Don't worry, the coding is simple enough to understand even without prior experience. An Arduino is a much better choice than a Raspberry Pi for tasks that require real-time input and responses.

As the Uno Rev3 only has 14 digital I/O pins and six analog input pins, it's best suited for projects not requiring too many components. Most of the built-in examples in the Arduino IDE software ...

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