Talking Tessel with a Hardware Newbie

This is talk was given at QueensJS, covering my journey into hardware and why I ended up landing on Tessel. For clickable links, I have a public [PDF](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/74986127/Talking%20Tessel.pdf) and [HTML](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/74986127/Talking%20Tessel/index.html) available as well.

Transcript

1. Talking Tessel With A Hardware Newbie
2. Who Am I? • Empathetic Community Member • Front-End Developer • Hoodie Contributor • (New) Tessel Contributor • (New) ManhattanJS Organizer
3. Talking Tessel • The Predicament • The What & Why of Tessel • The Next Steps
4. The Predicament
5. http://meow.noopkat.com/p-u-r-r-personal-ultimate-reassurance- response/
6. https://github.com/chootka/subnodes
8. Hardware Options
11. What I Know • HTML • CSS • JS • Node.js (basics) • C (sort of)
13. What & Why of Tessel
14. Tessel Hardware • 580MHz Mediatek MT7620n • 48MHz Atmek SAMD21 • 802.11bgn Wifi • 2 USB ports • Ethernet • microUSB • 16 GPIO pins • 4 programmable
15. Tessel Software • OpenWRT Linux • 64 MB RAM / 32 MB Flash • Tessel Node module • t2-cli • Rust & Python support (soon)
17. – Tessel Mission Statement “Create a fully open source hardware & software platform that makes it easy and intuitive to develop Internet-connected devices. Decisions are steered by open governance, an inclusive community, and the goal of creating freely- licensed designs and tools.”
18. • Developer experience is paramount. • Device design should focus on user experience. • Openness promotes innovation. • Tessel should be practical to use. • Community matters. Core Philosophies
19. Hello Tessel http://tessel.github.io/t2-start/blinky.html
20. Make It Modular http://tessel.github.io/t2-start/modules.html
21. Build Your Ideas https://github.com/HipsterBrown/tessel-router
22. Next Steps
23. Start Small
24. Keep Learning
25. Keep Learning
26. Stay Curious
27. Stay Curious
28. Create Change
31. Demo
32. https://github.com/hipsterbrown/tessel-router/ tree/gemma-control
34. • https://tessel.io • https://github.com/tessel/project • https://tessel-slack.herokuapp.com • @tesselproject • @hipsterbrown Learn More