Comments by "" (@GSBarlev) on "" video.

💯 Back when I was a physics undergrad (15ish years ago) our closest equivalent to an Arduino was a multi-hundred-dollar GPIO EVM hooked up to a computer running LabVIEW. (We also had to walk one mile to the physics building, uphill, in the snow)
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If you do a deeper dive into open microcontroller computing, I hope you cover how the original Arduino developers got completely shafted. I also would love to see a "100 seconds" on microPython (/ CircuitPython) and cover how these days you can don't even have to write static programs--you can just start up a REPL (or, better, WebREPL) and just run python commands directly on the device. The level to which this has cut down on iteration time and increased prototyping speed has made it really hard to justify going back to Arduino.
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@brandon_wallace Do a web search for Hernando Barragán.
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I hope he has the patience to wait until the supply shortage ends (or until competitor SBCs see the same level of Linux kernel support so we can start using the term "Pi" like we use "Arduino" now for any of a wide range of compatible board)
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@ninobach7456 Don't go Arduino. Get a microPython / CircuitPython board instead (RP2040s are dirty cheap). When you're just starting out especially, having an interactive Read-Eval-Print Loop (REPL) interface is a godsend that cuts out the frustration of having to recompile and re-flash your code for the bonk-zillionth time.
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@florinbaciu2325 which is such a shame, because teaching people microPython / CircuitPython (with prototyping through the REPL) is such a gentler learning curve while being every bit as practical for any project you'd realistically want to teach Arduino.
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@timmy7201 In what way? Just the lack of stability? I've found uPython to be perfectly adequate for DIY projects--even moving off the breadboard and flashing to 8285s--but I'm far from a professional engineer
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I also question 0:13 - - that the most popular board is the Uno. Given how expensive Unos are there is no way they outnumber Nanos--or Nano clones--which are still easy to work with (go on breadboards, no soldering) but are like $5 a pop from US sellers
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