Most hobby electronics projects aren&#x27;t really CPU limited though, so using ARM doesn&#x27;t really bring relevant advantages. Having a standard platform, including the peripherals like PWM&#x2F;ADC&#x2F;timer etc which are going to vary wildly between ARM implementations, is far more important for people starting out and are trying to solve their problems via Google.<p>The 5V chips are also better at taking punches from miswired projects.