The Arduino is an excellent first embedded development kit, provides a great introduction to electronics, and has the potential to get children into programming. [David] thinks throwing C at non-pr… ...

That said, this is a great introduction to programming the ESP module. If the Arduino IDE isn’t your thing, you could always do it the cool way with [CNLohr]’s programming tutorial we featured ...

In contrast, Arduino systems have a relatively lower learning curve than conventional analog embedded systems, with the highly intuitive Arduino IDE simplifying many programming tasks.