Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard
The results are in: The Raspberry Pi 3 is the most desired maker SBC by a 4-to-1 margin. In other trends: x86 SBCs and Linux/Arduino hybrids get a boost.
More than ever, it's a Raspberry Pi world, and other Linux hacker boards are just living in it. Our 2017 hacker board survey gives the Raspberry Pi 3 a total of 2,583 votes — four times the number of the second-ranked board, the Raspberry Pi Zero W.
[...] Note that by "votes" we are referring to Borda rankings that combine 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice rankings [...]
So, which if any credit-card-sized computers are you lot playing around with?
Source: http://linuxgizmos.com/2017-hacker-board-survey-raspberry-pi-still-rules-but-x86-sbcs-make-gains/
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday June 22 2017, @04:41PM (3 children)
Can't you have Pi / BeagleBone / etc that speaks I2C to a few slave Arduinos that have lots of PWM and analog I/O. That way you can have high level logic on the Pi, and low level control on the Arduinos.
People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.
(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Thursday June 22 2017, @07:36PM (2 children)
You certainly can. But that increases the part count and complicates things. I'd prefer that the I/O be part of the SoC to keep things simple. I'd like to see at least 6-8 ADC inputs @ 12 bits minimum along with 4+ 16 bit PWM outputs. Then give me a simple interface to them via /dev/gpio or something.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 24 2017, @05:44AM (1 child)
The BBB already meets your requirements. It has seven 12-bit ADCs and eight 16-bit PWMs. All are easy to use from userspace.
(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Saturday June 24 2017, @12:39PM
You know, I have had a lot of problem with the BBB hardware. Had two boards died on me, both from eMMC failures.