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given the large number of development boards
on the market, selecting one for a project
may be challenging.
RF-given a 490-mV input voltage. It
contained enough GPIO pins to dedicate 14 3.0-V, I2C-enabled breakout
headers for peripheral sensors. It's
64-kB internal storage also provided
enough space to briefly store sensor
data until transmitted.

board options. The opinions stated
within this article are our own. For
more information on products contained in the article, please visit the
manufacturers' websites.

Conclusion

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Given the large number of development boards on the market, selecting one for a project may be challenging. In this article, we provided
a framework for selecting an ap propriate development board for a
given project by a means of filtering
through categories of project type,
programming methods, community
and support, hardware/software
specifications, and common use
cases for various boards. By following the framework described in this
article, a project designer should be
able narrow down the set of candidate development boards for his or
her project.
As new development boards are
created and begin to appear in the
marketplace, the boards discussed
in this article will become decreasingly relevant. However, the classes
of boards that they represent, such
as 8-b microcontroller or singleboard Linux computer, will still be
relevant for the foreseeable future.
By following the thought process
we have described, project makers
will currently be able to select one
of the nine discussed development
boards. In the future, this article
will serve as a guide to which class
of development board would best
suit their project.
Disclaimer: The primary intent of
the article is to act as a guide for students and instructors. Our goal was
to provide the reader with a convenient and detailed source of reference for a wide range of development

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about the authors
Rudy Lang (rudy.lang@uoit.net)
earned his bachelor of engineering
degree in electrical engineering at
the University of Ontario Institute of
Technology in Oshawa, Ontario,
Canada. He is currently a software
developer at General Motors. His
research interests include microcontrollers, embedded systems, firmware, and software development.
M ic h a e l L e s c is in (michael
.lescisin@uoit.net) earned his bachelor of engineering degree in electrical
engineering at the University of
Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT).
He is currently pursing graduate
studies at UOIT, researching modeldriven development for software security applications.
Qusay H. Mahmoud (qus ay
.mahmoud@uoit.ca) is a professor of
software engineering at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. His research interests include
software engineering and cyberphysical systems.

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