Arduino vs Raspberry Pi - Which Board is Best For You?

One of the big questions in DIY electronics circles is which DIY platform is going to be the best for me? And the two biggest platforms right now is Arduino and Raspberry Pi. Whilst at first glance they might seem the same; circuit board with some electronic chips and header pins. However they really are completely different beasts. Today we’ll be looking at a broad feature comparison on each platform

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[jasrego]

This is the exact type of comparison that i was looking for. Thanks

[esenel]

And of course one doesn't exclude the other. I often use cheap arduino's to build into projects, and then have a RPi connect to it through either USB or bluetooth to control it if it needs the RPi power. It's a whole lot cheaper than buying another RPi for every project, and if your projects are running 24/7 (like the stuff running my home) it's much cheaper to have 1 or 2 RPi's and 10 arduino's all over the place than 10 RPi's.
For people just starting out I always recommend starting with the Arduino though, because mistakes are a lot cheaper ;)
Also, being closer to the actual hardware while first learning to use it helps people understand what's going on better in my experience.

[AnnoyingRains]

wow an actual comparison these are rare! thank you!

[kevinlettelleir]

Great comparison, thanks a lot for creating this!

[JohnSmith-yyhn]

Thank you Sam. You are the one of best. You took the time to explain the differences between the the Arduino and the Raspberry Pi.
You explained it very well, and not rushed. That's what I like.

[Yourhappychoice]

Great video for a beginner, wondering where to start! Very helpful! Thank you

[jerrygundecker]

This helped a lot. When I woke up this morning, I had never heard of an Arduino. Thanks.

[alienalxclone]

Thank you for the introduction to and comparison of the two devices.

[peterc]

Nice! Thanks for the clear explanation.

[juanjuarez]

Great video exactly what I was looking for thank you.

[bradleygranger]

Great video - genuine explanation on the key differences.

- What is the name of the song that's playing in the background at the end?

[BogdanKrmelj]

Thanks, this is very good description and comparison.

[coldrider]

Thank You short a clear info I can follow up on IF I need it, I learned what I had to right here, keep up the great vids Cheer's =D

[deadidonnie]

This was very useful and informative thank you!

[bENOFFICIALMASSIVE]

Awesome, I've got a Pi3 for retro gaming but I've started to grow an interest in all these boards that are getting released. The ones that have Android and Windows capability I'm pretty interested in. Reckon u could do a vid on some or one of those? ETA Prime reviews pretty much reviewed all of them n does a good job but always good to see different views. Nice vid! Cheers

[elliot]

Awesome video!
So if I wanted to created a distributed sound system... a relatively rudimentary one (not looking for high resolution sound at all). Would I use an Arduino or Pi for this audio task..?

Basically the system would be applying power, sending in an MP3 signal, ..amplifying said signal...?, and transducing the signal into sound through a speaker/transducer. The transducers are 8 ohm 50wattRMS.

Thanks!

[shibadhamija]

its simply like wooww ...wot u hav explained is so elegant ...

[whyzen]

Thanks for this. A very good explanation.

[datarob]

Nice video thanks! One thing i'd like to see a list of projects (like the matrix you show about RaspPi vs Arduino) Like if you used one over the other how much more work/power would be used, or just simply "this project couldn't be done with an Arduino".

Thanks again

[nutnhorsefarms]

Excellent video with the most important differences pointed out. This makes it easy to choose the right platform for a project. Thanks.