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The IO pins are the big difference. If you wanted to solder/connect some ICs to your PC, you were limited to using the parallel/serial ports. We get a much mo
by qwertox 6y ago
The IO pins are the big difference.
If you wanted to solder/connect some ICs to your PC, you were limited to using the parallel/serial ports.
We get a much more direct access to the CPU with these SBCs, which is what makes them so special.
It's more like they are a microcontroller on steroids, rather than a stripped down PC.
- blacksmith_tb 6y agoAbsolutely - but in the context here of low-budget desktops, having GPIO is something relatively few users want? I personally tend to use an RPi Zero W instead of an Arduino/ESP* for little projects because I like having networking, cron, etc.