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What is the difference between Raspberry Pi and a CPU-based computer?

I am a newbie with some knowledge of MCUs like Arduino stuff. As far as I know, Raspberry Pi is quite similar to an MCU only that it's much quicker and it has separate flash and RAM. I have some questions about it before learning it. Please help me.

1.I think those GIPO connectors are connected directly to pins of the SoC of the Raspberry Pi dev board, just like GPIO pins connect to MCU on any Arduino dev board. Am I right?

2.Why I don't see these GPIO pins on any of the motherboards of a desktop computer? Is it possible to connect a pin to the CPU directly and write a program to control the output voltage so that it can control an LED?

3.Is the brain of the phone more like Raspberry Pi than a CPU-based computer? I mean are peripherals connected to the SoC chips on the phone directly?

Statistics: Posted by ninger — Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:39 am — Replies 2 — Views 96



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