[TriEmbed] Microchip to buy Atmel...

[Martin Brooke]

​http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0UT0R1?il=0​

No dear me they are being bought by microchip.

Oh dear Oh Dear.  Microchip never seemed to get Arduinoness, we will all be
writing our own code again!





On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 2:21 AM, <triembed-request at triembed.org> wrote:

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>    3. Still on: Raspberry Pi,   Arduino and Friends workshop Thursday
>       night (Pete Soper)
>    4. Microchip to buy Atmel... (Rodney Radford)
>    5. Re: Microchip to buy Atmel... (Michael Wayne)
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> From: Jon Wolfe <jonjwolfe at anibit.com>
> To: Shane Trent <shanedtrent at gmail.com>, Brian <
> triembed at undecidedgames.net>, triembed at triembed.org
> Cc:
> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 13:45:11 -0500
> Subject: Re: [TriEmbed] old versions of Eagle?
> I use kicad exclusively, though I do pcb layout somewhat infrequently.
> Once you learn its quirks it's not bad. Unfortunately I don't use it often
> enough to remember all of it's workarounds.
>
>
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Shane Trent via TriEmbed <triembed at triembed.org>
> Date: 1/21/2016 12:21 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: Brian <triembed at undecidedgames.net>, triembed at triembed.org
> Subject: Re: [TriEmbed] old versions of Eagle?
>
> Brian,
>
> You stoke fear of KiCAD in my heart when you describe it as lacking the
> (paraphrasing here) "streamlined and intuitive interface of Eagle"! But it
> is time for me to give the new KiCAD release a shot.
>
> Shane
>
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 7:58 AM Brian via TriEmbed <triembed at triembed.org>
> wrote:
>
>> On KiCAD:
>>
>> The workflow is not nearly as streamlined nor as intuitive as it is in
>> Eagle (as is the sad fact of many many FOSS projects).  I'm in the midst
>> of getting my head around it myself so that I can escape the routing
>> area and layer limitations of the free Eagle version.
>>
>> That said, aside from the head-scratching moments, I haven't found many
>> situations where KiCAD has failed to perform.
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> -B
>>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Pete Soper <pete at soper.us>
> To: triembed at triembed.org
> Cc:
> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:32:36 -0500
> Subject: Re: [TriEmbed] old versions of Eagle?
>
> On 01/21/2016 12:21 PM, Shane Trent via TriEmbed wrote:
>
> Brian,
>
> You stoke fear of KiCAD in my heart when you describe it as lacking the
> (paraphrasing here) "streamlined and intuitive interface of Eagle"! But it
> is time for me to give the new KiCAD release a shot.
>
> This has been overdue with me too, but I was holding out for 4.0. At the
> moment it looks worthwhile to leverage the work Chris Gammel has put into
> teaching folks. He's put out one public video to do with 4.0 here
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yFZ6PUwKL8>. If others are more tuned
> into the state of his updated Kicad "curriculum" I know many of us would be
> eager to get details.
>
> -Pete
>
> Shane
>
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 7:58 AM Brian via TriEmbed <triembed at triembed.org>
> wrote:
>
>> On KiCAD:
>>
>> The workflow is not nearly as streamlined nor as intuitive as it is in
>> Eagle (as is the sad fact of many many FOSS projects).  I'm in the midst
>> of getting my head around it myself so that I can escape the routing
>> area and layer limitations of the free Eagle version.
>>
>> That said, aside from the head-scratching moments, I haven't found many
>> situations where KiCAD has failed to perform.
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> -B
>>
>>
>
>
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> From: Pete Soper <pete at soper.us>
> To: Triangle Embedded Interest Group <TriEmbed at triembed.org>, Splatspace <
> durham-makerspace at googlegroups.com>
> Cc:
> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:41:54 -0500
> Subject: [TriEmbed] Still on: Raspberry Pi, Arduino and Friends workshop
> Thursday night
> The wussy wusses would like us to stay home, preferably under our beds
> while shaking with fear, but instead we're meeting at Splatspace tonight.
> Join us if you dare. :-)
>
> -Pete
>
> On 01/18/2016 02:41 PM, Pete Soper wrote:
>
> This Thursday from 6:30-9pm at Splatspace <http://Splatspace.org> Geoff
> Tattersfield, Tony Bennett and I will do a workshop on simple web-based
> control of Raspberry Pi GPIO pins that might best be called "how many lines
> of Python code does it take to turn on a light bulb?" The Python Flask
> lightweight framework will be used to show how easy it is to arrange remote
> control using your home network. If you'd like to work through the workshop
> yourself bring your Raspberry Pi, monitor, keyboard and mouse (and WiFi
> dongle), or just bring yourself to watch and learn. Help for Raspberry Pi
> setup and other project support will be available. Splatspace has a
> full-featured electronics workbench for hardware support.
>
> More details are available on this Meetup page
> <http://www.meetup.com/splatspace/events/227423197/>. The address is 800
> North Mangum st, Durham, but the building parking lot entrance is off
> Corporation between Roxboro (northbound) and Mangum (southbound). It's 3/4
> mile north of DPAC. There should be a lighted sign pointing to the
> entrance. Apologies if the light at the entrance door is still out of order
> (the irony is painful!)
>
> -Pete
>
>
>
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> From: Rodney Radford <ncgadgetry at gmail.com>
> To: trianglerobotics <trianglerobotics at yahoogroups.com>, TriEmbed
> Discussion <triembed at triembed.org>
> Cc:
> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 01:32:15 -0500
> Subject: [TriEmbed] Microchip to buy Atmel...
> Two worlds collide...
>
>
> http://www.electronics-lab.com/microchip-to-buy-atmel-for-nearly-3-6-billion/
>
> I hope that does not mean the death of Atmel, as I have always thought
> their architecture was superior to Microchip - and that is in addition to
> hating the Microchip assembly mnemonics.
>
> Only time will tell what this means for both product lines... and possibly
> Arduino.
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Michael Wayne <michael.wayne at georgewaynellc.com>
> To: Rodney Radford <ncgadgetry at gmail.com>
> Cc: TriEmbed Discussion <triembed at triembed.org>, Triangle Amateur
> Robotics <trianglerobotics at yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 02:21:12 -0500
> Subject: Re: [TriEmbed] Microchip to buy Atmel...
>
> Thought Atmel already got bought out...
>
> http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0RK0J420150920
> On Jan 22, 2016 1:32 AM, "Rodney Radford via TriEmbed" <
> triembed at triembed.org> wrote:
>
>> Two worlds collide...
>>
>>
>> http://www.electronics-lab.com/microchip-to-buy-atmel-for-nearly-3-6-billion/
>>
>> I hope that does not mean the death of Atmel, as I have always thought
>> their architecture was superior to Microchip - and that is in addition to
>> hating the Microchip assembly mnemonics.
>>
>> Only time will tell what this means for both product lines... and
>> possibly Arduino.
>>
>>
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