That is one sweet board, and it might be a good starting point. It is, in my opinion, rather intense/complex, which might scare people off. For something leane

That is one sweet board, and it might be a good starting point. It is, in my opinion, rather intense/complex, which might scare people off. For something leaner and more "clean", while staying with Adafruit, their take on the RP2040 might be good [1]. The official Pico [2] is still just $5, which might make it an easier buy for some. For something even smaller, I rolled my own ATtiny214 [3] board but it's not presentable at the moment (and it's slightly more "hardcore" since it's not programmable over straight USB). Also, it's of course dropping down back to 8-bit land again. [1]: https://www.adafruit.com/category/875 https://www.adafruit.com/category/875 [2]: https://www.adafruit.com/product/4883 https://www.adafruit.com/product/4883 [3]: https://www.microchip.com/en-us/product/ATTINY214 https://www.microchip.com/en-us/product/ATTINY214