I wonder if the Arduino itself isn't a competitive response in the sense that earlier products like the BASIC Stamp validated the presence of a market. A large number of Stamp competitors sprung up years ago, but Arduino, by going Open Source, really revolutionized the market in ways that earlier responses didn't.
I remember saying to a friend recently that we're now at a point where I don't think I will ever need to design a hardware product again: just about anything I need is already available as open source hardware.
I wonder if the Arduino itself isn't a competitive response in the sense that earlier products like the BASIC Stamp validated the presence of a market. A large number of Stamp competitors sprung up years ago, but Arduino, by going Open Source, really revolutionized the market in ways that earlier responses didn't.
I remember saying to a friend recently that we're now at a point where I don't think I will ever need to design a hardware product again: just about anything I need is already available as open source hardware.