Chapter 3

The Fellowship of the LaunchPad

Before we fully embark on our journey, let’s take some time to meet a few of the tools that will prove to be very useful in our LaunchPad journey.

3.1 Your Journey’s Companion

In this book, you have two options. You can choose to use a unique development tool that was created specifically for this book, or you can decide to make the many projects from the ground up. No matter which option you choose, you will have blinking LEDs and buzzing buzzers in no time!

3.2 The Educational BoosterPack

So far, we’ve learned that our LaunchPad has quite a few integrated actions and senses available right out of the box. However, throughout this book we will need the help of external components to introduce new ...

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