Great Bits! Thanks for the difference. Would love to see more Bits on the electronics sides (Motor Controllers, Servos, sensors, etc) Love this series!

Should really have mentioned that the Pi's 40 pins are not all IO, many of them are 5V, 3V3 and GND, or are otherwise limited. The Pi's logic is 3.3V, while arduino is 5V. A Pi has no analog input by itself, it needs help from an MCP3008 or a similar ADC chip. Finally, once you have a working arduino, you can easily scoop out the actual logic chip, and put that in your project for a really compact build. The big difference here is that an ATtiny or ATMega chip costs maybe 2-5$, while a for raspberry pi your only option is the whole board for around 35-40$, excluding SD card.

@zaprodk

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah only 28-odd ones are GPIO, so saying 40 is somewhat misleading.

@nateevans6528

5 жыл бұрын

I think he was simplifying to make the initial understanding easier for people like me. I understood the jist of it which will encourage me to look at taking the next step. Adding everything you mentioned, while I am sure is accurate only confuses the target audience. Understanding the target dictates what Bob ”should really have mentioned”

@ZILtoid1991

5 жыл бұрын

Also the MIPI DSI and CSI are unfortunately so proprietary that it's hard to connect to anything, there's only a handful of official hardware for them, but it's not hard to hack a smartphone display onto it if you can code in C.

@alxzander9160

5 жыл бұрын

NEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDSSSSSSS

@noshanenogame84

5 жыл бұрын

I was going to say similar, he seemed to skip over the GPIO part of the Pi and just mentioned it had 40 pins but not what they actually are. The Arduino is by far the best choice if you need Analog IO and for the most part is the best choice for most electronics projects. Especially with a Mega2560 Pro Mini which is both compact and boasts 54 digital IO and 16 analog IO

Great video Bob! One small thing though, the Arduino UNO (and most other models) can run on anything between 5-12V, because they have a built in regulator which will step the voltage down to what the board needs. The RaspberryPi takes 5V, non negotiable. This means that you're a bit more free in how you power the Arduino, and you could for instance power it directly in a car from the on board electric system, whereas the RaspberryPi needs to have it stepped down first.

I’ve heard you explain the difference between the two through the Making It podcast and the random projects here and there; however, this Bits expiation takes the cake, or pi, or whatever digital desert you choose. Bob for the win once again! Thanks for all that you do.

This is one of the best explanations I have heard comparing these two devices. Thanks, as always, for the clear cut education!

VERY helpful. I had never heard of a Raspberry PI until a few days ago and was steeling myself to look it up and spend hours trying to decipher the tech-speak and distill it down to terms I can understand. Now I have no need to do that..........you have made it clear and concise and I can now astound my geriatric friends with my knowledge LOL BTW - love the Bits series.these little snippets of knowledge are interesting and useful and don't clutter up my brain with a whole bunch of unnecessary "let me speak a full minute more of nonsense so the video is long enough". Thanks for that!

Absolutely fantastic summary, Bob! Good stuff and thanks for posting!

Just got home from school you are amazing Bob

Shutdown is also important to consider. You really shouldn't just kill the power to a Raspberry Pi as it could potentially corrupt the OS. An Arduino is better suited to consumer products where they are more likely to just pull the plug or want to flip a switch to turn it off. Raspberry Pi's are better suited to long running devices that the user understands need to be used a certain way. So you wouldn't want to put a Raspbery Pi in a toaster. But a Raspberry Pi is reasonable for a network storage device or media streaming server that users intend to leave on all the time.

@Iliketomakestuff

5 жыл бұрын

Excellent point! Thanks for bringing that up!

@Hauketal

5 жыл бұрын

I just bought a StromPI made by Joy-It with a battery hat. Together they are an UPS for the Pi and can initiate a graceful shutdown when the power is lost. The battery is LiFePo, like LiPo, but without the flames. But as the producer sits in Germany, no idea about availability elsewhere.

@andriessalm

5 жыл бұрын

Well you can put the Raspberry Pi OS on read only mode. Then pulling the plug out of the Raspberry Pi is not harmful.

@rossmckenzie1854

5 жыл бұрын

I am electronics engineer with 40+ years of design experience. Recent usage with Pi 3B+ proves to me that its power down process is far from reliable. I will not recommend it for any of my clients' projects.

One note about Arduino is that if you build a standalone unit (without the USB connectivity that the Uno has), you will consume much less power. I recently built a Halloween gadget with LEDs for my kids. It runs through a flash cycle and then sleeps until reactivated by a monitored switch. While it is running it consumes ~14mA but while it sleeps it only consumes 0.28mA! And I have no idea what I’m doing! I’m sure more knowledgeable people could do even better

@mikelee1906

5 жыл бұрын

What board did you use?

Extremely well said! I started on the RPi and moved to the Arduino (then back to the RPi)... They each have their strengths and weaknesses. Keep up the projects that use both. :)

Awesome video Bob! Thanks for the crash course!

Just getting into DIY and Bits is really helping.

I'm really loving these bits videos. Very helpful and very informative. Thanks you Bob!!!

@Iliketomakestuff

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

Thank you so much for your time and energy! Love the ‘bits’

This was really really amazing, hope to see more like this!!

I love the bits videos so much thank you dude!!!

Hey Bob! I want to give you a huge thanks. I've been wanting to get into electronics that use some programming, but wasn't quite sure what (I have about a years experience programming in C#) This video really helped me figure out what I should start off with. Just got my Arduino starterkit and am really excited to learn this! I love watching your videos, especially your arduino ones. :)

I’m definitely behind the curve when it comes to this kind of stuff and you do an excellent job explaining it. Now I need to find a project to use one of them....

Awesome thanks! I was always wondering about the differences when you used each type and why...this explains that!

This was a very helpful video! Keep up the good work Bob!

I have been playing with these for a while now but this is the best 5 minute summary I have ever heard.

Really nice! There are a few projects I would love to build with the PI... Like a smart mirror, for example.

Awesome! thanks for the info bob!! cant wait for the next bits!

I really enjoy the Adafriut feathers and feather wings. I found it a bit overwhelming trying to figure out what works with what and what voltages. Great video!

These bits are the best! So much information in a short amount of time!

Seriously, I love these videos. Keep being awesome.

Thank you very much for the video. I had wondered about this but hadn't researched it and just wanted a succinct answer.

Awesome, I was just wondering about that exact thing! Thanks!

Thanks brother.... Great video ... I was looking for this!!!!

These bits videos are really helpful...honest. (and by the way, that was an awful lot of information packed into a little over 5 minutes. Nice job Bob.)

Awesome video! I was hoping after the intro all you said was "there is none" and that would be the end of the video. Great explanation! I would love to learn this stuff. Just waiting for the right project to utilize it.

Thanks, This video really helps me decide which board I'm gonna buy

Oh man this video helped me so much, I knew what I needed just had no idea what the name was lol, I want to make a custom size picture/video frame but had no idea what the little board was called.

Pure gold! More please!

Extremely good and succinct summary.

Great comparison! Thanks.

This was a great Bits now the two products are clear. Thanks

An excellent video as always, very informative.

@Iliketomakestuff

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Very informative and interesting! Thanks!

Idk why I’m so addicted to every single video of yours.

Thanks for the info Bob! 👍👊

This was very helpful for my smart green house project Thank you so much

Great Bits as always Bob! I have a pi that I bought off of a coworker a few years ago and still need to fire it up lol. Always wondered how arduino was different. - Jim

Nice video Bob! Thanks for sharing it with us.👍😎JP

I’m sure that was great information. Your skill level never ceases to amaze me.

Excellent video as always Bob! -- Did anyone else think his desktop background was chicken fingers @ 1:13, or am I the only hungry boi in the room. --- Yes, I do realize its probably a rocket taking off... but ugh, that's some real crispy looking exhaust!!

Thanks for the helpful info.

learned a ton, as I always do from your videos. Makes me want to try and do a project with these.

@Iliketomakestuff

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome to hear Martin! Thank you!!

Thank you, this was informative.

wow this is exactly what I needed thank you so much! I am getting into programming do you have anything to start?

Very helpful, Thanks.

Great summary Bob!!! FYI, you can also program Arduino in BASIC with the free Great Cow Basic compiler.

My 6-year old and I love watching your videos. So much so that my wife just said “he keeps calling the TV remote an arduino?” We know little about coding so that definitely came from ILTMS. Thanks for the info!

Thank you for this useful video.

Good introduction to these devices. These things can suck up a lot of time when learning how to operate. 👍

FAVORITE bits so far

One thing that doesn't get mentioned a lot is that sometimes even an arduino is overkill. Sometimes a 555 timer or other simple circuit is enough to give you what you want and can be a lot cheaper. Great overview as always Bob.

Great video, but i'd like to add that there are some arduinos with HID built in that allow to easily make PC peripherals like game controllers, keyboards, etc which is harder to do on a pi.

Whenever I have a few extra bucks I buy a some variation of both. Never know what your gonna need one for.

Great overview of both boards and their capabilities. When will we see a Bits about Drill Bits?

This is a great video. Thank you.

@Iliketomakestuff

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Nice I use both but a while back I was confused this wouldve helped back then.

minor feedback: whenever you reference another of your videos, make sure you link it in the description so we don't have to hunt down something that looks cool (ie: your arcade cabinet). aweseome content though!

@Iliketomakestuff

5 жыл бұрын

We try to usually. Just slipped up on this one. Here you go, www.iliketomakestuff.com/arcade

@MikeTheMaker1

5 жыл бұрын

eldeecg I was looking for the same thing.

one thing that tripped me up for a bit was understanding that even though they run on 5V, they can control devices on other voltages. if the device has a "data" input (like a 3rd pin for LEDs), you can just bypass the arduino/pi entirely when it comes to powering the peripheral, and if it only has power inputs you can use a shield/hat to handle it i'm far from an expert, but just wanted to share one of the things i've run into!

I have been searching for a very long time for just this video!! Nicely done and clears a lot up. My question though, where do you buy your boards from? I know Ada Fruit but there are so many options I usually get overwhelmed and never buy one. Also there being several different after market "duinos" that are basically the same thing with a different name make it even more confusing. Id also love to learn more about different types of sensors and how they plugin to the arduino. Thanks Guys!!

Bob, could you consider doing a bits episode on masking and spray painting? Something I struggle with personally.

Just like there are different arduino compatible boards there are also other pi's, so the pi 3 cost $35+ USD but there is also a pi zero and zero w at around $5-10 USD that can almost bring its cost the the arduino uno level and the w version has wifi and bluetooth built in. Good video!

@SzDavidHUN

5 жыл бұрын

But you'll have higher power consumption, 3.3V logic level, more fragile, and because it's a computer, you can't have usually that precise timing. Plus you need an SD card. If you need wifi, you should check the ESP8266 and ESP32. Later have BT and BLE. And it's like 3-5$. And many times fater than an UNO. Btw if you can benefit from using a computer, then go for the Pi, but sometimes it can give a bit headache.

Fan-dam-tastic :D thank you so much for this

@Iliketomakestuff

5 жыл бұрын

I hope it was helpful!!

Love seeing your bits Bob. :-|

What are the chances you could do a BITS video for an intro to write code for these arcade cabinets bc I REALLY wanna make one and that’s the only thing that’s holding me back!!!! Thanks

You mentioned the arduino runs a "subset of the C programming language", which is not true. All the arduino sketches are actually programmed in C++. The backend compiler is a modified version of gcc which compiles the code into the AVR instruction set. You can most likely find other compilers online which compile other programming language to the AVR instruction set.

I love your videos

Bob I am a complete amateur at this but I would love to learn more. Any recommendations for how to learn programming? I want to use Raspberry Pi in my truck for backup camera LED light bar controls. I would love to see you do a project with your Land Cruiser.

Best microcontroller = esp8266!! Great video by the way

Finally a good channel for a great war

Very interesting.

Saludos desde Colombia.

There's a few workarounds for the issue of Arduino only supporting C. There are a few compilers that compile Python code to C if someone has a hard time learning the language. Also there's at least one D compiler that outputs C, but I don't know how well is it maintained, but if someone willing to go all custom, then some ARM microcontrollers are supported by LDC and GDC.

i am in the process of upgrading the mancave and i am currently building the arcade cabinet.......SO can you make a vending machine with about 3 drink options that are cool with small refrigerator motors and thermostat.... and 3 snack options i would like to have the options on it working with and with out the use of a payment system.......do you think this is to big of a project.....i have made a one drink option vending machine with payment and i can open it and make it non-payment needed but would like it all without opening the machine.

Hi bob i hve a ques where does the analog plug into?

Helpfull Video, Bob. Thanks! I wanna make my own Droid and I guess a PI would work better. I've read that the PI is much more expensive than a Arduino. Is ist true?

@nenioc187

5 жыл бұрын

You can get a Pi Zero W for 9.60£ There are many versions of the Arduino. E.g. you can get the Arduinio Nano as a Chinese clone for around 3 €

@romanglinnik8073

5 жыл бұрын

@@nenioc187 Ok, thanks. I checked the internet out and found pretty inexpensive PIs. Gonna buy one in the next time.😁

Great video but You forgot to mention price comparison in regards to basic functionality ;)

Exiting! :) Elaborate further please.... Would like to work with computers in a new way... so more plz! :)

Likely, if your project only needs a microcontroller, you should consider an esp8266 or esp32. Smaller, cheaper, wifi built in, and they can be developed in the Arduino IDE. There are, of course, exceptions, but you should try to us the cheapest, least powerful solution whenever possible.

I'd like to see Christmas lights on a house using led strips and one of these boards to make the lights move, dance, etc.

I've recently completed my mark 2 version of a bluetooth ignition system on my motorcycle using an arduino. Overall its was easier to learn on imo

The USB port is actually fine for PC to Arduino communication not just putting software on it, hence you can use any computer with a USB interface to deliver and recieve instruction and feedback. It does not pretend to be a full blown computer. Thats what keeps it super cheap and super useful.

You don't need a full amp to power an uno. I don't even think you can pull more than like 200mA through it without exceeding its ratings and if you need that much current in your control circuitry, you need to go back and redesign some stuff. So if you have a supply rated for 1A @5V, you can power the Uno @1Wmax and an additional 4W of whatever else you need.

Next Arduino / Pi project PLEASE put your coding and cabling details on the 2nd chan! I know it is a pain to film, but the tech-nerd in me wants to see the details...

Love bits

Related: microcontrollers like the Arduino (even though it is relatively slow and only 8 bit) are great for real-time stuff. When you run on a full OS like Linux or Windows, the multi-tasking and other OS maintenance tasks start to introduce jitter to the timing of things executing. So if you need to do anything real-time, you're better doing like you did with a big brain/little brain approach, letting the microcontroller do the RT stuff. This is the approach I've been using with some complex personal projects, but rather than Arduino, I use STM32 and GCC.

great video, whats with the background noise?

Arduino or in general a microcontroller can run on way less power consumption than the mentioned 500ma. With sleep mode enabled even under 1mA without any issues...

Make a bits about finishing 3d prints

@Iliketomakestuff

5 жыл бұрын

It's currently in production 👍🏼

@carguy7884

5 жыл бұрын

Can’t wait to see it!

Micro controllers are good for simple repeatable task. If you have board level design experience you can buy the chips and make your own circuits. Microchip is what I'm familiar with.

Who just loves this channel?

2:29 I thought that Anolog is on/off and digital = multiple values.. or not?

@Iliketomakestuff

5 жыл бұрын

Not in regards to the pins. The analog pin can read a value from 0-255 while a digital pin is looking for a true/false 0/1 value.

@bogscave

5 жыл бұрын

oh, yeah, right, I messed up by thinking that analog should be more complicated, but now it makes sense! Thanks

what is on board tool ?

Are there any websites that teach how to code using arduino?