Javascript for Things with Espruino

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Espruino is an open source Javascript interpreter for microcontrollers.

In autumn 2013 Espruino was launched through a Kickstarter campaign. It raised 5x its original target and resulted in the creation of the open source hardware Espruino Board - the world's first Javascript run microcontroller board. Like Arduino, but programmed in a live interactive way with Javascript, Espruino is perfect for beginners. It lets you run code as you type so you can iterate quickly, making it also great for those who like to tinker.

Espruino today has a thriving open source community coming up with a number of interesting applications including programming Espruino from your phone. This talk describes what Espruino is capable of as well as giving demos of Espruino in action for some easy-to-replicate home automation tasks.

We also take a first look at using Eclipse tools with Espruino, in particular the Orion project.

[rajjagad]

Terrace thank you for wonderful presentation

[jonathanwazar]

Man, what a beautiful spirit, a window into the first stages of a dream come true for some young engineers. To live in an era where so many techs are taking leaps forward in what seems like a blink of an eye.

... On the technical side, I have been inspired by the concept. A novice today - but eye see the future and realize just how important it will be to have foundacional understanding in IoT will be. If one looks at the "maker" market/scene in China, one would be hard pressed to believe the rate at which the majority of this world's population is accelerating in their tech. They are fuelled by the boom that is their limited IP regs/enforcement interference mechanism. There will be a shift soon. We can't say for sure but it is generally obvious we are getting better at pushing electrons around.

Starting JavaScript learning phase tomorrow! Way to go guys, long overdue. Bravo!

[rajjagad]

@14:15 in the video there is a mention about Connecting Sensors Does that mean one does not have to write drivers for sensors?