This is true for some boards. For realtime OS-less microcontroller boards like Arduino, the execution model is what I've described: http://johnny-five.io/platfo

This is true for some boards. For realtime OS-less microcontroller boards like Arduino, the execution model is what I've described: http://johnny-five.io/platform-support/#arduino-uno http://johnny-five.io/platform-support/#arduino-uno For beefier linux boards, like Tessel and Beagle Board, it's what you've described: http://johnny-five.io/platform-support/#beaglebone-black http://johnny-five.io/platform-support/#beaglebone-black http://johnny-five.io/platform-support/#tessel-2 http://johnny-five.io/platform-support/#tessel-2