# Behind the MakeCode Hardware

The @boardname@ comes with amazing hardware components on it. It can connect to external hardware too. Here are some videos to show you how some of these hardware components work and how your code uses them.

* [Watch Playlist on Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqBmvHD5bCw&list=PLMMBk9hE-SeqDYtw9pGNPsQ10V_EGMyGe)

## Videos

```codecard
[
    {
        "name": "NeoPixels",
        "description": "See how these amazing LED pixels create colored light in this fun and illuminating video.",
        "youTubeId": "Bo0cM2qmuAE",
        "imageUrl": "/static/cp/behindhardware/neopixels.jpg"
    },
    {
        "name": "Speaker",
        "description": "Find out how a speaker makes sound and use it to hear the music you create with your board.",
        "youTubeId": "JjJ-KGwKh_4",
        "imageUrl": "/static/cp/behindhardware/speaker.jpg"
    },
    {
        "name": "Accelerometer",
        "description": "Feel the gravity, see how the accelerometer can sense the force of motion.",
        "youTubeId": "2HzNKz-QlV0",
        "imageUrl": "/static/cp/behindhardware/accelerometer.jpg"
    },
    {
        "name": "Light Sensor",
        "description": "How does your board see the light? Watch this and find out.",
        "youTubeId": "9LrWQ68lO20",
        "imageUrl": "/static/cp/behindhardware/light-sensor.jpg"
    },
    {
        "name": "Infrared",
        "description": "Send data with light, how does it do that? Watch and see how infrared communication works.",
        "youTubeId": "0EMuaMClfos",
        "imageUrl": "/static/cp/behindhardware/infrared.jpg"
    },
    {
        "name": "Microphone",
        "description": "Can your hear that? Learn how a microphone detects and captures sound.",
        "youTubeId": "g5894PVYOF4",
        "imageUrl": "/static/cp/behindhardware/microphone.jpg"
    }
]
```