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 (@[email protected]) - 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

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• 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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