Hardware Atlas · Microcontrollers
Microcontrollers
Microcontrollers are the brains of physical AI systems. They translate high-level logic into precise electrical signals — reading sensors, driving actuators, and maintaining real-time control loops that no general-purpose computer can match.
Arduino
Arduino is an open-source microcontroller platform that lets you read sensors, control motors, and interface electronics with code. It is the most accessible entry point into hardware programming.
ESP32 DevKit V1
The ESP32 is a dual-core 32-bit microcontroller with integrated 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. It is the standard platform for IoT, wireless sensor networks, edge AI inference, and physical AI testbeds that need network connectivity.
Raspberry Pi Pico
RP2040-based board for real-time embedded control
In progress
What you will learn
How to choose a microcontroller for your use case, understand clock cycles and memory constraints, write interrupt-driven code, and connect microcontrollers to sensors and actuators in a real system.