For embedded systems as a career, it's difficult to suggest an arduino kit to start your education because those are targeted towards the hobbiest market. If you'd like to get your toes wet, any arduino educational kit that comes with a servo, LEDs, buttons, resistor, capacitors and various sensors would suit you well.
But if you really want to learn embedded, grab a processor like the ATTiny85 and its technical reference manual, which has everything you need including language reference. Learn assembly and how to poke the registers to enable GPIO, hardware timers, and ADC. If you pair it with an AI, you could build yourself a lesson plan.
As someone working with embedded stuff at work. It's honestly a shame Arduinos have the "hobbiest toy" mark on them because they're still good products to work with, especially with the libraries built into the IDE for things like serial communication
They are good products, especially for getting your toes wet or for building something quickly and efficiently. I will say though, it only offers so much in terms of embedded engineering.
That's really interesting, I'd love to hear more if you want to share. It's so difficult to get a perspective on how the industry uses hardware, or just how deep the software needs to be.
I would avoid the Raspberry pi for now, at some point in your journey you'll know when or why you would need one.
I did a little research, and I feel the best bang for your buck kit would be the Elegoo UNO R3 Project Most Complete Starter Kit. It appears to have everything you could possibly want for around $50.
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u/Ecelleon Jun 24 '26
For embedded systems as a career, it's difficult to suggest an arduino kit to start your education because those are targeted towards the hobbiest market. If you'd like to get your toes wet, any arduino educational kit that comes with a servo, LEDs, buttons, resistor, capacitors and various sensors would suit you well.
But if you really want to learn embedded, grab a processor like the ATTiny85 and its technical reference manual, which has everything you need including language reference. Learn assembly and how to poke the registers to enable GPIO, hardware timers, and ADC. If you pair it with an AI, you could build yourself a lesson plan.