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Everything you need
to level up.

Competitions, jobs, free tools, and career guides — all curated by the Pankeque community. Updated regularly.

Competition Board

🏆 Competition
IEEE Student Competitions

Annual engineering competitions across robotics, hardware design, and software systems for students worldwide.

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🏆 Competition
Hackaday Prize

Global hardware competition with cash prizes. Open to all skill levels. Judges value creativity and real-world impact.

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🏆 Competition
FIRST Robotics

The world's largest robotics competition for students. Mentorship, teamwork, and serious engineering challenges.

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Internships & Jobs

Free Tools

🔌
KiCad
Professional-grade PCB design and schematic capture. Free and open source.
PCB DESIGN
Arduino IDE
The standard IDE for programming Arduino-compatible microcontrollers. Beginner friendly.
EMBEDDED
🛠
PlatformIO
Professional embedded development environment. Works with VS Code and supports 1000+ boards.
EMBEDDED · FIRMWARE
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ROS2 Documentation
Official ROS2 docs, tutorials, and API reference. Start with the beginner guide.
ROBOTICS
🔬
Falstad Circuit Simulator
Browser-based circuit simulator. Great for testing analog and digital circuits before building.
ELECTRONICS
📐
Fritzing
Easy breadboard and PCB design tool. Great for documenting and sharing hardware projects.
PCB DESIGN · PROTOTYPING

Career Guides

📖 Guide
How to Land Your First Hardware Role

A practical guide to building a portfolio, writing a targeted resume, and preparing for hardware engineering interviews.

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📖 Guide
Open Source Your Projects

Why publishing your work on GitHub and Hackaday is the single best thing you can do for your engineering career.

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📖 Guide
From Breadboard to PCB

How to take your prototype from a messy breadboard to a clean, manufacturable PCB design in KiCad.

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