Supper Club × JavaScript on Hardware, Micro Controllers, ESP32 with Nick Hehr

Supper Club × JavaScript on Hardware, Micro Controllers, ESP32 with Nick Hehr

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 Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on Bluesky

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