Maybe this can help you:
http://beagleboard.org/project/userspace-arduino/
Miguel Zacatei Aveiro
On 30-06-2015 09:47, MD. Abdullah Al Imran Badhon wrote:
Well, I get that BBB is a lot more powerful than Arduino (UNO) and I
have no doubts about that. Frankly speaking, that's the reason I am
into this BBB kind of thing. I was wondering if I could _*/reuse/*_ my
arduino uno compatible sensors i.e. with BBB. That would really be a
kick start for a beginner like me.
And which programming language would be best. I know C only and trying
to learn Python on my own. I am open to any suggestions.
On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 3:53 AM, Bruce Boyes <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
The BBB is quite a different beast from Arduino (and there are
many of those; I assume you mean one of the simpler ones such as
'Uno'). Arduino is simple to use, like a bicycle. It's great when
that is what you need. BBB is more like a powerful motorcycle -
lots more capability but a step or ten up in complexity... and
learning curve. BBB has a pretty complete operating system
capability (I use Ubuntu 14.04) which the simpler Arduinos lack.
BBB has ethernet, HDMI, etc baked in which Arduino does not, and
the simpler Arduinos can't realistically add that. The more
complex Arduinos can, but then you get to about the same price
point as BBB and you arguably have a kludge. I don't mean any of
this disparagingly, just that the "best" solution for you
depends... on what you are trying to do, and a lot of other
factors. Personally I like BBB for some applications where you
want Linux, HDMI, Python, etc, and Teensy 3.1 for smaller ones.
They are all tools - pick the one you like best or that fits your
needs best.
You'd hope, this being 2015 (and not 1995) that there would be
some _standard and portable_ way to have hardware device drivers
you could use anywhere. There are some efforts in that area such
as Pingo <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pingo/0.1.9> but this issue
is gnarly... figure out a good solution and you'd have a great
business. The use of I2C and SPI as common hardware interfaces has
helped a lot but there is a long way to go until all sensors could
be "plug and pray" on any hosting system.
BBB also has the PRUs
<http://elinux.org/BeagleBone_PRU_Notes> which seem like a
solution for any number of special realtime interface issues. And
the BBB community is pretty great too! Mr Kernal, Robert Nelson
<https://github.com/RobertCNelson?tab=activity>, and Mr
Beagleboard (Gerald Coley) and a ton of others are working hard to
make BBB great. Adafruit is also a good source of BBB parts and
tutorials
<https://www.adafruit.com/category/75?gclid=CjwKEAjw2cOsBRD3xNbRp5eQxzYSJADZGYbzr3b7SK924RUB0eE7SegsUotk-6NzpIrehZ9pKqCdXBoC1qDw_wcB>.
Welcome to the community!
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