Arduino vs. Raspberry Pi - Which is best? | AddOhms #7

On the surface, both the Arduino and Raspberry Pi look like the same thing: inexpensive controller boards for electronics projects.

However, one is a simple 8-bit controller while the other is a 32-bit single board computer.

Understand how an Arduino and Pi are different and which to use in your project.

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[craftsydaddy]

Finally, a no-rocket-science explanation of what Arduino and Raspberry pi is. Haven't started on any electronics but I'm interested. This video helped me distinguish between the two. Thanks!

[hikaru-live]

Both boards can be used in one project in the same time actually. My quadrocopter used a 9 DOF sensor array and a GPS receiver, both connected to the Pi as it crunches those numbers, mostly 3D vectors, better and faster, and it have a bigger storage capacity and better connectivity (3G HSPA+, hello?) but keeping those four motors running properly, that is the job of the Arduino which focuses on that and adjusts only when the Pi orders it to do so. The devices are hooked up together via USB.

[qinwang]

I have to say it's the best video that explains the difference between Arduino and Raspberry PI I have ever seen. I love the " for my project" part. Thank you soo much!

[danielaunspach]

Found this on another channel in search, then realized from the comments it was yours, and came here to thumbs up and subscribe. Great comparison!

[stylesoftware]

Well done. Another way of thinking about it, is that the Arduino has precise timing for PWM, TTL, I2C, SPI and GPIO. The clocked instruction comes around quick enough to follow the next command from the program. An OS such as the Pi has many slow downs and considerations before executing a change. The arduino is similar to a PIC, in that a command is directly executed, instead of waiting for an OS to decide it is time to execute it.

[aleks]

At first, when I saw the title I thought: How can someone compare 2 incomparable things? And yes, at the end the message was very clear: no comparison between them. Great video! Keep it up!

[RMPGRXD]

Why not use both?  RPi for the brains and the Arduino for control :D

[lotavio]

This is a great video that focuses on finding the right tool for the job. I'm pleasantly surprised to finally find a comparison that does not throw mud at the Arduino. Thank you, AddOhms. Great Job!!

[Slacknutz]

Again, how could 15 people give this a thumbs down?  Fanboys who hug nuts possibly?  Or parents of the Pi developers?  IDK but this was a CLEAN video with NO slant.  Sheesh

[anguerandelamouliniere]

Excellent work, I love to see videos like this with clear explanations of the choice criterias for YOUR project. However, I would like to add my "two cents"

I regret that you concentrated only on the UNO model, which has the smaller memory (both Flash and RAM). You should have added that there are different models of Arduino, with more RAM, more Flash.

Especially if you consider the Due (but it was created after the video, so you could not take it into account), running on a 32 bits ARM, with much, much more Flash and RAM than the Uno. Which makes the choice between Arduino and Raspberry even more difficult °-)

Maybe you should have also explained that the Linux kernel makes the Raspberry "less responsive" in terms of real time criterias (which can be very important for some projects). While thanks to Linux, the Rasp has serious networking capabilities, that the Arduino can't really beat.

As you said, the key is YOUR project °-)

Once again, very good work

[LinardsPalacis]

You can combine the two as well and control Arduino from Raspberry Pi if a specific project needs both of their strengths.

[mmetzger]

Fantastic explanation! I especially like the non-judgmental approach: it truly depends on your project. Spoken like true engineers!

[KalaniHausman]

As I noted in the Amazon blog, the Arduino (~$25 USD) is great when you need analog and digital I/O and battery life, RasPi (~$35 USD) gives you a complete bare-bones computer capability for web/wi-fi orojects, while the Beaglebone Black (~$45 USD) gives you the broadest I/O options and a slightly faster single-board computer. There seem to be a spectrum of Arduino+RasPi projects to achieve both I/O and ease of development.

[peimanenato]

This is the best explanation I have ever seen. Very clean and perfect not just for arguing and raspberry pi but also about differences between micro controller and microprocessor. Thank you

[nates]

Thank you for creating this simplified explanation of the difference between these two. It really helps narrow down my research while reducing the amount of time I need to spend doing so!

[jonbisc]

This video was really useful! its been a while I was looking for something like this just to know the difference between them both... thanks a lot man!! greetings from Brazil ;)

[Themultiomniman]

Finally a no nonsense explanation. Thank you!

[worldbestpilot]

This was a great explanation for us guys, needing to decide which board will be the optimum for our project !

Thanks a lot !!

[wakzy]

Excellent ! Couldn't agree more. Arduino for hardware controllers and the "PI" for number crunching. Like you say, it's all in the I/O drivers. Of course memory and speed to enter in to some projects. Thanks a lot.

[inkhole]

I'm well out of the loop of technology and all of it's amazing advances but EVEN I understood which way to go in this versus. Great job!