With just a little software, you can quickly turn an inexpensive microcontroller into a powerful custom remote control for many of the devices you already own. Devices like televisions, media players, mobile phones, and computers support external keyboards and remote controls connected using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). Many microcontrollers, including the ESP32 found in Moddable… Read More

Today, we released a major update to improve our support for the popular ESP32 microcontroller. This update includes four major new features: Faster, more reliable ESP32 build system Upgrade to ESP-IDF v3.3.2, a Long Term Support release from Espressif Lightweight NimBLE Bluetooth LE stack for ESP32 Execution of individual build steps — clean, build, deploy,… Read More

This Wednesday, we wrapped up year one of Scripts & Things, our meetup on JavaScript development for the microcontrollers and embedded systems that make up the Internet of Things. We concluded 2018 with lively discussions before, during, and after a series of demos. A big thank you to everyone who joined in the fun —… Read More

Last week we hosted the first edition of Scripts & Things, our meetup about embedded software development using JavaScript on microcontrollers and other embedded systems. The event was enjoyed by all in attendance and will serve as a launching pad for future meetups in the series. Presentations Our goal with Scripts & Things is to… Read More

Last weekend, I attended Sketching in Hardware 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. Sketching is a small conference that brings together: builders of tools that assist consumer electronics developers and Makers, high-profile users of those tools (or educators of future users), well-known academics who run research programs on development tools, digital fabrication, or IoT ecosystems. I have… Read More

The Moddable team is starting a Meetup about embedded software development using JavaScript on microcontrollers and other embedded systems. The group is called Scripts & Things and our first gathering will be on August 22nd at the Moddable office in downtown Palo Alto. We chose the name Scripts & Things because the Meetup focuses on… Read More