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The Wiki contains tools and hardware setup instructions which are referenced by this course.

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Development tools

Development environment

• Mu Python editor
• VS Code

Command-line tools

• curl
• mqtt

Hardware

Linux computers

• Raspberry Pi Zero W with Wi-Fi & BLE

Microcontrollers

• Feather nRF52840 Express with BLE

Extensions

• FeatherWing ESP32 AirLift Wi-Fi
• FeatherWing RFM95W LoRaWAN^*

^*Supply Chain Challenge only

Grove sensors

• Button
• CO2 Sensor^*
• Light Sensor v1.2
• PIR Sensor^*
• Rotary Angle Sensor
• Temperature & Humidity Sensor
• Tilt Sensor^*
• Ultrasonic Ranger

^*Smart Classroom Challenge only

Grove actuators

• 4-Digit Display
• Buzzer
• Chainable RGB LED

Grove adapters

• Grove Shield for Feather by Particle
• Grove Base Hat for Raspberry Pi
• Grove Jumper Wires

IoT platforms

• Dweet.io
• IFTTT
• Node-RED
• ThingSpeak

Resources

IoT books

• Tech
• Design
• Makers
• Future

Javascript

• http://eloquentjavascript.net/index.html
• https://github.com/advanced-js/syllabus#resources

Python

• https://www.learnpython.dev/
• https://learnpythonthehardway.org/
• https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/index.html