JavaScript right on the hardware

Re:JavaScript right on the hardware by wiredfool on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @07:14PM (#6215079)

I don't see a price yet for this one. I like the pi (and the beaglebone) because they've already got the network hardware, but the gpio isn't as robust as on the arduino (3.3v vs 5v, very low current capacity on the pi, and no analog io).

I can't say I particularly want the javascript, but if they've got wifi and arduino compatible gpio for ~ $25, then I can find a use for it.

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Re:JavaScript right on the hardware by dkuntz2 on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @07:33PM (#6215178)

BeagleBone Black has a huge number of gpio pins, it's one of BeagleBoard's major selling points over RasPi at this point. I'm fairly certain the BeagleBone Black has more gpio pins than the Arduino.

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Re:JavaScript right on the hardware by chad_oliver on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @07:52PM (#6215269)

BeagleBone Black also has a real-time module (effectively, a limited microcontroller on the same die as the CPU), which I expect could make for some sweet libraries.

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Re:JavaScript right on the hardware by Tichy on Thursday August 15, 2013 @03:57AM (#6216631)

Does the Pi have WiFi, though? Mine doesn't, but perhaps I don't have the latest model.

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Re:JavaScript right on the hardware by zhemao on Thursday August 15, 2013 @07:34PM (#6221282)

No it doesn't, but since it has USB ports you can augment it with a USB wifi module. A word of warning though. If you're thinking of buying one of these, make sure to check that it has good Linux support.

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