I would like to know as a DIY hobbist which programming language should I opt for programing DIY Development board

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I would like to know as a DIY hobbist which programming language should I opt for programing DIY Development board. I am intrested in building test instruments that requires use of GUI and voltage measurement and also use of Raspberri pi SBC for some projects and I would like to makes thoes project open source.

Andrew J · Accepted Answer

C and possibly Python. Probably depends upon the board and toolsets which will dictate what you use.

vmate · Answer

C# with XAML is also a good contender, as the GUI framework is top notch. It's mainly for Windows, but there are options for cross platform GUIs, like Avalonia. 
 It's a bit more difficult than Python, but still nowhere near as difficult and time consuming as C/C++. 
 For MCUs, C is basically your only option, I wouldn't bother with Python, and C++ is just extra complexity that you do not yet need. 
 On Windows/Linux, Python is almost certainly the easiest, but the GUI options are pretty horrible.

rsjawale24 · Answer

python. I'm using python with pyserial library to read from instruments and display live data on GUI using pyQT. But in the industry, C# is widely used for instrument interfacing along with GUI

I would like to know as a DIY hobbist which programming language should I opt for programing DIY Development board

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