How to pick a microcontroller
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How to pick a microcontroller
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#2A quicker guide for real beginners:
Do you want to understand in detail what's happening? => Arduino UNO
Is the UNO too small/slow? => Arduino Due
Still too small or you really just want a small computer running Linux but with GPIO-Pins? => Raspberry PI
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#3A quicker guide for real beginners: Do you want to understand in detail what's happening? => Arduino UNO Is the UNO too small/slow? => Arduino Due Still too small or you really just want a small computer running Linux but with GPIO-Pins? => Raspberry PI
I think this is more of a guide for somewhat experienced hardware people picking a microcontroller to go into production than a complete beginner to electronics. Agreed that anyone else should just grab an arduino.
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#4A quicker guide for real beginners: Do you want to understand in detail what's happening? => Arduino UNO Is the UNO too small/slow? => Arduino Due Still too small or you really just want a small computer running Linux but with GPIO-Pins? => Raspberry PI
Paul Stoffregen's Teensy boards are the way to go. The hardware and the software are excellent. Heaps of power thanks to the ARM Cortex M4 and you still get the Arduino IDE. Can't recommend them enough, wish I had of moved to them far sooner. Everybody I've given one to has loved them, and the USB support is also very welcome. (As far as price goes, they're development boards and worth every cent for beginners.)
Re: How to pick a microcontroller
#5A quicker guide for real beginners: Do you want to understand in detail what's happening? => Arduino UNO Is the UNO too small/slow? => Arduino Due Still too small or you really just want a small computer running Linux but with GPIO-Pins? => Raspberry PI
Do you want easy wifi and Bluetooth ? ESP.
(Arduino Yun are a nightmare in workshops / sprint context)
Re: How to pick a microcontroller
#6A quicker guide for real beginners: Do you want to understand in detail what's happening? => Arduino UNO Is the UNO too small/slow? => Arduino Due Still too small or you really just want a small computer running Linux but with GPIO-Pins? => Raspberry PI
I would say that if you are looking at getting started with embedded electronics from an electrical engineering/professional stand pint and looking to put things into production then don't start with Arduino and certainly don't view an RPi as a viable embedded solution.
A PicKit 2 and a 16F series Microchip microcontroller would be a much better starting point just to get up and running without feeling overwhelmed.
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#7Parallax Propeller
Re: How to pick a microcontroller
#8A quicker guide for real beginners: Do you want to understand in detail what's happening? => Arduino UNO Is the UNO too small/slow? => Arduino Due Still too small or you really just want a small computer running Linux but with GPIO-Pins? => Raspberry PI
I would say that if you are looking at getting started with embedded electronics from an electrical engineering/professional stand pint and looking to put things into production then don't start with Arduino and certainly don't view an RPi as a viable embedded solution. A PicKit 2 and a 16F series Microchip microcontroller would be a much better starting point just to get up and running without feeling overwhelmed.
I loved that one. We spend an entire year on high school programming the 16F84 on assembler. We re-implemented all projects we did the previous year with nand gates like semaphore, infrared barriers for counting stuff etc with pics, and it was mindblowing for me.
I also remember we did a board for writing the program in the pic because it was too expensive in my country.
Re: How to pick a microcontroller
#9A quicker guide for real beginners: Do you want to understand in detail what's happening? => Arduino UNO Is the UNO too small/slow? => Arduino Due Still too small or you really just want a small computer running Linux but with GPIO-Pins? => Raspberry PI
Paul Stoffregen's Teensy boards are the way to go. The hardware and the software are excellent. Heaps of power thanks to the ARM Cortex M4 and you still get the Arduino IDE. Can't recommend them enough, wish I had of moved to them far sooner. Everybody I've given one to has loved them, and the USB support is also very welcome. (As far as price goes, they're development boards and worth every cent for beginners.)
Extreme agreement from me.
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