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Supper Club × JavaScript on Hardware, Micro Controllers, ESP32 with Nick Hehr
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In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Nick Hehr about the fun ways to get started with micro controllers, writing JavaScript for hardware, and ideas for projects to build involving hardware and software.
Show Notes 00:36 Welcome to Syntax
01:04 Introducing Nick Hehr
Nick Hehr (@hipsterbrown)
HipsterBrown (@hipsterbrown@toot.cafe) - Toot Café
HipsterBrown
HipsterBrown (Nick Hehr)
Nick Hehr on CodePen
03:58 Running JavaScript on microcontrollers
06:20 What was your first project that got you into this?
12:12 Is the ESP32 the most popular controller?
14:12 Where do you buy hardware?
Arduino - Home
Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits
AliExpress - Online Shopping for Popular Electronics, Fashion, Home & Garden, Toys & Sports, Automobiles and More products - AliExpress
SparkFun Electronics
Introduction 🚀 xs-dev Documentation
Welcome to Robo Wizard | Robo Wizard
16:52 What are people building with boards?
18:30 What does the JavaScript look like?
22:16 Can you make a Fetch request?
25:45 What about Arduino?
31:54 What’s a good starter project?
Johnny-Five: The JavaScript Robotics & IoT Platform
meganetaaan/stack-chan: A JavaScript-driven M5Stack-embedded super-kawaii robot.
TC53 - Ecma International
dtex/j5e: Framework for embedded devices using ECMA-419, the ECMAScript® embedded systems API specification, based on Johnny-Five’s API
HipsterBrown/on-air-light: An offline-first IoT on-air light for video meetings, using ESP32 & JS
ESPHome — ESPHome
Being in the video game with Augmented Climbing | The Kid Should See This
36:03 Emulation and debugging
39:13 What else have you made?
44:31 ESP Home
54:35 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××
00:32 Shameless Plugs
××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× The Opus Intro Kit – Fellow
jdxcode/rtx: Runtime Executor (asdf rust clone)
Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software: Petzold, Charles: 9780137909100: Books - Amazon.ca
Shameless Plugs Introduction 🚀 xs-dev Documentation
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