Make the Board Say Hello
Wake the board and make light obey your code.
You will try: Upload, observe and change one timing value.
+50 XP
BUILD · LEVEL 2
INTERMEDIATE ARDUINO
Brain Bots
Program systems that sense, decide and act through coding, sensors, automation and creative challenges.
Public beta learning journeyThis course is open now while the final production kit is still being validated. Use only the matching First Wonder materials, follow every safety gate, and have a grown-up supervise whenever the mission asks for one.
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Parent sign inYOUR MISSION PATH
From your first upload to a smart system of your own.
Follow the main path in order. Optional challenges are separate and are not required for your certificate.
01Meet the Program0/3 complete
Meet the Program0/3 complete
Start
The Button Messenger
Make a light respond to your press; find out why the program reads LOW.
You will try: Read a digital input and control one protected LED.
+50 XP
Beat the Light
Use your button circuit to measure a response instead of just switching a light.
You will try: Reuse a button circuit to measure an event.
+70 XP
02Teach It to Notice0/5 complete
Teach It to Notice0/5 complete
Teach a Light to Notice Darkness
Read light levels before choosing your own useful threshold.
You will try: Read a gradual input and choose a measured threshold.
+70 XP
The Welcome Light
Discover what a motion sensor notices—and what it cannot promise.
You will try: Test a digital sensor and its limitations.
+70 XP
The Distance Beacon
Make a light notice a nearby target without pretending it is a real parking aid.
You will try: Measure distance and handle a missing echo.
+50 XP
The Room Reporter
Compare repeated temperature and humidity readings without inventing a danger alarm.
You will try: Read a digital sensor slowly and honestly.
+70 XP Code Starter
The Spill Spotter
Use a tiny damp test to calibrate a water sensor while keeping the board dry.
You will try: Calibrate a sensor with a dry/damp comparison.
+70 XP
03Give It a Rule0/3 complete
Give It a Rule0/3 complete
The Two-Clue Light
Teach the light to need two clues, then compare a different rule.
You will try: Test all combinations of an AND and OR rule.
+70 XP
The Night Watcher
Combine the light and motion clues you already know into one useful model.
You will try: Combine two independently tested inputs.
+70 XP
Hit the Distance Zone
Turn a simple threshold into a target zone and challenge a friend.
You will try: Turn a single threshold into a bounded range.
+100 XP
04Your Useful Signal0/1 complete
Your Useful Signal0/1 complete
Invent Your Own Signal
Choose a need, reuse a tested sensor and explain the rule you changed.
You will try: Adapt one tested program and demonstrate its limits.
+120 XP Smart Helper Inventor
JOURNEY FINISH