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- 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
weight: 39.68 grams
power consumption: http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/1819364.pdf?COM=DesignCenter in section 6.1.7
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
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