Build a Binary Clock with Elixir and Nerves

Introduction

This book is one of a series of books about Elixir and Nerves. Each book in this series will teach one fundamental software concept and build one complete project using the Elixir language on Nerves. Elixir^[1] is a highly concurrent and reliable functional programming language, and Nerves^[2] is a tool for embedding programs on it to build the internet of things, IoT. These devices are small special-purpose computers used to control hardware. They show up in cars, appliances, and more. You might see these nifty devices called different names. In this book, we’ll use the terms target, embedded computer, embedded device, controller, and more depending on the context. Regardless of the name, the concepts are the same. We embed a sophisticated ...