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Robotics Bench

By @0xMovez. 13 real boards you assemble like in a factory, power up and break.

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An Arduino Uno R3 assembled on the bench, with the USB port, reset and pins labeled.Open on its site
Screenshot of Robotics Bench on its original site, taken on October 25, 2026. The lab belongs to its author; we only link to it.

What it is

13 real boards ordered like a month-by-month roadmap: electronics, microcontrollers, motors and drivers, sensors. You assemble each board like in a factory: first the SMD parts with pick and place and reflow, then the through-hole parts and finally the soldering iron. You plug it in over USB, upload the sketch and watch the board’s state live. Each lesson brings theory, code to try, a serial monitor, review questions and a final practice.

  • 13 boards: Arduino Uno R3, LED + resistor, transistor switch, ESP32-S3, TB6612FNG, L298N, A4988, PCA9685, MPU-6050, HC-SR04, QTR-8RC, LM2596 and Raspberry Pi 5
  • A mode to break the board on purpose

What you learn

  • Ohm’s law and why an LED needs a resistor
  • Transistors as switches: how a logic signal controls power
  • Arduino Uno and ESP32-S3: PWM, interrupts, serial, Wi-Fi and two cores
  • Motor drivers: TB6612FNG, L298N, A4988 for steppers and PCA9685 for servos
  • Sensors like the MPU-6050

What it is for

  • Understand what each part does before spending on one
  • Diagnose real failures, like an Uno that resets every time a motor starts
  • Follow a clear order if you want to get into robotics and don’t know where to start

Use it on the roadmap

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