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START: Decide what to create

Entry point. Pick a small, concrete IoT project you actually want to build (e.g., soil moisture monitor, indoor air quality sensor, plant-watering reminder). Choosing a real scenario up front shapes every later decision on the roadmap.

START: Decide what to create

Before you install a single tool, you need an idea. Not a polished product — a one-sentence project brief that names what you will measure or control, where the data goes, and what you will do with it. Every later choice on the roadmap (board, sensor, network, dashboard) collapses out of this sentence.

Most students get stuck here for one of two reasons: the idea is too vague ("something with sensors") or too ambitious ("a full smart-home suite in three weeks"). This page is a 20-minute exercise to push you past both.

Step 1 — Answer five questio…

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