Yeah, from what I can tell the previous Raspberry Pi approach of a completely separate, full-on computer was ill-suited to its stated educational purpose for mu

Yeah, from what I can tell the previous Raspberry Pi approach of a completely separate, full-on computer was ill-suited to its stated educational purpose for multiple reasons. The trouble is, the climate of, well, fanboyism around the Pi meant that this tended to be dismissed as an issue. I wonder if now everyone will discover how much better microcontroller-based boards are for this, just like everyone discovered the performance benefits of not having an ancient version of ARM when the Pi 2 came out and the practical benefits of integrated wifi when the 3 came out...