A Survey and Taxonomy of Electronics Toolkits for Interactive and Ubiquitous Device Prototyping
summary
A literature survey classifies 56 toolkits using a taxonomy of 13 characteristics across four groups and three electronics types: discrete components, MCU dev/breakout boards, and closed module ecosystems. An interactive dataset at etclassification.com (and GitHub) lets users sort by computed holistic scores (0–1); Arduino Feather scores as high programming expertise, littleBits as low. An online survey of 122 respondents finds 94% of electronics engineers and 73% of others make multiple copies, and 53% often start with integrated MCU boards.
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