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Nodebots / Hardware

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Details

Provider

Frontend Masters
Pricing

Paid Course
Languages

English
Duration & workload

2-3 hours
Sessions

On-Demand
Level

Beginner

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Overview

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In this course, Steve Kinney demonstrates how to use JavaScript to control hardware and IoT projects. Learn the fundamentals of electronics and how to work with microcontrollers. Using the Johnny-Five library for Node.js, you will be able to make hardware interact with Web APIs, make LEDs light up from a web page, pull data in from third-party APIs, and read data from the world! (Johnny-Five Inventor's Hardware Kit is required)

Syllabus

Introduction
Setting Up the Tessel 2
Setup Debugging
Getting an LED to Blink
Introducing Johnny-Five
Wiring Up an LED
Controlling an LED with Johnny Five
The Problem with LED Pulsing
Breadboard Overview
Wiring Up an LED to the Breadboard
Pulsing LEDs
Wiring Up a Button
Programming the Button
Make the Button Control the LED
Wiring Up a RGB LED
Programming & Debugging RGB LED
Controlling RGB LED from a Browser
Add WebSockets for Real-Time
Wiring Up the BME280
Reading the Weather Sensor
Visualizing Sensor Data Using Barcli
Update Web Page with Device Data Exercise
Update Web Page with Device Data Solution
Updating a Remote Server with Device Data
Wiring Up a Magnetic Door Switch
Programming the Magnetic Door Switch
Using Third-Party APIs with Hardware
Wiring Up and LCD Screen
Programming the LCD Screen
Showing Tweets on the LCD Screen
Other Kit Items & Wrap Up

Taught by

Steve Kinney

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