Post by Honus on Oct 21, 2014 3:30:07 GMT
Episode 2 is up... sorry about the wait! I'm going to see if I can get episode 3 finished this week as well.
To sum it up I really recommend prototyping your circuits/code with an Arduino Uno and then transferring that code to an Arduino Pro Mini, Adafruit Trinket/Trinket Pro or similar board for your final project. It's pretty hard to go wrong with this method, especially if you're just starting out. Once you get your feet wet then you can jump into the more powerful boards. The only real reason I see moving to the embedded Linux systems is if you have an application that requires video or needs to run multiple code loops at the same time.
The performance between the 3.3V and 5V Arduino ATmega328 processor boards is trivial so choose the board voltage that matches your sensor and system voltage needs. These low power boards fit the needs of costume and prop builders very well and are the boards I most commonly use.
Regarding the episode notes here's a few links to all the boards/items mentioned:
Adafruit Trinket/ Trinket Pro- www.adafruit.com/categories/261
Adafruit Gemma/Flora (wearables)- www.adafruit.com/category/65
Adafruit Arduino boards/kits/cables- www.adafruit.com/categories/171
Sparkfun Arduino boards/kits/cables- www.sparkfun.com/categories/103
Raspberry Pi- www.adafruit.com/category/105 and www.sparkfun.com/categories/233
BeagleBone Black- www.sparkfun.com/categories/164 and www.adafruit.com/categories/75
Spark Core- www.spark.io/
Teensy 3.1- www.adafruit.com/product/1625
Logic level converter- www.adafruit.com/products/757
12 bit ADC (analog to digital converter) for analog sensor input for Raspberry Pi- www.adafruit.com/product/1083
To sum it up I really recommend prototyping your circuits/code with an Arduino Uno and then transferring that code to an Arduino Pro Mini, Adafruit Trinket/Trinket Pro or similar board for your final project. It's pretty hard to go wrong with this method, especially if you're just starting out. Once you get your feet wet then you can jump into the more powerful boards. The only real reason I see moving to the embedded Linux systems is if you have an application that requires video or needs to run multiple code loops at the same time.
The performance between the 3.3V and 5V Arduino ATmega328 processor boards is trivial so choose the board voltage that matches your sensor and system voltage needs. These low power boards fit the needs of costume and prop builders very well and are the boards I most commonly use.
Regarding the episode notes here's a few links to all the boards/items mentioned:
Adafruit Trinket/ Trinket Pro- www.adafruit.com/categories/261
Adafruit Gemma/Flora (wearables)- www.adafruit.com/category/65
Adafruit Arduino boards/kits/cables- www.adafruit.com/categories/171
Sparkfun Arduino boards/kits/cables- www.sparkfun.com/categories/103
Raspberry Pi- www.adafruit.com/category/105 and www.sparkfun.com/categories/233
BeagleBone Black- www.sparkfun.com/categories/164 and www.adafruit.com/categories/75
Spark Core- www.spark.io/
Teensy 3.1- www.adafruit.com/product/1625
Logic level converter- www.adafruit.com/products/757
12 bit ADC (analog to digital converter) for analog sensor input for Raspberry Pi- www.adafruit.com/product/1083