Null's Light Project

I don't know how well Rust with arduino works but if it's just a version of avr-gcc for rust it should work just fine.

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What's the difference between official and the knockoffs?
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I've used Chinese knockoffs and they're generally pretty good because Arduino is well-established and much much cheaper (arduino is definitely overpriced). That being said sometimes the firmware is off and I definitely wouldn't use it for anything actually serious, i.e. not a toy. But serious stuff wouldn't bother with arduino anyway.
 
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TenMilesWide said:
Depends on the knockoff, they range anywhere from "genuine unit taken off the assembly line just before branding" to "cobbled together from near-enough equivalent daily wholesale parts (read: defects and floor sweepings) for fractions of a penny".
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The genuine ones are made in Italy. The PCB's are also etched there. Any knockoff is going to be from chyna.

The official ones are the reference design made with teir 1 brand name parts. Any how-to's, code, or example designs you find will match that reference not some random chingchong knockoff. The official UNO's are 26 bux amazon prime. The knockoff's are $6. I'll spend the 20 bux to get the real thing and not have to deal with sketchy chinkshit when I am trying to learn.

The official starter kit's gets you a nice book and a bunch of high quality components. Its a good kit for someone starting from zero with nothing. What good is a $6 micro controller if you have absolutely nothing else? I doubt null has a big selection of resistors, LED's, transistors, etc kicking around. Ya the kit is expensive but your paying for someone to pick out a good bunch of bits and bobs that will match whats in the book so you can get down to building shit.
 
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Jump said:
The genuine ones are made in Italy. The PCB's are also etched there. Any knockoff is going to be from chyna.

The official ones are the reference design made with teir 1 brand name parts. Any how-to's, code, or example designs you find will match that reference not some random chingchong knockoff. The official UNO's are 26 bux amazon prime. The knockoff's are $6. I'll spend the 20 bux to get the real thing and not have to deal with sketchy chinkshit when I am trying to learn.

The official starter kit's gets you a nice book and a bunch of high quality components. Its a good kit for someone starting from zero with nothing. What good is a $6 micro controller if you have absolutely nothing else? I doubt null has a big selection of resistors, LED's, transistors, etc kicking around. Ya the kit is expensive but your paying for someone to pick out a good bunch of bits and bobs that will match whats in the book so you can get down to building shit.
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Oh shid I got arduino and adafruit mixed up again didn't I?

If you tell me that Adafruit also aren't the ones selling binned and badged chinese-made MCU dev boards/kits with tutorials I can only conclude that I've fallen into a Berenstein universe.
 
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TenMilesWide said:
Oh shid I got arduino and adafruit mixed up again didn't I?

If you tell me that Adafruit also aren't the ones selling binned and badged chinese-made MCU dev boards/kits with tutorials I can only conclude that I've fallen into a Berenstein universe.
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They do sell Chinese made ones. Their UNO knockoff is $17.50 plus shipping. So basically the cost of the real thing.
Plus your giving these people your money:

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Jump said:
The genuine ones are made in Italy. The PCB's are also etched there. Any knockoff is going to be from chyna.

The official ones are the reference design made with teir 1 brand name parts. Any how-to's, code, or example designs you find will match that reference not some random chingchong knockoff. The official UNO's are 26 bux amazon prime. The knockoff's are $6. I'll spend the 20 bux to get the real thing and not have to deal with sketchy chinkshit when I am trying to learn.

The official starter kit's gets you a nice book and a bunch of high quality components. Its a good kit for someone starting from zero with nothing. What good is a $6 micro controller if you have absolutely nothing else? I doubt null has a big selection of resistors, LED's, transistors, etc kicking around. Ya the kit is expensive but your paying for someone to pick out a good bunch of bits and bobs that will match whats in the book so you can get down to building shit.
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Tbh I wouldn't even trust an Italian made PCB over Chinese one. The random Shenzhen manufactuers have low-tech microcontrollers down to a science.
And yes I'm cheap enough to save 20 bucks, especially since I have 4-5 arduinos (so more like $100). Haven't had any problems yet and nothing I do requires actual quality components.
 
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Not to be political or anything, but Null is totally going to still have moments where he talks into a muted mic because he is in fact a retarded vtuber and has always been so, but still a neat idea and I think it's cool you can set something up like that.
Pics/screenshots would be cool, whenever you are set up
 
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Fireman Sam said:
Not to be political or anything, but Null is totally going to still have moments where he talks into a muted mic because he is in fact a retarded vtuber and has always been so, but still a neat idea and I think it's cool you can set something up like that.
Pics/screenshots would be cool, whenever you are set up
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This and the "what happens when you filter out the blinking" question earlier give me hope that one day Dear Feeder will find need to build an auto-turret that points at him when he's live and fires if he talks while muted. Non-lethally, of course.
 
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@Null

I’m not sure I would use the Rust framework for this, at least initially,, unless the challenge of dealing with it is appealing to you. The main reason is that although I’m aware that Rust (I believe) allows for the use of C libraries, I’m not certain it’d behave itself trying to do so on an MCU. You might end up having to write bindings or something. Not sure if existing Rust websockets libraries would function without complaint on the Arduino due to hardware constraints. Also, you’ll likely need an intermediary program to go from OBS websockets to Serial out for the Arduino unless you get an Ethernet or WiFi shield.

I guess my suggestion would be to throw something together using the Arduino IDE using the C++ knockoff that uses, and then try writing in Rust if you’re still wanting too. Starting by using the IDE will make accessing documentation and information online far easier and get you to grips with working on an MCU with fairly limited resources. That would get you something that works in the meantime so you have plenty of time to fiddle with Rust.
 
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Please keep us updated! I'm really interested to see how well Rust works on the board. Arduinos are great tools but memory can get scarce faster than you would expect.
 
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Jump said:
They do sell Chinese made ones. Their UNO knockoff is $17.50 plus shipping. So basically the cost of the real thing.
Plus your giving these people your money:

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They also made a BLM badge. You can find the code in their github.
Adafruit targets Redditor types. You can get many of the same components from ebay or ali express.
 
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It needs some flair. Maybe some kind of like, idk, EL wire set up? Or maybe an etched acrylic like sign. Bc the small red light isn't super duper visible at a first glance and also cmon if you took the time to learn all this making it look badass isn't much more effort.
 
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