Comments on: .NET Gadgeteer looks to draw tinkering geeks away from Arduino http://www.slashgear.com/net-gadgeteer-looks-to-draw-tinkering-geeks-away-from-arduino-04169531/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Sat, 12 May 2012 04:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Dave Durant http://www.slashgear.com/net-gadgeteer-looks-to-draw-tinkering-geeks-away-from-arduino-04169531/#comment-129532 Dave Durant Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:41:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=169531#comment-129532 > Arduino is based on a free language
The .NET Gadgeteer software is free, including the IDE.

]]> By: Dave Durant http://www.slashgear.com/net-gadgeteer-looks-to-draw-tinkering-geeks-away-from-arduino-04169531/#comment-129533 Dave Durant Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:41:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=169531#comment-129533 > Arduino is based on a free language
The .NET Gadgeteer software is free, including the IDE.

]]> By: timbox100 http://www.slashgear.com/net-gadgeteer-looks-to-draw-tinkering-geeks-away-from-arduino-04169531/#comment-128326 timbox100 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:22:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=169531#comment-128326 Arduino is based on a free language built on the free version of C from Atmel.

Personally I find C a pain for small MCU’s. I find Amicus more productive. It uses a PIC device and is based on the BASIC language Proton.

But Arduino has built a following almost impossible to beat.

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