slides from my Building IoT Talk (Boards für das IoT-Prototyping) about IoT-Prototyping boards which we use at #hybrislabs

1. Boards für das
IoT-Prototyping
Lars Gregori
Hybris Labs

2. Agenda
Microcontroller (MCU)
Microprocessor (MPU)
System on a Chip (SoC)

3. Agenda
Microcontroller (MCU)
• Arduino Boards
• STM32 Nucleo
Microprocessor (MPU)
System on a Chip (SoC)

4. Arduino / Genuino
http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Products

5. Arduino UNO
http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardUno
Atmel ATMega328P (16 MHz)
32 kB Flash
2 kB SRAM
1 kB EEPROM
Shields for Ethernet, Wifi and Bluetooth
14 digital, 6 analog
5.0 Volt
C/C++
Arduino IDE
Atmel Studio

6. Arduino MEGA 2560
http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardMega2560
Atmel ATMega2560 (16 MHz)
256 kB Flash
8 kB SRAM
4 kB EEPROM
Shields for Ethernet, Wifi and Bluetooth
54 digital, 16 analog
5.0 Volt
C/C++
Arduino IDE
Atmel Studio

7. Arduino MEGA 2560
http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardMega2560
Atmel ATMega2560 (16 MHz)
256 kB Flash
8 kB SRAM
4 kB EEPROM
Shields for Ethernet, Wifi and Bluetooth
54 digital, 16 analog
5.0 Volt
C/C++
Arduino IDE
Atmel Studio

8. Arduino 101
http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoard101
Intel Curie (32 MHz)
196 kB Flash, 24 kB SRAM,
1 kB EEPROM (emulated)*
Bluetooth
6-axis accelerometer/gyro
14 digital, 6 analog
3.3 Volt (5.0 Volt tolerant)
Arduino IDE
*https://www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/EEPROM

9. STMicroelectronics

10. STMicroelectronics

11. STM32 Nucleo-F446RE
http://www.st.com/web/catalog/tools/FM116/SC959/SS1532/LN1847
STM32 STM32F446RET6
ARM Cortex-M4 32-bit (180 MHz)
512 kB Flash
128 kB SRAM
configurable /w CubeMX
3.3 Volt
C/C++
IAR EWARM, Keil MDK-ARM,
mbed and GCC/LLVM-based IDEs

12. STM32CubeMX

13. Agenda
Microcontroller (MCU)
Microprocessor (MPU)
• Raspberry Pi 3
• BeagleBone Black
System on a Chip (SoC)

14. Microcontroller (MCU) vs Microprocessor (MPU)
Microprocessor (MPU) or Microcontroller (MCU)?
What factors should you consider when selecting the
right processing device for your next design
http://www.atmel.com/Images/MCU_vs_MPU_Article.pdf

15. Microcontroller (MCU) vs Microprocessor (MPU)
MCU uses on-chip embedded Flash
memory
MPUs do not have memory constraints

16. Microcontroller (MCU) vs Microprocessor (MPU)
MCU uses on-chip embedded Flash
memory
MCU has a very short start-up period and
can be executing code very quickly.
address perfectly the most time critical
and deterministic applications
MPUs do not have memory constraints

17. Microcontroller (MCU) vs Microprocessor (MPU)
MCU uses on-chip embedded Flash
memory
MCU has a very short start-up period and
can be executing code very quickly.
address perfectly the most time critical
and deterministic applications
MPUs do not have memory constraints
processing performance, for:
• Operating System
• UI
• high speed communication peripherals

18. Microcontroller (MCU) vs Microprocessor (MPU)
MCU uses on-chip embedded Flash
memory
MCU has a very short start-up period and
can be executing code very quickly.
address perfectly the most time critical
and deterministic applications
ultra low power applications
none or little UI interaction
MPUs do not have memory constraints
processing performance, for:
• Operating System
• UI
• high speed communication peripherals

19. Microcontroller (MCU) vs Microprocessor (MPU)
MCU uses on-chip embedded Flash
memory
MCU has a very short start-up period and
can be executing code very quickly.
address perfectly the most time critical
and deterministic applications
ultra low power applications
none or little UI interaction
MPUs do not have memory constraints
processing performance, for:
• Operating System
• UI
• high speed communication peripherals
functionally rich and high performance
applications

20. Raspberry Pi 3
https://www.raspberrypi.org/
Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 (ARMv8)
1.2 GHz
1 GB RAM, SD-Card
Ethernet, Wifi and Bluetooth
40 GPIO Pins (3.3 Volt)
Audio and Video (HDMI)
Linux (Debian, Ubuntu)
Windows 10 IoT Core
Risk OS
FreeBSD

21. BeagleBone Black
http://beagleboard.org/bone
AM335x ARM Cortex-A8 (1GHz)
512 MB RAM
4 GB eMMC Flash
Ethernet
Cape for Wifi and Bluetooth
69 GPIO Pins (3.3 Volt)
7 analog (1.8 V)
Audio and Video (HDMI)
Linux (Debian, Ubuntu)
Android

22. Agenda
Microcontroller (MCU)
Microprocessor (MPU)
System on a Chip (SoC)
• Intel Edison
• ESP8266
• Particle Photon
• LightBlue Bean

23. System on a Chip (SoC)
Single chip integrates:
• Integrated Circuit (IC)
• components of a computer

24. Intel Edison
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/do-it-yourself/edison.html
Intel Atom 2-Core 500 MHz
Intel Quark 100 MHz
4 GB eMMC
1 GB RAM
Wifi and Bluetooth
20 digital (6 analog)
Yocto Linux
C, C++, Python, NodeJS, Wolfram Language
Arduino IDE, Eclipse, Intel XDK, Wolfram

25. ESP8266
http://esp8266.net/
ESP8266EX (80 MHz)
512 kB - 16 MB Flash
Wifi
9 digital (3.3 V)
1 analog (1.8 V)
C/C++
Lua, MicroPython, JavaScript
Arduino IDE

26. Particle Photon
https://www.particle.io/
Broadcom BCM43362 WiFi radio
STM32F205G Microcontroller
1 MB Flash
128KB RAM
120 MHz clock
8 digital
6 analog
C/C++ (Arduino)
Web IDE

27. LightBlue Bean
https://punchthrough.com/bean/
ATMega328p (8 MHz)
CC2540 Bluetooth SoC
32KB Flash
2KB SRAM
6 digital
2 analog
C/C++
Arduino IDE

28. Agenda
Microcontroller (MCU)
• Arduino Boards
• STM32 Nucleo
Microprocessor (MPU)
• Raspberry Pi 3
• BeagleBone Black
System on a Chip (SoC)
• Intel Edison
• ESP8266
• Particle Photon
• LightBlue Bean

29. Thank you!
Lars Gregori
Hybris Labs