[time-nuts] Good (cheap) PIC chip choice for project?

[Kenton A. Hoover]

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Kenton A. Hoover
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On Sunday, May 26, 2013 at 12:35, Didier Juges wrote:

> Well, its a matter of opinions I guess. The RPi has one UART which is also the console port, so so much for that, and 17 IOs in total from the link in the message below. 
> On the other hand, the BeagleBone Black has 96 IOs including several UARTs. I have one of each at the moment, and it seems like the Pi is a better toy if one wants to hook up a keyboard and monitor, but the BBB is a better tool for embedded systems.
> 
> I am also bothered by the closed nature of the RPi while the BBB is completely open.
> 
> The RPi has sold many times more units, so there is more info and more resources also on the net. For a beginner wanting to learn, the RPi is probably a better choice.
> 
> Didier
> 
> 
> David J Taylor <david-taylor at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > The Pi has virtually no IOs, not good for any embedded system.
> > The BeagleBone Black on the other hand has plentt of IOs
> > 
> > Didier
> > 
> > ====================================
> > 
> > You can see the RPi I/O connections here:
> > 
> > http://elinux.org/RPi_Low-level_peripherals#General_Purpose_Input.2FOutput_.28GPIO.29
> > 
> > Hardly "virtually no IOs", and some of the pins can be re-assigned.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > David
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