[PD] multiio vs. arduino?

[Thomas Ouellet Fredericks]

Oh yeah, and both hardwares are open source.

Tom

On 4/19/06, Thomas Ouellet Fredericks <iamonthebeach at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just a few details:
>
> The arduino and the multio are plug in play. The arduino needs an
> aditionnal free USB driver on XP and OSX.
>
> "arduino needs to be "programmed" using a proprietary software (java-based)
> that runs on mac and windows (and with some work should work on linux too).
> you have to know how to write java code to use arduino."
> Actually, programming the Arduino hardware takes one step through the
> open source IDE. Arduino is not programmed in JAVA but with an Wiring
> simple syntax (you can also use C syntax and functions if you are more
> advanced).
> http://www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/HomePage for the basic commands.
>
> Arduino works great on Debian. Here is how:
> http://www.danslchamp.org/mrtof/cours/arduino0004debian.html
>
> The Arduino can be wireless (so could the be the multio) for less than 30$.
>
> If you want to embed the Arduino or Multio into your creation, go for
> an Arduino (and buy a new one for every project): you will never have
> to dismantle your custom hardware, controller or installation
> If you want to use the same device for everything, go for a Multio.
>
> Tom
>