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Find your board, then choose its display. Selecting a display applies your choice.

Raspberry Pi Pico W USB + Wi-Fi
Raspberry Pi Pico USB only
Waveshare RP2040-Matrix USB only

GlowGrid learning

Learn skills

Pick a challenge card, build at your own pace, and turn an idea into something you can see on real hardware.

Your learning path
  1. Explore
  2. Tinker
  3. Learn
  4. Create

Available tutorials

Challenge cards and projects

GlowGrid tutorials are donationware.

Challenge What you will learn Actions
00
Electronics · Complete beginner

Electronic circuit

Learn the basics of circuits, current, and voltage, then use a multimeter to make your first measurements.

01
Board Designer · Complete beginner

Create your first pixel

About 15 minutes

Create pixel art, animate it with frames, and learn how instructions, sequences, and repetition work.

02
MicroPy Kids · Complete beginner

Understanding code

About 15 minutes

Explore what code and a development environment are by changing the Blink LED example and seeing the result on your board.

03
Be Curious

IR Remote Turret

About 30 minutes

A hands-on way to build an IR Turret

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IR Turret

01
Be Curious · First card

Project: Remote Controller

You will learn about inputs by reading signals from an IR remote.

02
Be Curious · Second card

Project: Move Motor

Use the IR remote to move a servo left and right.

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