As someone that grew up reading Elektor articles, that pretty much sums up most of the gadgets I see on Maker magazines.
The big difference is that is much easier to program a microcontroller in software, than mastering electronics, specially when analogue circuits are evolved, and the only debugging tools are a multimeter, pen and paper.
The big difference is that is much easier to program a microcontroller in software, than mastering electronics, specially when analogue circuits are evolved, and the only debugging tools are a multimeter, pen and paper.