Arduino microcontrollers have added Python to the range of compatible programming languages. Others can be used, and not just Arduino's own IDE app.

I do use Arduino IDE when I need too, but it is a tool like anything else to get the job done. I don’t complain about it. Anyway a standard text editor works fine for me — C, Python, etc ...

If you’ve played with an Arduino, you’ve probably been frustrated by the IDE. It works, but it’s not the best editor. It’s especially painful for bigger files and larger pro… ...

Set Up Your Development Environment: Write and upload code using Arduino Lab for MicroPython, a user-friendly IDE specifically designed for MicroPython programming. 3.

The Arduino team has also created a new Arduino Lab for MicroPython, offering coders and makes a simple, cross-platform IDE for MicroPython that supports any board with a serial REPL interface so ...

There's no dedicated IDE for writing the code, but most hobbyists, and the Pi Foundation itself, recommend the Python-focused Thonny IDE. Thonny works like the Arduino IDE — it can run the code ...

University of Cambridge theoretical physicist Damien George has built a tiny microcontroller that is more powerful than Arduino and far simpler than the Raspberry Pi. Just funded on Kickstarter ...