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Ahhh, the famous Hello World program of the Pi \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/p>\n

Jeremy Morgan has written this nice little tutorial to help you get started with using the GPIO to flash an LED. Read the tutorial here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Shameless plug:<\/em> We do a similar thing with the CamJam EduKit<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ahhh, the famous Hello World program of the Pi \ud83d\ude42 Jeremy Morgan has written this nice little tutorial to help you get started with using the GPIO to flash an LED. Read the tutorial here. Shameless plug: We do a…<\/p>\n

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