Thanks for explaining the Rainbow. Personally, I like the Seeeduino with it’s easy access reset button. I’m still puzzled at why engineers (Arduino team) would place a reset switch that will be covered by a other hardware.
Also, I am very sure that I will not burn out the MCU. In life, strange things can happen. Even if I’m operating <6v, strange things can happen.
Starfire, I have -no- intent of pumping 400v thru an arduino/clone/copy/MCU. Accidents can happen. As a new student to electronic… As a -new student- to electronic, -any- student, are you absolutely sure that -no- student ever made a mistake?
I am -confident- that I will not run 400v thru the MCU. I have NO intent on making a mistake; but, are you 100% positive that NO student ever made a mistake?
Instead of my trying to defend my opinion of having a user-replaceable parts and you trying to defend the wonderful Seeeduinno design (and I do like the Seeeduino design…if I didn’t like the Seeeduino, I wouldn’t be on here asking questions about it). How about this:
I WILL buy a Seeeduino (or wait for 2.0) if you offer a 365days (1 year) -replacement warranty- if I made a mistake and electrocute the board? How about a 6mo warranty.
It seems to me you, Starfire, don’t believe people can make mistakes… no MCU ever got fried in the world. No students (amuture, me) ever makes mistakes.
As a potential customers, are my concerns ‘legitimate’? Let me rephrase that question: I have a shopping cart in Seed Depot for +140.00 (not final until I see what Seeeduino2 looks like). I want to buy more in the future. I am looking to fab some PCB in the future (2side board, 2cm x 3cm estimate. +100 pieces initial order). Are my concerns legitimate?
It’s one thing to say: “Thank you for your input. We know you will be could be potentially buying our products, we appreciate the time you took to make the suggestion. We are examining your suggestions for future versions. At the moment, we believe the current design offers the best feature to our customers and our customers loves this design.”
It’s another thing to say: "Don’t know why you would destroy the microprocessor, as long as you double check your connections before applying power. "
You’re saying “mistakes NEVER happens”? You’re saying “As long as I double check the connectionn, NOTHING else can go wrong”?
Starfire, are you saying you never made a mistake in your life? Are you saying you never had to make contingency plans? Are you saying everyone who worked in electronic is -perfect-? Thomas Edison was perfect? Edison selected the correct material for his light bulb the first time? Edison never destroyed any prototype bulbs?
Again, I’m confident I won’t electrocute an arduino/clone/copy. Having been an experimenter/hobbist for a long enough, I know mistakes can happen.
Again, will Seeedstudio give me a warrenty if I do electrocute the board? Will Seeedstudio replace my board if I electrocute it?
try to be helpful and make a suggestion for me to find a socket for that mcu. I am willing to solder a chip socket onto the Seeeduino board…the problem: I can’t find it in DigiKey (I’m not sure what to look for nor how it’s listed. I’ll call Atmel if I can’t find the information)