[nine_k]

Pick an Arduino, enjoy basically the same full control.

The choice of languages is wider, but normally it's the same choice of two, C or assembly.

You can attach more interesting peripherals.

[singingfish]

After doing a little bit of arduino programming, I really liked how the resources were really limited. It reminded me of installing and running linux back in the early 00s, and messing with sinclair spectrums and apple computers even further back.

I reckon cos of the constraints it's a really good learning environment.