I do not see where the Ardino hardware is much more then a USB Bitwacker.
These days the better uC's are a system on a chip. Slap one in a BB, add sensors, switches, dispay and you are ready to run.
One thing that is good about Ardino is that add on IO boards. Sort of like what Nigel uses.
On the other hand Lada Ada and Peter H Anderson are using it. What am I missing.
Could be that someone has taken the time to glue it all together. Sort of like most compiler verndors do for you.
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