Constan7ine
- Jan 15, 2014
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This post is just another post to clarify things for me in my beginner confusion.
I don't understand the point of development boards like the EasyPIC. With things like the arduino you can program and develop your electronics on the arduino board and then use it in the final project. Any other additions to your circuit can just be plugged into the Arduino and tested and then used, right?
But with a development board (the EasyPIC in particular) you need to purchase and plug in the click boards and test your system on the development board, and then transfer the microcontroller to another board where it will be used along with the actual components which you then need to purchase and design into the circuit on the main board that the microcontroller will be used in. What if the component's differ slightly to the click boards on the EasyPIC? Will problems will occur? And you need the pay for the expensive development board as well as all the click boards to extend its functionality.
Since I was given an EasyPIC as a present can someone tell me why you would ever want such a device these days? What is its point?
I don't understand the point of development boards like the EasyPIC. With things like the arduino you can program and develop your electronics on the arduino board and then use it in the final project. Any other additions to your circuit can just be plugged into the Arduino and tested and then used, right?
But with a development board (the EasyPIC in particular) you need to purchase and plug in the click boards and test your system on the development board, and then transfer the microcontroller to another board where it will be used along with the actual components which you then need to purchase and design into the circuit on the main board that the microcontroller will be used in. What if the component's differ slightly to the click boards on the EasyPIC? Will problems will occur? And you need the pay for the expensive development board as well as all the click boards to extend its functionality.
Since I was given an EasyPIC as a present can someone tell me why you would ever want such a device these days? What is its point?