I believe the current interest in Arduino, Raspberry Pi Pico, Mini SAM, and the like is because of an interest in how things worked when they were simpler and m

I believe the current interest in Arduino, Raspberry Pi Pico, Mini SAM, and the like is because of an interest in how things worked when they were simpler and more mechanical. Especially since they allow for easy cross-breeding of modern computing with something more analog on a bread board or pHAT with any sensor configuration you can imagine. It sounds like you would find some comfort in and around these devices.