This section covers how to purchase various hardware for automation programs.
If you are a beginner of using microcontroller or never heard of it before, we strongly recommend choosing an Arduino Leonardo Board.
If you have a degree in electrical engineering or have extensive experience in microcontrollers and would like more options, feel free to choose at your own discretion.
- Arduino Leonardo (beginner-friendly)
- Teensy 2.0 and Teensy++ 2.0
- Pro Micro
- Arduino Uno R3 (not recommended)
If you only need microcontroller-only programs, skip this section.
In order to use computer-control programs, your computer needs to be able to control your game console (duh!).
The way we do it is by using a serial connection to connect the microcontroller to the computer. This allows the computer to take control of your game console.
Purchase the serial hardware listed in each microcontroller's page in Microcontroller Hardware section.
Most computer-controlled programs need to see the screen! So a video capture card is also needed. See the capture card purchase guide.
You also need a HDMI cable to connect video capture card to the Switch dock.
Continue to the rest of tutorial.
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