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

××× 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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