Node.js for Embedded Systems: Using Web Technologies to Build Connected Devices (1)

By: Patrick Mulder and Kelsey Breseman

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Synopsis: How can we build bridges from the digital world of the Internet to the analog world that surrounds us? By bringing accessibility to embedded components such as sensors and microcontrollers, JavaScript and Node.js might shape the world of physical computing as they did for web browsers. This practical guide shows hardware and software engineers, makers, and web developers how to talk in JavaScript with a variety of hardware platforms. Authors Patrick Mulder and Kelsey Breseman also delve into the basics of microcontrollers, single-board computers, and other hardware components.Use JavaScript to program microcontrollers with Arduino and EspruinoPrototype IoT devices with the Tessel 2 development platformLearn about electronic input and output components, including sensorsConnect microcontrollers to the Internet with the Particle Photon toolchainRun Node.js on single-board computers such as Raspberry Pi and Intel EdisonTalk to embedded devices with Node.js libraries such as Johnny-Five, and remotely control the devices with BluetoothUse MQTT as a message broker to connect devices across networksExplore ways to use robots as building blocks for shared experiences