and Leo's bag of tricks on youtube:
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGvOmwZvhVk
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWRbSn4uDow
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F_O1RPyrC8
A Raspberry Pi Pico running micro-python is a nice way to play with electronics without completely leaving the land of software.