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

Compared to the Raspberry Pi, which can be programmed with multiple programming languages such as Python, Java, and C++, Arduino only has one programming language, in addition to many libraries ...

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 ...