If you want to get a visceral (and fun) understanding of programming, start with an Arduino. ... Arduino Uno. When people set out to learn to program, they often get mired in a lot of choices.

I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with the Arduino. But if I had two serious gripes about the original offering it was the 8-bit CPU and the lack of proper debugging support. Now there&#8217… ...

At the time of this writing, a number of Arduino boards exist: Arduino UNO, Nano, Mega, Mini, Pro and others (see Resources for a complete list). The Arduino UNO (Figure 1) is the latest version of ...