# Workshop plan ###### tags: `planning` ## Introducing ourselves * Ruslan * Amer * Osama ## The Goal * The goal of this workshop is to help everyone to get started ## Available IDE * [Visual Studio Code] (https://code.visualstudio.com/) * [Atom] (https://atom.io/) * Question - What do you use/prefer ## Installing pymakr Addons * [VS Code] https://docs.pycom.io/pymakr/installation/vscode/ * [Atom] - https://docs.pycom.io/pymakr/installation/atom/ ## Connecting device * [Hardware setup](https://docs.pycom.io/gettingstarted/connection/lopy4/) * Windows 8, 10 All our products will work out of the box for Windows 8/10/+. * [Windows 7 Drivers](https://docs.pycom.io/gettingstarted/installation/drivers) * [Linux users - permisions](https://docs.pycom.io/gettingstarted/installation/drivers) ```bash ls -l /dev/ttyACM0 ``` * macOS On macOS you shouldn’t need to do anything special to get our device to work. ## Hardware upgrade [Update Firmware, Pycom](https://docs.pycom.io/gettingstarted/installation/firmwaretool/) ## Problems solving and Questions * Any problems so far? ## Connecting to PyBytes [Manual](https://docs.pycom.io/pybytes/connect/#app) [Video Tutorial by Fredrik] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2THov7819GA) ## Hello World Application ```python print(“Hello World)” ``` ## Blink Application import pycom import time pycom.heartbeat(False) ```python while True: pycom.rgbled(0xFF0000) # Red time.sleep(1) pycom.rgbled(0xFF00FF) # MAGNETTA time.sleep(1) pycom.rgbled(0x0000FF) # Blue time.sleep(1) ``` ## Problems solving and Questions * Any problems so far? ## If time permits Connecting Electrokit sensors