> building a simple hardware dev board is a straightforward exercise.
I would argue that you can make your own microcontroller dev board easily enough too. An RP2040 or similar, a USB programmer, some kind of voltage converter, etc.
The joy that Arduino bright to microprocessors was that it was a device that was useful for a lot of projects straight out of the box, accessible to those with only high school knowledge of circuits or programming.
I would argue that you can make your own microcontroller dev board easily enough too. An RP2040 or similar, a USB programmer, some kind of voltage converter, etc.
The joy that Arduino bright to microprocessors was that it was a device that was useful for a lot of projects straight out of the box, accessible to those with only high school knowledge of circuits or programming.