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Old 05-15-2020, 10:51 AM
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Yeah, I too would suggest the Arduino platform - there are several models available, depending on what you want to do with it, but if you are going to interact with servos, etc., an Uno, or similar board with the standard Arduino pin out will allow you to attach any hats specific to what you want to accomplish with your project.

like Roelaf mentioned, the Pi is more like a full blown mini computer. Arduino devices pretty much just have a micro-controller with enough programmable memory to upload a simple program that runs in an infinite loop on boot up, looks for specific events that you program in that loop, and responds accordingly to the state of the IO pins as needed.

There are tons of resources available for Arduino - check out sites like Adafruit, Sparkfun, or other similar sites, who not only sell the hardware, but have a lot of resources of their own.
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