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Arduino has the very approachable scratch as a language + beginner friendly ide and a good community but I feel like a pi or similar board that you can drop ubu

• pests 3y ago
  But what does that give you that a regular desktop can't provide? The only novelty of a PI or a audrino is the pins.
  • rg111 3y ago
    That's like saying the only novelty of trolley bags are the wheels. That's. The. Point. Instead of a closed down consumer hardware like a phone, tab, laptop, there's something that you can physically expand, read data from nature using it, and make changes directly in the physical world using code. That's fantastic and exciting.
    • pests 3y ago
      We are in agreement. The pins are the point. > there's something that you can physically expand, read data from nature using it, and make changes directly in the physical world using code. You can't do this with _just_ a RPI though. A RPI without any extra sensors or electronics is just a desktop.
      • comprev 3y ago
        By coincidence, the pins also _have_ a point :)