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Compare and contrast microcontrollers and single-board computers

Instructions

This lesson covered microcontrollers and single-board computers. Create a table comparing and contrasting them, and note at least 2 reasons why you would use a microcontroller over a single-board computer, and at least 2 reasons why you would use a single-board computer over a microcontroller.

Rubric

CriteriaExemplaryAdequateNeeds Improvement
Create a table comparing microcontrollers to single-board computersCreated a list with multiple items correctly comparing and contrastingCreated a list with only a couple of itemsWas only able to come up with one item, or no items to compare and contrast
Reasons for using one over the otherWas able to provide 2 or more reasons for microcontrollers, and 2 or more for single-board computersWas only able to provide 1-2 reasons for a microcontroller, and 1-2 reasons for a single-board computerWas unable to provide 1 or more reasons for a microcontroller or for a single-board computer