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• prize
• power consumption
• possibly required modules or connectors for the micocontroller communication
  
  
• If nessecary: a circuit plan (created with Eagle)

Frame

Microcontroller

BeagleBone Black

In contrast to Raspberry Pi :

- better I/O capabilities with 7 channel 200kHz 12-bit ADC, 8 PWMs, 4 UARTs, quadrature encoder hardware

- don't have to buy additional components to connect up many more sensors and actuators

- large number of PWM channels on the Bones make them better for motors

- better real-time control with two 200MHz, 32-bit RISC programmable real-time units (PRUs)

- approximately 20 books available for texts, reference and projects

Hardware:

• Processor: AM335x 1GHz ARM® Cortex-A8

• 512MB DDR3 RAM

• 4GB 8-bit eMMC on-board flash storage

• 3D graphics accelerator

• NEON floating-point accelerator

• 2x PRU 32-bit microcontrollers

Price:

Farnell element14: €46.16 (Price is before tax)

RS Components: £39.99

Battery

Motors

Gyro & Acceleration Sensors

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