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| From | Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.os.linux |
| Subject | Re: OT (Code) Microcontroller Fun |
| Date | 2019-01-26 13:08 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <slrnq4omts.3u3.dan@xps-linux.djph.net> (permalink) |
| References | <slrnq4knop.isj.dan@xps-linux.djph.net> <q2ge5t$1haa$1@gioia.aioe.org> |
Ken Hart wrote: > On 1/24/19 7:58 PM, Dan Purgert wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA256 >> >> In one of the (many) side-conversations fueled by our good friend >> Arlen's ramblings, I made some comments about playing around with >> Arduinos, as well as some of the bare chips that the various Arduino >> boards are based on. And got a slightly positive response about them, >> so thought I'd share a bit of my experiences with them. >> >> This isn't going to be very linux-y, but there's apparently no >> living microcontroller groups, and well, Arduino tends to focus on >> Windows anyway ... so the "support" can be a bit light for Linux users. >> > snip > > Would you care to contrast the Arduino with the RaspberryPi > Thanks! Paul's post (MID <q2gi12$q8p$1@dont-email.me> ) goes into some great detail, and more or less sums it up ... probably better than I can in the rest of this post :). While both systems "can" be used to automate things, they tend to work at different ends of the spectrum. Although they kind of overlap when "networking" comes into play -- Arduino (etc.) don't really do TCP/IP, but you can interface with controllers that can translate between TCP/IP and serial; but it may just be easier to implement the whole task into a single RPi rather than designing an entire circuit. Arduino (and AVR / Microchip microcontrollers) in general is for embedded / simple control systems. For example, controlling a few stepper motors for a 3d-printer, or a hobbiest CNC lathe; or anything else that fits into the mold of a "procedural" process. More complex examples are e.g. the CANBUS ECUs in your car. RPi on the other hand is, well, it's more of a general purpose computer that still has a serial or parallel port available (the GPIO pins). Personally, I have a couple of them double-sided taped to my TVs acting as streaming-media clients for my mediaserver here. I am considering the possibility of incorporating one into my ultimate goal of a model railroad automation / centralized traffic control system (for direct RS232 / RS485 comms without having to use USB converters). -- |_|O|_| |_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert |O|O|O| PGP: 05CA 9A50 3F2E 1335 4DC5 4AEE 8E11 DDF3 1279 A281
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OT (Code) Microcontroller Fun Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2019-01-25 00:58 +0000
Re: OT (Code) Microcontroller Fun ray carter <ray@zianet.com> - 2019-01-25 16:48 +0000
Re: OT (Code) Microcontroller Fun Ken Hart <kwhart1@frontier.com> - 2019-01-25 20:46 -0500
Re: OT (Code) Microcontroller Fun Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-01-25 21:52 -0500
Re: OT (Code) Microcontroller Fun Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2019-01-26 13:08 +0000
Re: OT (Code) Microcontroller Fun John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-01-26 09:17 -0600
Re: OT (Code) Microcontroller Fun Ken Hart <kwhart1@frontier.com> - 2019-01-26 16:53 -0500
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