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Arduino Uno Q

A microcontroller and a quad-core Linux processor on one Uno-shaped board. Guide coming once we have the hardware.

advanced

Coming Soon

M5Stack CoreS3 SE

An ESP32-S3 with a touchscreen, a battery and an enclosure - a project that is finished when the code works. Guide coming once we have the hardware.

intermediate

Essential

ESP32 Setup

ESP32 setup: Install drivers, Arduino IDE, ESP32 board package, connect board, upload Blink sketch.

beginner60 min

Popular

Raspberry Pi 3/4/5 Setup

Set up a Raspberry Pi 3/4/5 from a blank card - flash Raspberry Pi OS, go headless over SSH and RealVNC, update it, and blink your first LED.

intermediate25 min

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NVIDIA Jetson Nano: Flash, Boot, and First Task

Flash NVIDIA’s image to an SD card, boot the Jetson Nano with a monitor or headless, then blink an LED and run object detection on the GPU.

intermediate20 min

Essential

Arduino Uno: Setup and First Sketch

Take an Arduino Uno from the box to four working sketches - blink, an external LED, a button, and a potentiometer driving PWM.

beginner20 min

Essential

ESP32-CAM: Live Video Streaming

Flash the CameraWebServer example to an ESP32-CAM and stream live video to your browser - the basic first program for the board.

beginner15 min

BeagleBone: Setup and First Task

Set up a BeagleBone Black/Green - flash the Debian image, connect over USB, and blink an on-board and external LED through Linux GPIO.

intermediate20 min

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BBC micro:bit: Setup and First Programs

From an unboxed micro:bit to your first programs - components, drag-and-drop MakeCode, Python, and flashing over USB.

beginner15 min

Arduino Nano: Setup and First Sketch

Set up an Arduino Nano - CH340 driver, the Old Bootloader trap that breaks most first uploads, and a light sensor on the analogue-only A6 pin.

beginner18 min

Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W: Headless Setup

Set up a Pi Zero 2 W with no monitor - Imager configuration, SSH over Wi-Fi, USB gadget mode as a fallback, and living within 512 MB of RAM.

intermediate22 min

Essential

Raspberry Pi Pico: MicroPython Setup

Flash MicroPython to a Raspberry Pi Pico with a drag-and-drop, then blink, read a button, and use the on-chip temperature sensor from a live Python prompt.

beginner20 min

Raspberry Pi Pico W: Wi-Fi and a Web-Controlled LED

Put a Pico W on Wi-Fi with MicroPython and serve a web page that switches its LED - including the LED pin change that breaks copied Pico code.

intermediate20 min

ESP8266 NodeMCU: Setup and Wi-Fi

Set up a NodeMCU in the Arduino IDE, decode the D-label pin numbering, and serve a web page that switches the board’s (inverted) on-board LED.

beginner20 min