Talking Tessel with a Hardware Newbie

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Talking Tessel With A Hardware Newbie

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

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

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The Predicament

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

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https://github.com/chootka/subnodes

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Hardware Options

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

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What & Why of Tessel

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

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

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

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

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Next Steps

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Start Small

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Keep Learning

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Keep Learning

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Stay Curious

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Stay Curious

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Create Change

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Demo

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

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

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