I agree with pepsi, get a Raspberry Pi and start hacking. And, Microsoft is now supporting development projects on the Pi with their "Windows IoT" so you can s

I agree with pepsi, get a Raspberry Pi and start hacking. And, Microsoft is now supporting development projects on the Pi with their "Windows IoT" so you can still dabble with that too! https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/iot/getstarted https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/iot/getstarted