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Learning Javascript Robotics

You're reading from Learning Javascript Robotics Design, build, and program your own remarkable robots with JavaScript and open source hardware

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2015

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781785883347

Length 160 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Tools

ROS

Concepts

Robotics

Author (1):

Kassandra Perch

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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface

1. Getting Started with JS Robotics

2. Working with Johnny-Five FREE CHAPTER

3. Using Digital and PWM Output Pins

4. Using Specialized Output Devices

5. Using Input Devices and Sensors

6. Moving Your Bot

7. Advanced Movement with the Animation Library

8. Advanced Components – SPI, I2C, and Other Devices

9. Connecting NodeBots to the World, and Where to Go Next

Index

Other JS libraries and platforms

Johnny-Five is definitely an amazing library and one of the cornerstones of NodeBots. However, one of the great things about open source hardware and software is that there is a litany of choices for you to explore in the world of NodeBots. I'll go into just a few of the many available, as new choices and projects are popping up every day!

Espruino

Espruino is an open source effort by Gordon Williams to create a microcontroller that runs JavaScript right on the board. There are currently two models available: the Espruino, which is the size of a credit card, and the Pico, which is nearly stamp-sized. Both interact via a USB connection.

Note that the Espruino doesn't use Node; it uses its own version of JavaScript that is in some places heavily modified. However, to most JavaScript developers, it will feel remarkably familiar.

The Espruino uses a Chrome app to code and flash the board, and has a good amount of documentation. As the entire effort is...

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Authors (1)

Kassandra Perch

Kassandra Perch

Kassandra Perch is an open web developer and supporter. She began as a frontend developer and moved to server-side with the advent of Node.js and was especially enthralled by the advance of the NodeBots community. She travels the world speaking at conferences about NodeBots and the fantastic community around them.

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