/o pins.

      Well, you're in luck: there are many MCUs out there that operate at 3.3V and do have at least some 5V-tolerant pins. Not all MCUs have 5V-tolerant pins, but it's also not that hard to find ones that have, and as such, your wish would be entirely possible.

  5. Arduino Jumped the Shark by Osgeld · · Score: 2

    Now with their 87 different incompatible models, all using the same junky IDE, constantly breaking support for stuff "that just worked" for years, I personally dont have time for their nonsense

  6. Hernando Barragán was robbed! by MrSteveSD · · Score: 2

    The story of how much of Arduino was appropriated from Hernando Barragán without credit is quite disturbing.

    https://arduinohistory.github....