Do you use arduino?

Question

Yes? Why?

Answer 1

using arduino is simple rather than using plain c for example if I am working with AVR microcontroller and using plane c then I have to set registry bits manually which is quite complex and required knowledge of BIT masking on the other hand arduino does this things in background and you can concentrate on your logic rather than flipping pages of data sheet

Answer 2

Because it makes hardware interfacing easy and accessible to people like me that do not have experience with MCU.
I started coding due to the arduino and viewing your code animate in the physical world is a big + for understanding the logic of your program. From there I moved to other topics like GUI, networking, web based interfaces, dtmf... and the list goes on.
The point is i got motivated by being able to get quick results that are keeping me going.
To get a brief overview I'll compare my experience with the arduino and a previous attempt in learning Java.
After one week of Java tutorials I was limited to boring command line program that quickly took my enthusiasm away due to the lack of tangible perspective.
After one week of arduino I got my first autonomous vehicle running via DTMF (phone tone signals).

Answer 3

@seamiki
exact same story of mine.
I learned coding for mcu programming coz at that time I was totally unaware of what's going on in the code and curiosity done the job and now I know c, c++ , .net , java, Python, html, CSS, JavaScript, angular, polymer, go lang, gulp, grunt etc.
just coz I was so motivated when I was in electronics training