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Arduino Vs Raspberry Pi

The document compares the Arduino and Raspberry Pi microcontroller boards. [1] Both were created by educators to help students learn more easily. [2] The Arduino is a microcontroller that makes programming hardware simple, while the Raspberry Pi is a small, cheap computer that runs operating systems like Linux. [3] The choice of board depends on the nature of the project - Arduino is best for hardware-focused projects controlling sensors and motors, while Raspberry Pi is more suitable for software and internet-connected projects involving cloud computing.

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Arduino Vs Raspberry Pi

The document compares the Arduino and Raspberry Pi microcontroller boards. [1] Both were created by educators to help students learn more easily. [2] The Arduino is a microcontroller that makes programming hardware simple, while the Raspberry Pi is a small, cheap computer that runs operating systems like Linux. [3] The choice of board depends on the nature of the project - Arduino is best for hardware-focused projects controlling sensors and motors, while Raspberry Pi is more suitable for software and internet-connected projects involving cloud computing.

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ARDUINO VS RASPBERRY PI

I have created few points below and in each of these points I have make the difference between these
two boards. I have also mentioned their strengths and weaknesses and which one to use where.
Obviously they both have their own importance so we cant say that one is better than the other instead
we are making a comparison between the two and then you will get the clear idea which one you should
use for your project. Selection of your controller board actually depends entirely on the nature of your
project. Am I getting far :O dont worry if its more to digest about Arduino Uno R3 Vs Raspberry PI 3, I
am explaining them below in detail.

History

Arduino:

The idea of Arduino was first presented by Massimo Banzi in Italy. Thats why its written Made
in Italy on each of these boards.
Banzi was a teacher at Interaction Design Institute Ivrea and the reason for designing these
boards was to help his students by giving them an easy to use platform.
So that students dont waste much time over soldering etc and spend more time in designing
the algorithms.

Raspberry Pi:

Raspberry Pi was first invented by Eben Upton in United Kingdom.


He was also a teacher and he has the same reason for developing these boards.
He also wanted to help his students so that they learn more out of it.
Upton was a Professor at University of Cambridge.

Obviously they both have co-founders who have helped them a lot in bringing these ideas to
existence. So, lets move on to next step of this Arduino Vs Raspbery Pi comparison.
Arduino:

The Arduino boards are actually Microcontrollers, but in a very easy to use form.

Have you ever worked on PIC Microcontroller or Atmel or 8051 Microcontroller ?


If you have worked then you must be aware of that in order to design projects on these
Microcontrollers, first thing you need to do is to design their basic circuitry which includes
crystal oscillator and pull up resistors, capacitors etc.
Moreover, you also need a programmer hardware using which you upload your code into these
microcontrollers.
But in Arduino you dont need to use any of this. Arduino comes with builtin programmer and
basic circuitry.
So, what you need to do is to simply plug your Arduino board and start testing your code.
So, in simple words, Arduino is nothing but a simple microcontroller but with a n easy to use
working method.

Raspberry Pi:

Now if we talk about Raspberry Pi, then its a complete computer.


Seems quite powerful then Arduino but dont come to conclusion rite away
But yes Raspberry Pi is a like a small computer, obviously its not comparable with your Laptop or
PC but its really powerful.
And the beauty of it lies in the small size and the cheapness in price.
The latest Raspberry Pi even has a RAM of around 3GB, which is quite a lot. I am using Note 3
Mobile and its has 3GB RAM. So, now you can get an idea what it is capable of.
As, its a small computer so you must be thinking whats its operating system. When it comes out
of factory it has no operating system on it but one can install any operating system on it like
Linux, Windows etc.
Normally it is used with Linux but I have seen many online tutorials where Windows is also
installed on Raspberry Pi.

So, from above discussion, we concluded that Arduino is a Microcontroller while Raspberry Pi is a mini
computer. Next we are gonna have a look at the type of Arduino Vs Raspberry Pi.
Types of Arduino Vs Raspberry Pi

Arduino:

The first board developed by Arduino company was Arduino UNO which wasa simple Atmega
Microcontroller but later on they have developed many new boards.
For example, now we have Arduino Ethernet Shield, Arduino Wifi Shield using these we can
provide Internet access to our system.
Recently they have also developed Arduino YUN board, which also supports Linux just like
Raspberry Pi.
Arduino DuE is another board which is 32 bit.
So, in short there are a lot of Arduino baords and by combining different boards you can
accomplish anything.
Like you wanna control your Fan via Wifi then you can use Arduino UNO with Arduino Wifi
shield and hurrah you are ready to control it.

Raspberry Pi:

Raspberry Pi doesnt have different boards for different tasks like Arduino.
Raspberry Pi is an only board but it has models.
Like once there was Raspberry Pi Model A but then they added some more functionality like
increased the RAM end so we have Raspberry Pi 2 then theres Raspberry Pi 3.
So, you can think of Raspberry Pi as a mobile, whose models comes out with more
enhancement.
As I told earlier Raspberry Pi is a small computer so it already has everything in it like Wifi,
Ethernet, USB Host etc.
Arduino Vs Raspberry Pi Which one you should prefer?
For a new Engineering student, who has just started his project. He always wonders which one I should
use among these two. Should I go with Arduino or should I started working on Raspberry Pi. Its really a
big question if you are new in this field. So, let me tell you one thing first, no ones better than the other,
Arduino and Raspberry Pi both have their own importance. Now which one you should use, it entirely
depends on the nature of your project. So, lets take a look at projects for both of these boards.I think
this Arduino Vs Raspberry Pi comparison is now gonna take an interesting turn.

Arduino:

Whenever you are working on some pure hardware related project, in which you need to use
different sensors, need to move your motors or actuators etc. then you should always go for
Arduino because Arduino is a microcontroller and its best for hardware equipment controlling.
Thats why in most of the Electrical, Electronics, Mechatronics adn Mechanical Projects, Arduino
is preferred.
Its not like you cant control sensors or motors on Raspberry Pi but its two difficult in Raspberry
Pi and quite easy in Arduino.
Moreover, with Arduino you can attach as many sensors as you want. In simple words, Arduino
has a lot of IOs.
Once I have to work on a project, in which I have to control fifty relays so in that case I have
used Arduino Mega 2560 which has around 60 input/Output Pins.
But you cant control fifty relays with Raspberry Pi.
So, in all the hardware projects where you dont need to do the cloud computing etc. its always
preferred to use Arduino boards.

Raspberry Pi:

Raspberry Pi is mostly used in computer software projects.


Like you have a project in which you need to do the cloud computing or need to send data over
to some network, then in these types of projects your first choice should be Raspberry Pi.
I once had a project in which I have to design an online Home Automation system.
So, in such projects, we just need to interface few sensors which we can do with the raspberry Pi
as it has few Input/Output Pins.
But the main part of such projects is to send sensors data over to some network so Raspberry Pi
is the right choice here.
Although we can also use Arduino YUN in such projects as well but because raspberry Pi is
designed for such projects so thats why its more flexible to use when it comes to cloud
computing.
Similarly if you wanna design some Face recognition project then Raspberry Pi comes in handy
because we can easily install openCV on it as its an OS (LINUX), we can install anything we want.

So, thats a kind of an overview on Arduino Vs Rapberry Pi, which I think you guys nust have enjoyed. It
was quite boring so thats why I have tried my best to make it as interesting as I can, but still if you find it
boring then I cant do anything. So, thats all about Arduino Vs Raspberry Pi, I hope you guys have got
something out of it. Will see you guys in the next tutorial. Till then take care and have fun

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