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Topic: Arduino Finally Releases the 32-Bit Due

The long-awaited Arduino Due just hit the market, replacing the 8-bit, 16MHz brain of the popular Uno microcontroller prototyping platform with a 32-bit, 84MHz processor, while augmenting inputs and capabilities all around.

For robotics and electronics hobbyists, its a moment of much excitement. But for the rest of us, what does this new controller offer over the older models?

“Having a 32bit ARM processor running at 84 MHz allows you to do much more much quicker,” explains Arduino co-founder Massimo Banzi in an e-mail to Wired.

http://www.wired.com/design/2012/10/arduino-due/

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Re: Arduino Finally Releases the 32-Bit Due

AgentOrange wrote:

The long-awaited Arduino Due just hit the market, replacing the 8-bit, 16MHz brain of the popular Uno microcontroller prototyping platform with a 32-bit, 84MHz processor, while augmenting inputs and capabilities all around.

For robotics and electronics hobbyists, its a moment of much excitement. But for the rest of us, what does this new controller offer over the older models?

“Having a 32bit ARM processor running at 84 MHz allows you to do much more much quicker,” explains Arduino co-founder Massimo Banzi in an e-mail to Wired.

http://www.wired.com/design/2012/10/arduino-due/

I saw these at Maker Faire, and was quite amazed by this.

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Re: Arduino Finally Releases the 32-Bit Due

So, what can the printer firmware do with that additional horsepower? Better trajectory planning?

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Re: Arduino Finally Releases the 32-Bit Due

We have no plans to adopt the new Arduino at this time, so I'm not sure what it could for the printer as of yet.

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