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Originally Posted by Xboxeric
To save our wallets, we were wondering if the Raspberry Pi could control the Talon. The Raspberry pi does have PWM compatible I/O pins, but our question is: Could the Talon be controlled by the Raspberry Pi? Thank you for reading.
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Don't use the rasperry pi for what you are trying to do. The raspberry pi has very limited number of PWM pins. I would suggest getting a Arduino Uno ($35.00) or a Beagleboard Black($45)
YOu get alot of bang with a Beagleboard black. The raspberry pi you only get 1 pwm pin. The beagleboard black has 8 pwm ports and 65 GPIO pins. Also the beagboard black is more powerful then the raspberry pi.
The Arduino Uno (which is the one I have) is ($35). Though it is not very powerful (16 mhz clock) with 2kbs of RAM. It operates at 5 volts I just use a 9 volt batter unless UI have a motor shield connected then I have 8 AA batterys. Anyways Arduino is a very customizable platform and there are man versions of it. At of the Raspberry Pi and Beagleboard black the Arduino is probably the best for reading sensor data it is alot easier. Also you can get wifi/ethernet shields to connect your robot to a network and be able to tweet things or control the arduino from anywhere in the world with a internet connect (though this is advanced stuff). The best part about the Arduini is that you can build your own or you buy one at Radioshack or on the internet. Also the community for Arduino is absolutely HUGE. Also I think Andymark has a specialaly made Arduino to replace the CRIO so you can connect it to the rest of the FRC control system. Yes I am biased to the the arduino. I absolutely love the Arduino. Plus it is made in Italy instead of China though not America but still better then being made in China (just my opinion)
Buy a Arduino. Though I dont know what you r project is so I can't help you as much.