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Training Requirements

Hardware requirements

This is a hardware centric training, so you will need to pre-purchase some hardware to properly follow along.

Border Router

This training is based around the Raspberry Pi as a Border Router. It will have an RCP plugged into it via a USB port. It also may be advantageous to have a monitor keyboard set up for this training for direct RPi access.

RCP

We use the Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840 Dongle as the RCP

Thread Node

We use the Laird BT510 multisensor as the node running OpenThread. We like it because of the onboard sensors, button, LED, and the ready-made case. We build the firmware using Zephyr, detailed in the "Zephyr" section. You will also need a Laird programmer if you'd like to use the BT510.

It is also possible to use the nRF52840-DK as a node, but you will need external sensors.

Software requirements