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The Esp FreeRTOS projects are a great little ecosystem, and will offer quite a bit more insight than Arduino pseudo-C++ silent-polled architecture.
In general, it depends what you want out of the ecosystems. For quickly setting up a proof of concept, an Arduino used to be good for the exhaustive documentation, examples, community, and labs.
The modern Arduino integrated product line is now similar to other locked ecosystems like FPGAs. It no longer lets students learn by burning out $10 parts they made. The only people having fun now are the folks building those trademarked modules.
Probably wise to avoid LLMs if you are a student, and check out the $6 Pi Pico 2 if interested in low-level firmware build processes (it also supports the old Arduino IDE if you get stuck.)
Best of luck =3
Lab:
https://learn.adafruit.com/using-raspberry-pi-pico-pico-2-wi...
Pico 2:
https://www.mouser.com/en/new/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-pico...
https://www.mouser.com/en/ProductDetail/Raspberry-Pi/SC1632?...
Breadboard and common components to build and blink LED lights (set everything at 3.3v to start exploring):
https://www.amazon.com/EL-CK-002-Electronic-Breadboard-Capac...