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====== Getting Started with your Oak ======

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Thank you all, 

-Erik Kettenburg

==== Tutorials ====

**The Oak by Digistump - Getting started:**
  * **STEP 1:** [[oak:tutorials:connecting|Connecting your Oak for the first time]]
  * **STEP 2:** [[oak:tutorials:particle|Getting started with the Particle environment for the Oak]]
  * OR
  * **STEP 2:** [[oak:tutorials:arduino|Getting started with the Arduino environment for the Oak]]

  * [[oak:tutorials:wificonfig|Changing your Oak's wifi network]]


**Important Oak Tools**
  * **Oak WiFi Config:** http://digistu.mp/oakconfig (follow the Getting Started first if you have a new Oak!)
  * **OakTerm:** http://digistu.mp/oakterm (a tool set for working with Oaks and Particle)
  * **Digistump Dashboard:** http://digistu.mp/dashboard (a dashboard for Particle devices, including the Oak)


**Troubleshooting:**
  * [[oak:tutorials:local_update|Oak first update troubleshooting]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:serialupdate|Advanced Usage - First update over Serial]] or a simpler version: [[oak:serialupdate|Oak First Update over Serial]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:manual_claim|Particle claim troubleshooting - "No devices"]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:troubleshooting|Troubleshooting Tips]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:ws281x|Troubleshooting ws281x RGB leds library tip]]


**Reference:**
  * [[oak:tutorials:api_reference|API and Function Reference for the Oak]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:headers|Soldering Headers to the Oak]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:pinout|Oak Pin Diagram and Notes]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:serialfirmware|Advanced Usage - Programming the Oak over Serial]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:internalURLs|Internal Oak URLs]]
  * [[oak:sources|Oak PCB Source Files]]
  * [[oak:reference:firmwareVersions|Oak Firmware Versions]]
  * [[oak:reference:howItWorks|Oak Firmware - How it all works]]
  * [[oak:reference:offline|Using an Oak without an internet connection - offline support]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:localserver|Oak with the Particle Local Server]]

**Advanced: Connecting the Oak to Serial Adapters:**
  * [[oak:tutorials:serialfirmware|Advanced Usage - Loading Firmware over Serial]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:serial|Connecting to Serial output of Oak using Bus Pirate]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:serial_through_arduino|Using an Arduino to restore the Oak/read serial data]]


**Oak Shields:** 
  * [[oak:tutorials:proto|Oak Proto Shield]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:levelshift|Oak Level Shifter Shield]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:oled|Oak OLED Shield]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:tft|Oak TFT LCD Shield]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:nrf|Oak nRF24L01+ Shield]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:gps|Oak GPS Shield]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:ble|Oak BLE Shield]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:bluetooth|Oak Bluetooth Shield]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:weather|Oak Weather Shield]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:relay|3.3V Relay Shield]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:lipo|LiPo Charger Shield]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:beta|Oak Beta WiFi Alarm Clock Shield]]


**Oak-Compatible/Digispark Shields:** 
  * [[digispark:tutorials:button|Button Shield]]
  * [[digispark:tutorials:smt| SMT Shield]]
  * [[digispark:tutorials:rgb|RGB LED Shield]]
  * [[digispark:tutorials:digiled|DigiLED Shield]]
  * [[digispark:tutorials:mosfet|MOSFET Shield]]
  * [[digispark:tutorials:grove|Grove Shield]]
  * [[digispark:tutorials:ir|IR Shield]]
  * [[digispark:tutorials:expander|Expander Shield]]
  * [[digispark:tutorials:eeprom|EEPROM Shield]]
  * [[digispark:tutorials:motor|Motor Shield]]
  * [[digispark:tutorials:wings|Wings Shield]]
  * [[digispark:tutorials:nunchuck|Nunchuck Shield]]
  * [[digispark:tutorials:rtc|Real Time Clock Shield]]
  * [[digispark:tutorials:temp|Temperature Sensor (1-wire) Shield]]
  * [[digispark:tutorials:robot|Robot Kit]]


**Starter and Ultimate Kit Lessons:** (**We'll give you store credit to write starter and ultimate kit lessons!** Find out more here: https://github.com/digistump/OakCore/issues/39)

  * [[oak:tutorials:kit_parts|Starter and Ultimate Kit Parts List]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:lesson_template|Format Template for Lessons]]

**Starter and Ultimate (suggested lessons, others welcome!):**
  * [[oak:tutorials:blink|First Blink]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:leds|LED Basics]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:advanced-leds|Advanced LEDs]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:rgb-led|RGB LED]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:button|Button Basics (both included button and button kit)]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:buzzer|Making noise with the buzzer]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:rollingball|Tilt Switch]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:photocell|Using a Photocell]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:servo|Using a Servo]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:ultrasonic|Ultrasonic Ranging US-100]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:ultrasonic_2|Ultrasonic Ranging HC-SR04]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:touch|Detecting Touch]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:onewiretemp|Temperature Sensing and the 1-Wire Bus]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:ir_receiver|Getting input from a remote (IR Receiver)]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:ir_interrupter|Detecting movement with an encoder/interrupter]]

**Ultimate Only (suggested lessons, others welcome!):**
  * [[oak:tutorials:pir|PIR: Detecting Motion]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:door_switch|Using the door switch]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:soil|Soil Moisture Sensors]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:breadboard_power|Powering the Oak with a 9v Battery and Breadboard Power Adapter]]

**Sending and receiving data**
  * [[oak:tutorials:particle-id-token|Accessing the Particle API]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:particle-variable|Getting data using Particle.variable()]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:particle-function|Sending data using Particle.function()]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:python-get|Using python to get data from the Oak]]
  * [[oak:tutorials:python-send|Using python to send data to the Oak]]

**Useful Project Tutorials**
  * [[oak:tutorials:oaksmokedetectorplus|Making your own Oak Smoke Detector+]]
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