Talking Drupal #383 - Programming the Physical World

Today we are talking about Programming the Physical World with
Stephen Cross.


For show notes visit:
www.talkingDrupal.com/383
Topics

What is meant by Programming in the Physical World

How do people interact

How are we focusing today’s topic

What is a Microcontroller

What would you not use a microcontroller for

How do they get programmed and what language

How do you contain the device

Do you need to solder

How does this relate to Drupal

What have you used it for in the past

Where should I get started

Resources

Dries blog that mentions Alexa module (includes a video)

DrupalCon Seattle session: Hello Alexa, I’m Drupal

Raspberry Pi Pico

Thonny

Bread Board

Hosts

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan
John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi
Stephen Cross - www.StephenCross.com @stephencross
MOTW Correspondent

Martin Anderson-Clutz - @mandclu
Alexa
Currently provides only a basic integration, for a developer to
create a customized handler module to implement the specific
functionality they need. An alexa_demo submodule provides a
reference.