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raymor · 02-10-2012, 08:10 PM

Arduino is interesting. I have a couple. Picaxe is very similar and costs about $5. Arduino is $50. The Microsoft version is $150 - $250. For $60, I can get a cheap generic Android tablet, so I'm not sure why I'd spend four times as much on a 72 Mhz SOC from Microsoft.

02-10-2012, 08:10 PM
raymor Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,745	Arduino is interesting. I have a couple. Picaxe is very similar and costs about $5. Arduino is $50. The Microsoft version is $150 - $250. For $60, I can get a cheap generic Android tablet, so I'm not sure why I'd spend four times as much on a 72 Mhz SOC from Microsoft.