The Untold History of Arduino
The whole Arduino thing has always baffled me a bit.  I&#x27;ve been programming 8-bit AVR chips since 2000.  There have always been many different development board options.  Even long before Wiring and Arduino.  Sure many were more expensive but neither Wiring nor Arduino added much technically to the hardware itself.<p>The real innovation of Arduino has always been the Wiring programming system.  Personally I prefer the low-level interface the AVR chips provide and document very well in their datasheets. I find it frustrating to have another layer, like wiring, between me and the hardware.  As an embedded systems programmer my perspective is different.<p>To me Arduino has always been little more than a really good marketing campaign.