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ProgramsFrom your first resistor to a capstone that ships.
A 19-module curriculum across five tiers, run as hands-on cohorts. Every tier ends with hardware you built yourself — not an exam.
Free bootcamp · open to everyone at UNN
Africa's Hardware Revolution
From Spark to Ignition
Our next bootcamp is free and open to every student at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka — whatever you study, and whether or not you have ever touched a circuit. Come to learn, come to build something real, and come to be inspired.
A hackathon runs inside it — with prizes to be revealed — and a one-day hardware technology conference follows a few days later, where the winners are announced.
Completely free
Open to all UNN students
Hardware supplied
Hackathon prizes
Cohort bootcamps
Intensive, in person, and free
Bootcamps are how most members enter. A cohort moves through the foundational tier together over a fixed number of weeks, in the lab, with boards on the bench from day one.
You are not watching someone else build. You get a kit, a partner, a bug, and somebody experienced within arm's reach when you are stuck.
- Cohort-based — you start and finish with the same people.
- Hardware supplied — boards, sensors and tools from the community library.
- Project-assessed — you pass by building, not by writing.
- Free for members — the cost barrier is the thing we are removing.
The curriculum
Nineteen modules, in the order they actually make sense
Tiers I through IV are taught modules. Tier V is the capstone — a real build, on a deadline, in front of real users.
Foundational Knowledge
Core principles — the vocabulary and habits everything else is built on.
- 01Introduction to Embedded Systems
- 02Fundamentals of Electronics and Circuit Design
- 03Programming Essentials for Embedded Systems
- 04Introduction to Robotics
Intermediate Skills
Practical application — where members start shipping working hardware.
- 05Microcontroller Programming and Applications
- 06Sensors and Actuators
- 07Communication Protocols
- 08Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS)
- 09Internet of Things (IoT) Systems and Applications
Advanced Topics
Specialised knowledge — the work that separates a hobbyist from an engineer.
- 10Advanced Robotics and AI Integration
- 11Edge Computing and AI for Embedded Systems
- 12FPGA Programming and Applications
- 13Power Management in Embedded Systems
- 14CPU Design and Architecture
- 15GPU Design and Parallel Processing
- 16Autonomous Systems and Control
- 17Advanced Sensor Fusion Techniques
CAD and Design Integration
Turning a breadboard into something you can hold, mount and manufacture.
- 18CAD for Embedded Systems and Robotics
- 19Design for Embedded Systems and Robotics Projects
Capstone Projects
Real builds, real deadlines, real users.
- Real-world embedded systems and robotics projects with CAD design
- Industry internships and collaborations
- Entrepreneurship and startup development
- Ethical considerations in embedded systems and robotics
Specialist tracks
Where members go after the core
Once the foundational and intermediate tiers are behind you, you pick a direction and go deep with a project team working on it.
IoT & Connectivity
MQTT, LoRa, GSM, power budgeting and devices that survive a field deployment.
PCB & Hardware Design
Schematic capture, layout, DFM, bring-up and debugging a board that arrived dead.
Embedded AI & Vision
Running inference on constrained silicon: quantisation, accelerators, camera pipelines.
Blockchain Hardware
Signing at the edge, key custody on device, and getting sensor data on-chain credibly.
CAD & Fabrication
Enclosures, tolerances, 3D printing and designing something you can actually manufacture.
SIWES & IT placements
Do your industrial training somewhere you actually build
We host SIWES and IT students from universities, polytechnics and colleges of education. A placement here is a bench, a project team and a supervisor — not a logbook you fill in at the end of the month.
Properly supervised
Logbooks signed, ITF documentation handled, and a supervisor who can actually assess the engineering you did.
On a real project
You join a project team with a deliverable and a deadline, and leave with something you can demonstrate at your defence.
The full curriculum
Placement students sit the same tiers our members do — embedded systems, robotics, IoT, PCB design, CAD, edge AI, 3D printing and fabrication.
First of its kind
The deep end
We are the first student-led hardware lab in South-East Nigeria to prototype in these areas. Alongside the technology programmes, placement students can work on the R&D lines we are building toward — long-horizon programmes where you would be joining early, on foundational work.
Electric motor manufacturing
Winding, stator and rotor design, controller electronics and test rigs — the part of the electrification supply chain Nigeria currently imports wholesale.
Manned aircraft prototyping
Airframe prototyping, avionics and control systems, working toward manned aircraft manufacturing — the longest horizon on our roadmap, and the reason the curriculum goes as deep as it does.
Microchip technology
From FPGA and CPU architecture through to silicon design — the foundation under every other programme we run.
Applying for a placement? Send your
institution, department, level and placement dates to
victorogbonna313@gmail.com, or register through the bootcamp
form and tell us in the last question.
Membership
Three levels, and the first one costs nothing
Membership is about access and commitment, not fees. You move up by building, and every level above Associate is earned rather than bought.
Associate
Free
Anyone enrolled at any institution in South-East Nigeria.
- Community channel and study groups
- Open build nights
- Foundational tier (Modules 01–04)
- Demo day attendance
Builder
Free · by cohort
Members who have cleared the foundational tier.
- Everything in Associate
- Full bootcamp seat
- Component library borrowing privileges
- Assigned mentor
- Intermediate & advanced tiers
- Project team placement
Resident
By application
Members carrying a capstone toward a real product.
- Everything in Builder
- Dedicated bench space
- Budget for parts & fabrication
- Incubation support: IP, pitch, pilot users
- Industry placement & introductions
Free for now. Every level above is free
of charge — membership, bootcamp seats and lab access. If that ever changes we will say so here first,
and in the community channel, well before it takes effect.
Intake is open
Start at Module 01
You do not need prior electronics experience, a laptop of your own, or a particular course of study. You need to turn up.