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Learner brief · 01 / The build

One mind.
Many machines.

Learn to design real circuit boards · no prior PCB experience needed

Start with a USB-C breakout and a real parts list. Each project takes you from a checklist to a finished board: schematic, layout, checks, gerbers, build. The path runs to a brain-computer interface that reads a mind and commands a fleet.

System spec
Platform
ESP32-S3
Toolchain
KiCad 10
Program
Brain-to-Swarm
Structure
4 tracks / 3 levels
Access
Public → Premium
System map · the Brain-to-Swarm curriculum
SENSEPOWERCOMMSACTEEGREAD THE BRAINHUBCOMMAND THE SWARML1.01 · THE COREfree, public root board
22 boards / 4 tracks / 2 capstones
22
Boards you build
Real PCBs across sense, act, comms, and power. Not breadboards.
8
Stages each
Requirements, BOM, schematic, ERC, layout, DRC, gerbers, bring-up in KiCad.
L1
Starts free
The flagship board is public and free. Buy later projects once.
Yours to keep
Every design file and a verifiable certificate, checkable at /verify.
Start free at L1.01

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