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Build a Binary Clock with Elixir and Nerves
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Build a Binary Clock with Elixir and Nerves

by Frank Hunleth, Bruce Tate
August 2022
Intermediate to advanced
108 pages
2h 23m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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Burn Firmware

Nerves works by combining the Elixir programs that you write with everything else that a specialized embedded device needs to run. An increasing number of these tiny devices actually run the Unix operating system, and Nerves is built to run on them.

You’ll start by installing a firmware program written by the Nerves team on an embedded computer, called a target. This first step will verify that you can use your Nerves tool chain to install a program on the target’s firmware chip. Then you’ll snap the firmware chip into your target and connect to it using a USB cable so you can remotely access an Elixir shell. When you’re done, you’ll know:

  • You have a working Nerves tool chain for burning firmware.
  • You can use your host to debug your ...
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