Microsoft and Arduino Announce Partnership

http://blog.arduino.cc/2015/04/30/microsoft-and-arduino-new-partnership/

by schappim • 11 years ago

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donkeyd2• 11 years ago

So, which Arduino is in this partnership?

raphman• 11 years ago

As it has been posted on arduino.cc, it's the framework/community guys, not the hardware guy

donkeyd2• 11 years ago

Thanks, I keep getting confused...

fnordfnordfnord7• 11 years ago

Massimo was mentioned, I'll assume Arduino.cc.

marssaxman• 11 years ago

The original team, not the one who hijacked the trademark.

TaterJack117• 11 years ago

People in the comments seem overly negative. I personally this this is brilliant and sure if you don't like it don't use it. Simple.

bottled_poe2• 11 years ago

It seems to clash with the philosophy of Arduino.

"What is Arduino? ... It's an open-source physical computing platform" [1]

They even list this as a selling point:

"Open source and extensible software"

Is this MS operating system going to be open source?

1 - http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Introduction

gothenburg• 11 years ago

It's not meant to replace the open source perspective of Arduino, it's meant to complement it.

It's a good thing, not a bad one.

reidrac• 11 years ago

It's more than that... even if you want to use it, you may not be able to do it.

See: http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software

Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

Windows IoT requires Visual Studio and Windows (eg, Windows Remote Arduino is a WinRT component).

If this was about interacting with a Windows phone from any of the development platforms Arduino supports, that would be different I guess. The way this is designed looks divisive and it doesn't follow Arduino open philosophy.

This helps Microsoft to attract Arduino users, but I'm not sure if it will help Arduino as community. When you find a sketch or a library I have never seen a "Windows only" or software requirements besides the Arduino IDE or other libraries.

It doesn't look too different from the "Arduino Certified" program, as in "open source" is not a requirement; but I can understand all the negative comments.

seanmcdirmid• 11 years ago

Give it some time. Visual studio isn't exactly a cross platform app, and Microsoft doesn't have another tool platform to build off of. The release of Code today is interesting in that regard.

fnordfnordfnord7• 11 years ago

That's the Ballmer induced PTSD. It may take a generation for MS to recover. I want it to be brilliant, even though I'm not sure what it is. But, MS gets the skepticism it worked so hard to earn WRT to attitudes from open source folks.

fapjacks3• 11 years ago

You know, there's a lot of insight here in this comment, and I think a lot of the moves made by Microsoft WRT open source in the last few months is in direct response to this (deserved) attitude.

schappim• 11 years ago

This does seem similar to the Android Open Accessory Development Kit which was also based on Arduino.

matmann2001• 11 years ago

For those interested in integrating Arduino with sensors from Android devices, check out 1Sheeld:

http://1sheeld.com/

enesunal• 11 years ago

Microsoft is reacting brilliantly to the new open source world. I will not regret this, however; open source community have to be more careful about being controlled by an proprietary company. It does not matter if it's microsoft or any other proprietary company.

We have to stop it.

knocte• 11 years ago

Exactly what does "proprietary company" mean?

I think you're mixing terms. Proprietary is for software. And Microsoft releases both open source and proprietary software.

fapjacks3• 11 years ago

It seems like this is just Microsoft saying that you'll be able to plug an Arduino into a computer with Windows, and it will not outright reject the hardware driver. Later in the post, it's a "this car comes with four -- that's right, FOUR! -- wheels" selling the built-in hardware capabilities of devices that run Microsoft software. Call me shortsighted, but I don't see the amazing thing here.

mauricemir2• 11 years ago

This isn't a problem for most boards some of the clones have problems with FTDI drivers and widows 8

fnordfnordfnord7• 11 years ago

There were a number of problems across all OS platforms with early (rev. 1 & 2) UNO boards and the Optiboot bootloader. I still occasionally see suspicious behavior, even with rev 3.

fapjacks3• 11 years ago

Yes, you're right, but also the FTDI problem[0] is rather related to "IP infringement" of sorts, and attempts to enforce claims to the IP by both FTDI and Microsoft.

[0] http://www.zdnet.com/article/ftdi-admits-to-bricking-innocen...

kokey• 11 years ago

It feels like another round of Windows for Smart Cards. Who knows, this one might stick. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd277375.aspx

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