Development boards, Single-Board Computers (SBCs) and Single-Board Microcontrollers
(SBMs) integrating sensors and communication technologies have become a very popular and
interesting solution in the last decade. They are of interest for their simplicity, versatility, adaptability,
ease of use and prototyping, which allow them to serve as a starting point for projects and as reference
for all kinds of designs. In this sense, there are innumerable applications integrating sensors and
communication technologies where they are increasingly used, including robotics, domotics, testing
and measurement, Do-It-Yourself (DIY) projects, Internet of Things (IoT) devices in the home or
workplace and science, technology, engineering, educational and also academic world for STEAM
(Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) skills. The interest in single-board architectures
and their applications have caused that all electronics manufacturers currently develop low-cost
single board platform solutions. In this paper we realized an analysis of the most important topics
related with single-board architectures integrating sensors. We analyze the most popular platforms
based on characteristics as: cost, processing capacity, integrated processing technology and opensource license, as well as power consumption (mA@V), reliability (%), programming flexibility,
support availability and electronics utilities. For evaluation, an experimental framework has been
designed and implemented with six sensors (temperature, humidity, CO2/TVOC, pressure, ambient
light and CO) and different data storage and monitoring options: locally on a µSD (Micro Secure
Digital), on a Cloud Server, on a Web Server or on a Mobile ApplicationThis research was partially supported by the Centro Científico Tecnológico de Huelva
(CCTH), University of Huelv