<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 3:53 AM, Mike McGonagle <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mjmogo@gmail.com">mjmogo@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">Why do you need to design another computer interface module? Unless I am not understanding what this is, why not use one that already exists like Arduino? Seems that you are going to force users to learn yet another interface.<br>
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<br>Mike</font></div></blockquote></div><br>Well, multiplicity of options should be available, for the simple reason that...well, lets say I am in India,<br>but Arduino was designed in Italy, so there is a good chance that some key component will not be readily<br>
or cheaply available to me here (India). So if people have put up multiple designs for interfacing then<br>I have a good chance of finding a design whose components ARE available here. <br><br>Also, costs. Flexi is an Indian clone of Arduino, and it costs less than $50. <br>
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