Difference between Arduino and Raspberry Pi:

Kishore Chowdary

Can anyone explain me the major difference between the Arduino and Raspberry Pi? I have a little knowledge about the Arduino and its working. Hope I will get a clear answer.

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Hussain Patel10y ago
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I have a blog, showing difference between Arduino and Raspberry Pi..
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/blogs/internet-of-things-iot-series-tiny-computers-raspberry-pi-and-arduino-part-three
Reshwanth S9y ago
An Arduino is a microcontroller motherboard. A microcontroller is a simple computer that can run one program at a time, over and over again. ... A Raspberry Pi is a general-purpose computer, usually with a Linux operating system, and the ability to run multiple programs.
Ramesh Kartik10y ago
Hello Kishore,
Arduino is a simple micro controller that can run simple programs one at a time
Perfect one for the beginners
Ex : Best used for reading the room/outside temperature repetitively and tweet you periodically
Raspberry is a general purpose computer that can run multiple complex programs at a time
Ability to handle multiple tasks
Ex :Best used for reading the room temperature and switch on the AC or heater according to the temperature level
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Tejas Trivedi10y ago
Hi Kishore,

The basic difference between this two is Arduino is microconroller based architecture and Raspberry Pi on the other end is microprocessor based and in fact a mini computer board.As it is mini computer or computer on board, it can have RTOS like Raspbrian, windows 10, Mac etc.

Hope, this will help you to understand the basic difference. Feel free to write if more information is required.

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