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description: What you need before you get started
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# Requisites

Here's what you need to complete this workshop successfully

**Logistics**

* At least beginner coding skills (or copy-pasting skills 😁)
* Approximately 2h of time
* Access to a power outlet for your laptop
* Access to a Wi-Fi **2.4 GHz** network with SSID + password (so the esp8266 can connect to it)
* A **Google account** (If you have a Gmail, that's a Google Account)
* A mobile phone with [**Google Home** for Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.chromecast.app)  or [**Google Home** for iOS](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-home/id680819774?mt=8) installed

**Electronics**

* 1x esp8266-based board (WeMos/Lolin D1 mini recommended)
* 1x USB to micro-USB cable (so we can connect our esp8266 to our laptop)
* 3x male-to-female jumper cables
* 1x NeoPixel-compatible RGB LED
