###New: Check out the contribution guide!

This is Tessel. Think of it as a tiny server, or a tiny robot you can control from the internet.

Tessel is programmed in JavaScript, and comes with Wifi built in. Capabilities such as sensing, and actuation can be added to Tessel with plug-and-play modules, or you can do your own wiring through the GPIO bank.

Tessel was designed for web developers to work in the world of hardware for the first time. However, whether you come from a web development background or have spent the last 40 years working in controls systems, we hope that you find Tessel easy and enjoyable to use.

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To install and get started with Tessel, launch our First Run Experience.

For details on Tessel and Tessel's modules, including API and hardware design information, explore the links here.

If there's anything you can't find, something that isn't working, or documentation that we should add, please don't hesitate to reach out to us on the Tessel forums.

Technical Machine is open source, hardware and software. We welcome your pull requests, and we encourage you to design your own modules and products based on our designs. Check out the contribution guide for more details.

We look forward to seeing what you make!

Sincerely,
the Technical Machine Team
(Jon, Jia, Tim, Kelsey, Eric, Kevin, Evan, Natty, and Paige)