But one doesn’t (or shouldn’t) want “full
power”, an OS and drivers, etc for simple things. You want simplicity, lower power consumption, small size, instant power-on, and a single deterministic thread. Imagine if your hairdryer, or toaster took 30s to boot before using just because someone preferred to program it using JavaScript instead of C.
It’s not about being forced into the embedded ecosystem, embedded is the right choice for the job in many cases. In fact it’s common to see hobbyists struggle trying to make a full featured raspberry pi work for simple use cases that are more well-suited to an arduino.
It’s not about being forced into the embedded ecosystem, embedded is the right choice for the job in many cases. In fact it’s common to see hobbyists struggle trying to make a full featured raspberry pi work for simple use cases that are more well-suited to an arduino.