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If you have any background with Python you might enjoy checking out CircuitPython, which runs on microcontrollers that have native USB support (like the ESP32-S2 and ESP-S3). CircuitPython is largely an Adafruit initiative, and Adafruit puts a lot of resources into supporting libraries on it as well as writing tutorials for CircuitPython and Arduino for their boards. Even if you use a different company's board, most of Adafruit's tutorials will still hold, you may just need to figure out which pins are which on the board you're using.