Quickstart

Welcome! This guide gets you from clone → flash → first motion on Windows (and notes for macOS/Linux).

If you haven’t assembled the hardware yet, start with the Assembly guide.

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1) Prerequisites

On Windows 11

• Python 3.10+ (add to PATH)
• Git
• Optional: VS Code (recommended)
• For firmware:
  • PlatformIO Core (pip install platformio) or Arduino CLI
• USB driver (Windows): CDC/WinUSB (use Zadig if needed)

macOS / Linux (notes)

• Install Python 3.10+, Git, and PlatformIO/Arduino CLI.
• On Linux, add your user to the dialout/uucp group for serial ports: ```bash sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER

  log out/in after changing groups