If you've been experimenting with the new Beaglebone Black or the original and would like to interface them with an Arduino board, don't panic as the solution is quite simple. Written by Instructables user "chrwei", they've explained how to use a python toolkit to send and receive serial data to the Arduino via a level-shifter board. Although the Beaglebone is much more powerful than an Arduino, it lacks the wide variety of robust hardware interfaces, so having an Arduino to do that kind of work is a solid choice.
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