Marrinations
Marrinations
The Internet of Things is really taking off. The ESP8266 has made it possible to add a powerful process with wifi to any project for a couple of bucks. Whether you doing a one off art project, or are building a home automation gizmo that you plan on funding with Kickstarter, the ESP8266 can be at the core.
I've gotten really excited about this new chip and it's potential, so naturally I decided to write my own scripting language. When you say that sort of thing in the circles I run around in or when you read it in ESP8266 forums, you generally get a lot of push back.
Once the rolling of the eyes and general incredulity settle down, you are likely to get any combination of these 3 responses:
TL;DR I'm nuts.
So what motivation could I possibly have for doing this? I'll push back on each of the points above:
One of the great advantages of m8rscript is that I wrote it to be cross-platform. It runs on both ESP8266 and Mac. That has allowed me to write a macOS app which can simulate m8rscript code before deploying on the device.
To be continued...
The Internet of Things is really taking off. The ESP8266 has made it possible to add a powerful process with wifi to any project for a couple of bucks. Whether you doing a one off art project, or are building a home automation gizmo that you plan on funding with Kickstarter, the ESP8266 can be at the core.
I've gotten really excited about this new chip and it's potential, so naturally I decided to write my own scripting language. When you say that sort of thing in the circles I run around in or when you read it in ESP8266 forums, you generally get a lot of push back.
Once the rolling of the eyes and general incredulity settle down, you are likely to get any combination of these 3 responses:
TL;DR I'm nuts.
So what motivation could I possibly have for doing this? I'll push back on each of the points above:
One of the great advantages of m8rscript is that I wrote it to be cross-platform. It runs on both ESP8266 and Mac. That has allowed me to write a macOS app which can simulate m8rscript code before deploying on the device.
To be continued...
Hi, my name is Chris and I have lots of hobbies. From woodworking, to Shapeoko, to IoT and other hardware projects, you’ll find it all here. I’ve been a professional software engineer for all of my life so my hardware and IoT projects always include a software component. My interest in IoT has lead me to the ESP8266 and to my m8rscript software project to drive it.