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
   

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2. Who Am I?
   • Empathetic Community Member
   • Front-End Developer
   • Hoodie Contributor
   • (New) Tessel Contributor
   • (New) ManhattanJS Organizer
   

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3. Talking Tessel
   • The Predicament
   • The What & Why of Tessel
   • The Next Steps
   

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4. The Predicament
   

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5. http://meow.noopkat.com/p-u-r-r-personal-ultimate-reassurance-
   response/
   

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6. https://github.com/chootka/subnodes
   

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8. Hardware Options
   

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11. What I Know
    • HTML
    • CSS
    • JS
    • Node.js (basics)
    • C (sort of)
    

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13. What & Why
    of
    Tessel
    

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14. Tessel Hardware
    • 580MHz Mediatek MT7620n
    • 48MHz Atmek SAMD21
    • 802.11bgn Wifi
    • 2 USB ports
    • Ethernet
    • microUSB
    • 16 GPIO pins
    • 4 programmable
    

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15. Tessel Software
    • OpenWRT Linux
    • 64 MB RAM / 32 MB Flash
    • Tessel Node module
    • t2-cli
    • Rust & Python support
    (soon)
    

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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.”
    

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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
    

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19. Hello Tessel
    http://tessel.github.io/t2-start/blinky.html
    

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20. Make It Modular
    http://tessel.github.io/t2-start/modules.html
    

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21. Build Your Ideas
    https://github.com/HipsterBrown/tessel-router
    

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22. Next Steps
    

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23. Start Small
    

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24. Keep Learning
    

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25. Keep Learning
    

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26. Stay Curious
    

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27. Stay Curious
    

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28. Create Change
    

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31. Demo
    

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32. https://github.com/hipsterbrown/tessel-router/
    tree/gemma-control
    

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34. • https://tessel.io
    • https://github.com/tessel/project
    • https://tessel-slack.herokuapp.com
    • @tesselproject
    • @hipsterbrown
    Learn More
    

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