RubyConf 2021 - Picoruby and PRK Firmware by Hitoshi Hasumi

Picoruby and PRK Firmware by Hitoshi Hasumi

PicoRuby is an alternative implementation of the mruby interpreter which runs on one-chip microcontrollers.

PRK Firmware is the world's first keyboard firmware framework in Ruby. You can write not only your own "keymap" in PicoRuby but also configure additional behavior with Ruby's features such as the open class system and the Proc object.

The ultimate goal is certainly not a small one --- let's make Ruby comparable to projects such as MicroPython, CircuitPython or Lua in terms of viability as a scripting language on Board!

[bicicogito]

SOLID presentation by Hitoshi!!! What a boon the Raspberry Pi Foundation has given the microcontroller/hardware community with the Pico and the RP2040 release. AND, at such an economical pricepoint! As well, as Hitoshi mentions early on, the tools available for free and modest costs to create our own personalized hardware, in this case keyboards. THANK YOU, Hitoshi for contributing PRK to the keyboard firmware landscape, alongside QMK, KMK, and ZMK. Allowing for a broader ecosystem giving everybody more options to choose from for their individual choices and requirements. Bravo!!!

[vosechu]

So crazy. Just the two way comms is a huge accomplishment.