There might be a number of reasons. First, you can now get them for less that $65, but other than that, ease of use, familiarity, all the sensors you can attach, etc. BTW, I thought the Beaglebone was selling for $150.
On May 19 2013 8:46 PM, Greg Bernard wrote: > My question would be why anyone would want to use a $65 Arduino mega > if Linuxcnc will run on a on a $45 Beaglebone? > > >> If you have an embedded machine >>with an SD card or gigs of flash, then you can pull it off. An >>Arduino-Mega (with 256K) I doubt will cut it. That's my point. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
