# 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](https://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)](https://dri.es/cross-channel-user-experiences-with-drupal ) * [DrupalCon Seattle session: Hello Alexa, I'm Drupal](https://events.drupal.org/seattle2019/sessions/hello-alexa-im-drupal) * [Raspberry Pi Pico](https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-pico/) * [Thonny](https://thonny.org/) * [Bread Board](https://www.amazon.com/BB400-Solderless-Plug-BreadBoard-tie-points/dp/B0040Z1ERO) ## Hosts Nic Laflin - [www.nLighteneddevelopment.com](https://www.nLighteneddevelopment.com) [@nicxvan](https://twitter.com/nicxvan) John Picozzi - [www.epam.com](https://www.epam.com) [@johnpicozzi](https://twitter.com/johnpicozzi) Stephen Cross - [www.StephenCross.com](https://www.StephenCross.com/) [@stephencross](https://twitter.com/stephencross) ## MOTW ### Correspondent Martin Anderson-Clutz - [@mandclu](https://twitter.com/mandclu) [Alexa](https://www.drupal.org/project/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.