Why to select Arduino?

• Great for newcomers to get things working quickly.
• It can run on Windows, Macintosh and Linux.
• It´s based on the Processing programming IDE.
• It´s programmed via a USB cable not a serial port.
• Its Open Source hardware and software (If you wish you can download the circuit diagram,   buy all the components, and make your own, without paying anything to the makers of Arduino).
• Arduino hardware is cheap.
• There is an active community of users so there are plenty of people who can help you.