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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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Build a Program in Layers

After burning an existing project onto firmware, you’ll write your own mix project. You’ll add compilation for a target to your tool chain. Nerves will build an image that has your program and everything else your embedded device needs.

After you’ve built a program to blink an LED, you’ll build in networking so you can push software changes and share data with the outside world. We’ll track a common time. When you’re done, you’ll know how to:

  • Write your own programs, and then burn them onto firmware.

  • Build software in layers, with functional cores that handle logic and boundaries to handle external interfaces.

  • Connect to your embedded device from networked computers to burn firmware, collect data, or use circuits you ...

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