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.