Introduction

Shortly after Christmas, the mail arrived with an Espruino inside. My Christmas present to myself all wrapped up in an oversized box and excessive packaging. If you were to ask me why it was difficult for me to wait a week to receive my gift, it's because of JavaScript.

You see, in the world of micro-controllers, C#, C++ and even Java dominate. Never have I ever heard someone at the Hackaday Superconference refer to their embedded system project running because of Javascript. In fact, ever mentioning JS there would get you branded via a heated soldering iron.

On Instagram, I follow @brendandawes. He lives out in the UK and from his IG, he's an "artist working with digital and analogue materials". He periodically posts what he uses for his projects, including the one that got me all antsy waiting for the mail arrive. JS + embedded systems? Yes, please!