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by diminish 5148 days ago
Wow nice prototype, does it make sense to use Arduino production?
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If you have code for an Arudino, you can make a board that uses an AVR microcontroller (made by Atmel[0]) with that same code. It may be possible to use a cheaper AVR if you don't need the same functionality (eg, if you aren't using hardware pulse width modulation, there are cheaper chips) with only slight code modifications.

[0] http://www.atmel.com

Absolutely not as it would be too expensive. It looks like the Arduino is used to drive a couple motors. You could do the same thing with any inexpensive micro-controller. It's a pretty cool, self contained design though.