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The MSP430 is 16-bit and comes with a nice collection of integrated peripherals depending on the chip that you choose including ADCs, RTCs, timers, serial modules, low power FRAM, op amps, and USB PHYs. Their launchpad boards are also about half the price of an Arduino uno and have jumpers that allow you to easily use the board as a standalone programmer once you move your chip off of the launchpad and in to a circuit.

The Nucleo is also very competitively priced at more than half the cost of an Arduino Uno.įor my latest experiments and next step into embedded development, I opted for the MSP430 by Texas Instruments.

The STM32 Nucleo is a nice platform for getting started with ARM development with dev boards sharing the same connectors as Arduino dev boards so you’ll be able to reuse your shields.

The ARM family of microcontrollers is also a good option for hobbyists, offering a wide variety of platforms.

It’s well documented and has been around for a number of decades.

The PIC family by Microchip Technologies is another popular alternative in the hobbyist arena.

The most accessible to Arduino users is the bare AVR chips, since you will already have all the hardware you need to get started.

There are a number of different alternatives to check out. I’m not anti-Arduino, but the Arduino is not true embedded development. I went years developing projects that ignored these concepts and was none the wiser.

The Arduino foundation tutorial doesn’t mention interrupts, clocks, or timers. But low power is a hassle, interrupts are limited, and the high level API keeps you abstracted away from the hardware. Now don’t get me wrong, the Arduino is good at providing a low barrier of entry for beginners-it makes rapid prototyping really easy. The Arduino leaves a lot to be desired in this area, and given the recent Arduino drama, I started looking for alternatives. I’m currently work on a project at home that’s going to be powered by a small capacity battery, thus putting a heavy emphasis on low power. Up until a few months ago, my embedded platform of choice was the Arduino, specifically the pro mini since it was so easy to integrate it into my projects. By night, I like to experiment with things that spark: ham radio, electronics, and embedded systems. By day, I work on web, mobile and desktop applications at Atomic Object.