Raspberry Pi for Arduino Users: Building IoT and Network Applications and Devices

© James R. Strickland 2018

James R. StricklandRaspberry Pi for Arduino Usershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3414-3_12

12. The Best of Both Worlds

James R. Strickland¹ 

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Highlands Ranch, Colorado, USA

 

So here we are in the second-to-last chapter of the book. We’ve dug into the Pi’s hardware, we’ve learned a lot of WiringPi, and we’ve learned quite a lot of Linux system administration and programming. Hopefully you’ve seen the Pi’s strengths (and weaknesses) as a platform for your gadget. I know, however, that some of you aren’t convinced. What if, for example, you need more than one timer/counter? What if you need to be sure it doesn’t skew its timing with the system clock? What if you’ve invested a lot of time and effort writing cycle-accurate ...