> If your product needs to do X, Y, and Z, and that can be built in arduino in a few days, and built in some other "professional" toolchain in a few months, the

> If your product needs to do X, Y, and Z, and that can be built in arduino in a few days, and built in some other "professional" toolchain in a few months, then you will save money by building your real product on arduino. I'd hazard a guess there is no software that would take "months" to build while it takes days on arduino, unless you count "developer learning C++ properly" in that month. Most uC platforms provide enough SDK and code generation that you can hit the ground running with simple code and complex code won't be any easier in arduino