Node.js for Embedded Systems (O'Reilly)
Thursday, 15 December 2016

The idea behind this book, which is subtitled Using Web Technologies to Build Connected Devices, is that JavaScript and Node.js could be the key technologies to bring accessibility to embedded components such as sensors and microcontrollers. In it Patrick Mulder and Kelsey Breseman show how to interact in JavaScript with a variety of hardware platforms.

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The book also covers the basics of microcontrollers, single-board computers, and other hardware components.

Authors: Patrick Mulder and Kelsey Breseman
Publisher: O'Reilly
Date: October 2016
Pages: 266
ISBN: 978-1491928998
Print: 1491928999
Kindle: B01M23XEHZ
Audience: JavaScript developers
Level: intermediate
Category: JavaScript

 

  • Use JavaScript to program microcontrollers with Arduino and Espruino
  • Prototype IoT devices with the Tessel 2 development platform
  • Learn about electronic input and output components, including sensors
  • Connect microcontrollers to the Internet with the Particle Photon toolchain
  • Run Node.js on single-board computers such as Raspberry Pi and Intel Edison
  • Talk to embedded devices with Node.js libraries such as Johnny-Five, and remotely control the devices with Bluetooth
  • Use MQTT as a message broker to connect devices across networks
  • Explore ways to use robots as building blocks for shared experiences

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