<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Byron is correct. I'm currently working on an "Intro to Raspberry Pi" class for Decatur Makers. I've got code to control an LED from a browser in several different ways. It's pretty hard to get the LED to blink faster than about once a second on a Pi running Raspbian because you're talking to it through an entire multi-user OS. On the Arduino, it's trivial to blink at any rate you want, up to fast enough that it looks steady. <br><br>The standard programming language for the Arduino is a slightly dumbed-down version of C++. That means that a background in C or C++ makes it easy to get an Arduino to do interesting things. You can actually load a bunch of different OSs onto a Raspberry Pi, but the most common one ( Raspbian) is essentially Debian. A background in Linux ( or, ideally, Debian) makes it Easy to work on. If you want more real-time performance out of your RPI, you can use ROS ( <a href="http://www.ros.org/">http://www.ros.org/</a> ) or some other solution. Also please to note that the RPI lacks a real-time clock. Adding a board to give you that is pretty easy, but you'll also need to make some software changes for the Pi's OS to see it properly. <br><br></div><div>For $26 or so, you can get a camera which connects directly to a raspberry pi. The later Pis (like, Pi 2 or Pi 3 models) have enough muscle to compile and run OpenCV, so you can make robots which can actually see and react to stuff Out There. A great choice for your Unstoppable Robot Army.<br></div><div><br></div>BTW Decatur Makers is doing a most excellent 4-hour Intro to Arduino class April 7 ( <a href="https://www.meetup.com/Decatur-Makers/events/248928110/">https://www.meetup.com/Decatur-Makers/events/248928110/</a> ) . I'm T.A. ing that one. It involves hanging about three components off an Arduino board, experimenting with each one as you go. This will be the second time it's offered, so some of the most obvious kinks have been ironed out.<br><br></div>-- CHS<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 3:39 PM, Byron Jeff via Ale <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Arduinos have two/three advantages:<br>
<br>
1. No OS (generally) means much tighter systems control because of less overhead.<br>
2. Built in ADC<br>
3. Has 5V variants.<br>
<br>
RasPi Advantages<br>
1. Full blown Linux OS. So high level software packages are easy to install/use.<br>
2. Much better onboard connections (HDMI, Ethernet, Wifi/Bluetooth) out of<br>
the box with RasPi 3 and ZeroW.<br>
3. More memory.<br>
<br>
I have both. Arduinos for little projects that don't need connectivity.<br>
RasPi's for IoT deployments.<br>
<br>
My next project is building my own EVSE for my Fiat 500e. It'll actually<br>
have both. The Arduino for OpenEVSE and a RasPi Zero W as the wireless and<br>
display interface. Amazingly you can get both from Microcenter for less<br>
than $10 total.<br>
<br>
BAJ<br>
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On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 01:44:29PM -0400, Joey Kelly via Ale wrote:<br>
> On Thursday, March 22, 2018 09:07:30 AM leam hall via Ale wrote:<br>
> > Hey all,<br>
> ><br>
> > In case you don't know, Coursera has a lot of free or lower cost<br>
> > courses. Since some of you have been talking about the RPi, I figured<br>
> > there might be some Arduino fans here.<br>
><br>
> So what or what class of things can Arduino do that RPi can't? The Pi has pin-<br>
> outs, etc.<br>
><br>
> Asking for a clueless friend...<br>
><br>
> --<br>
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