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What's the advantage of running RIOT on a small/embedded system, instead of GNU/Linux? Configuring/Compiling the Linux kernel might take a similar amount of tim
by ktpsns 7y ago
What's the advantage of running RIOT on a small/embedded system, instead of GNU/Linux? Configuring/Compiling the Linux kernel might take a similar amount of time then comfortable with RIOT. Furthermore, a suitable smallish userspace has to be prepared in both cases.
- seabird 7y agoIt supports architectures like MSP430 and AVR, and Linux doesn't. If you're using Linux for embedded, you're at the high end of hardware and time investment.
- pantalaimon 7y agoWell for one, you will have a hard time running Linux with 32k of RAM… For Linux to be viable you need at least 2MiB, 8MiB to do anything useful. Microcontrollers that are used for sensors and controller devices don't have that much memory. High end MCUs will have 256k RAM/1024k ROM, but cheaper/lower power devices will have much less.