/products/devtools/single-board-computers/next-genbeaglebone/b/blog/posts/gpio-on-bbb-arduino-and-piThis is not exactly a question and it is not for a single board so bear with me. (Is that the right way to spell bear in this case? I don&#39;t want everyone thing I want them to get naked with me ) Right, to the non-question; which is the most effi...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/products/devtools/single-board-computers/next-genbeaglebone/b/blog/posts/gpio-on-bbb-arduino-and-piMon, 27 Oct 2014 10:36:06 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:e34e6337-9ea9-455c-95e3-3ade4697c6b4shabaz2<p>Hi Mark,</p><p>I&#39;m not sure Python runs on the Arduino (maybe it does), nor Node.js.</p><p>The Arduino is a microcontroller, usually I/O is extremely straigntforward on these, using DigitalRead/DigitalWrite commands in the Arduino language (which is C I believe).</p><p>On the RPI/BBB, you can pick your language, since these platforms run Linux. I/O has to share time with the rest of Linux, so expect some small variable latency (jitter) when issuing commands.</p><p>The commands you issue will depend on the language you choose - some are more comfortable with C, others with Python and others with JavaScript.</p><p>If you need to have a web server, then unless the requirement for it is quite simple, you&#39;re forced to move off the Arduino because it doesn&#39;t have much memory and other resources for handling large web pages.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=19022&AppID=80&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">