It seems this product must have died a quiet death, as nothing has been said about it in months. Can anyone confirm this?
I think that no news just means no news.
The Due took well over year from being officially announced to being on general sale. Technically the software is still in beta another year after that. The wheels at Arduino run pretty slow, and the Zero is in partnership with Atmel, so they are a factor also.
I understand with the Zero there is a new IDE, so I imagine that will be taking a lot of time to get right. But on past trends I would expect it will be late 2015 before we see Zero on general sale.
A lot of guessing specially on the companion chip. This may be the point where ATMEL and Arduino have to find an agrement that lets the ZERO as well as the future mbed boards live peacefully side by side.
Technically speaking the guys at Arduino don't owe us users anything. However since they have "spoken" to us announcing the ZERO and we have listended to them it woud be correct and fair to let us know about the progress once in a while (>6 months now!).
Please guys, come one...
If you are able to get to Vegas,USA in Jan then maybe you can get some info out of Atmel.. http://enable.atmel.com/CES2015
So, when they say "zero" they mean "non-existent", vaporware?
I did earlier comment on the novel naming.
Ground zero?
I was wondering if I have a Atmel SAM D21 Xplained Pro could I test any of the software eco-system for the Zero. From what has been explained so far it looks like the Zero is just a Atmel SAM D21 Xplained Pro in the Arduino form-factor.
Thanks
The only info on the real thing available up to now.
Zero, Zero, Zero....
Palliser:
Zero, Zero, Zero....
Perhaps that only works for Betelguese?
AWOL:
It says Feb 27th here
Is that an official Arduino site?? I thought Arduino srl aka Smartprojects is not actually Arduino SA.
ETA: Well, this is interesting, surprised I haven't seen it before, it seems there are now two organisations laying claim to the name Arduino.
Some rumor : Arduino got in troubles, two corporates behind the boards
Some fact: Arduino, LLC v. Arduino S.R.L. f/k/a Smart Projects S.R.L. et al cause of action: Trademark Infringement
I'm not sure if Smartprojects are making the Zero and pre-announcing it, or if the "Zero Pro" is some sort of clone.
Very confusing, I hope the situation can be resolved.
you can buy it here already:
--> http://www.robofun.ch/de/arduino-zero-pro.html
or here as well:
--> http://electronics.semaf.at/Arduino-Zero-Pro
and:
--> --> http://www.exp-tech.de/arduino-zero-pro
http://snootlab.com/arduino/874-arduino-zero-fr.html
but no information on the official site.
how to program this board that is not integrated in Arduino 1.6.0 ?
It's confirmed that the Arduino founders are in a legal dispute over the Arduino name. Arduino V. Arduino | Hackaday
It appears Arduino Srl fka Smart Projects (Arduino hardware manufacturers) are going ahead with sale of what they call "Arduino Zero Pro", while the official Arduino company are not (yet) providing any software support for it in the IDE, unless they have an announcement in the works.
Note that the Smart Projects version of Zero is subtly different to the Arduino Zero on the official Arduino website.
If the Zero is being used a pawn in the struggle between founders, Atmel must be shaking their head in despair. Unfortunately when millions of euros at stake, otherwise reasonable people forget about "gentleman's agreements" and call in the lawyers. I am afraid Arduino is headed for a long legal wrangle, the future of Arduino is at stake.
Arduino has forked. There are now two Arduinos, arduino.cc and arduino.org.
arduino.org have launched the "Arduino Zero Pro" with software support in their version of the IDE, while arduino.cc have not.
arduino.cc Zero
Arduino.org Zero Pro
This is going to be massively confusing.
bobcousins:
This is going to be massively confusing.
As if that isn't confusing enough, the arduino.org Zero Pro is listed for sale on these previously reported sites, but they are using the pictures of the arduino.cc Zero, even showing the same serial numbers!
Dirk67:
you can buy it here already:
--> http://www.robofun.ch/de/arduino-zero-pro.html
or here as well:
--> http://electronics.semaf.at/Arduino-Zero-Pro
the shematics of arduino zero pro :
http://download.arduino.org/products/ZEROPRO/Arduino-Zero-Pro-V3-SCH.pdf
but no arduino version for programming the board!
Wow, I just don't see how this could get any more "confusingly similar".
Equally puzzling, why are Arduino, the famous Open Source Hardware company, still releasing "open" boards with proprietary components?
The firmware for the EDBG chip is closed, even though all it does is provide a COM port and downloader like on other Arduinos. Is it really going to kill Atmel to open source that?
So now we will have to fork the fork to create an Open Source version.
If you dig around arduino.org I think you can find software for the Zero Pro.