Arduino projects can help ease the learning curve of getting into programming, and even add some smart functionality to your everyday tasks around the house.

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In this guide, we’re going to introduce you to Arduino using the meArm robot arm project as a guide to a variety of skills.

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That means most projects have a separate CPU and that CPU is often–surprise–an Arduino. It isn’t a big leap of logic to imagine an Arduino with an integrated WiFi subsystem.

Sweet! That turns this into an Arduino compatible board which solves something that has long bothered me. I’ve seen a ton of really simple Arduino projects that use the ESP8266 externally.