# Welcome to Dark Water

This guide will help you get your hardware set up, connected, and working quickly and easily.

So, let's get going - follow the links for your board below

## The 640 board

The 640 (Six for Zero) board is a DC and Stepper motor control board capable of powering 6 independent DC motors (from 2 – 11v) or 3 stepper motors.

![640](/images/640-450.png)

- [Getting started]() setting up your 640 board ready for use
- [Running DC motors]() 
- [Running stepper motors]()
- [Using servos]()
- [Set up RC Input]() 
- [Expanding]()

## The ESCAPE board

The ESCAPE (ESC-cape) board was designed to provide a method of using brushless motors rather than the DC motors.

![escape](/images/escape-450.png)

- [Getting started]() setting up your ESCAPE board ready for use
- [Running ESC Motors]()
- [Using Servos]()
- [Set up RC Input]()
- [Expanding]()

## The SOAR board

The SOAR board is a holder for advanced sensors. It is ideal for use with different robot control boards, or if you have a single sensor expansion board you want to switch between robots.

![soar](/images/soar-450.png)

- [Getting started]() setting up your SOAR board ready for use
- [Adding an expansion board]() mounting an expansion board
- [Reading data]() reading the sensor data

## Tutorials
