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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 09/11/2013 12:50 PM, David Atoji
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<div dir="ltr">I came across <font><span id="eow-title" class=""
dir="ltr" title="Arduino YÚN - Intro">Arduino YÚN</span></font>
-what do think of this option?<br>
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Interesting. A recurrent conversation at TriEmbed meetings has been
the challenge of networking on Arduino systems, the cost and library
footprint, etc vs just using a Raspberry Pi. This YUN system is
perfect, it's just priced wrong by a factor of two :-) (What I mean
is, if this add-on card worked with a $30 Uno the combination would
be the same as a cost of a model B RPi. I should mention at this
point that I'm not religious about RPi except in regards to its
charter being about education and not making money. Whatever floats
your boat.)<br>
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But being able to write a Python script in the Linux portion of this
system would be pretty convenient. The nicely refined wireless
config looks very interesting. Keep a few things in mind for the
Linux piece of this system:<br>
1) MIPS is a niche chip these days, so don't expect to find a
large number of binary apps. Just about anything you can imagine
being around for current Debian/Ubuntu/Linux Mint is available for
Raspberry Pi. <br>
2) Building binaries requires cross-tools, most likely on another
Linux machine.<br>
3) The memory resources are modest, so big apps won't fly. The ram
is 1/16th as much as an RPi. <br>
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but it appears this would have to be
ordered from Europe for the time being. Digikey, Mouser, and
Element14/Farnell/Newark are listed as distros by the Arduino folks,
but none of those three distributors show stock for this thing when
searched for as an "Arduino YUN" <br>
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While we're discussing very cheap ARM boards, here's one for $15:<br>
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In the <a href="http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/1728679.pdf">datasheet</a>
for this board it mentions "Easy access to MCU I/O via Arduino ™ R3
compatible I/O connectors." (Notice Newark is down to one (or
probably zero by the time you read this). They'll get 400 more on
the 27th.) But this is also a *very* modest system.<br>
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And here's another ARM-based eval board for $25 featuring Arduino
compatible shield connectors:<br>
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http://www.newark.com/cypress-semiconductor/cy8ckit-042/eval-brd-psoc-4-pioneer-kit/dp/69W7455?Ntt=PSoC+4+ARM</a><br>
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Finally, here's something for folks who just can't decide what to do
but have an extra $40. It can be a standalone ARM-based board, a
bridge to an Arduino shield, or a bridge between a Raspberry Pi and
an Arduino shield:<br>
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-Pete<br>
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