> placing sensor/processor combinations in places where they are likely to be lost or destroyed. Well, you could already do that with microcontrollers. An AVR

> placing sensor/processor combinations in places where they are likely to be lost or destroyed. Well, you could already do that with microcontrollers. An AVR is pretty powerful actually, and costs a buck a pop. But of course there will be cases when an AVR would not be enough, so the Pi might be the better choice.