20.6 Summary
There is now a whole range of microcontrollers and microcomputers that can run JavaScript applications. In this chapter, we’ve introduced you to some of the best known of these and shown you an (admittedly simple) example of controlling LEDs. In summary, remember:
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The Espruino microcontroller can run JavaScript natively.
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The Tessel microcontroller can also run JavaScript out of the box and is relatively easy to extend with special hardware modules.
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The BeagleBone Black microcomputer is a full-fledged minicomputer similar to the Raspberry Pi.
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Most variants of the Arduino microcomputer cannot run JavaScript, but can still be controlled remotely using the Firmata protocol.
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The Johnny Five Node.js module is a client for ...
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