CEC Semenster Undefined
The Lua Programming Language for IoT - Hands On
Charles J. Lord -
June 6,
2016
Introduction to Lua and the ESP8266
In this leadoff class, we will look briefly at the ESP8266 chip and the various Node MCU boards that are available with the chip. We will then discuss the history of the Lua language and how it is used for programming various applications.
Course Resources
Special Educational Materials
Adafruit's HUZZAH ESP8266 Breakout BoardA 'Hello world” example based on Wio LinkSeeed Cactus MicroIf you will be doing the hands-on portions of this course, the board we will use is the Adafruit HUZZAH ESP8266 Breakout boardYou will also need a USB-TTL cable such as the FTDI TTL-232R-3V3Listen/Download Archive (mp3)
June 7,
2016
Lua in Depth, Part 1
For our second class, we will begin to look at the Lua language in depth. We will look at all of the basic constructs, including variables and program flow, and show some examples of each and how we can test some basic programs as we go along.
Course Resources
Special Educational Materials
Adafruit's HUZZAH ESP8266 Breakout BoardA 'Hello world” example based on Wio LinkSeeed Cactus MicroIf you will be doing the hands-on portions of this course, the board we will use is the Adafruit HUZZAH ESP8266 Breakout boardYou will also need a USB-TTL cable such as the FTDI TTL-232R-3V3Listen/Download Archive (mp3)
June 8,
2016
Lua in Depth, Part 2
For our third class, we will delve into the more advanced aspects of Lua, including nested functions and some of the application-specific features for gaming and other applications.
Course Resources
Special Educational Materials
Adafruit's HUZZAH ESP8266 Breakout BoardA 'Hello world” example based on Wio LinkSeeed Cactus MicroIf you will be doing the hands-on portions of this course, the board we will use is the Adafruit HUZZAH ESP8266 Breakout boardYou will also need a USB-TTL cable such as the FTDI TTL-232R-3V3Listen/Download Archive (mp3)
June 9,
2016
The NodeMCU in Depth and Programming
In this penultimate class, we will take what we learned so far and write some beginning code on the ESP8266. We will learn how to configure a node to work with a specific network then look at ways that we can use the node in our local Internet of Things.
Course Resources
Special Educational Materials
Adafruit's HUZZAH ESP8266 Breakout BoardA 'Hello world” example based on Wio LinkSeeed Cactus MicroIf you will be doing the hands-on portions of this course, the board we will use is the Adafruit HUZZAH ESP8266 Breakout boardYou will also need a USB-TTL cable such as the FTDI TTL-232R-3V3Listen/Download Archive (mp3)
June 10,
2016
Advanced Coding
Now that we have written some code and started testing out our node, we will learn some advanced application programming and alternative means of programming our nodes. In this final class, we will see how to make use of the chip I/O as well as how to load the chip with Arduino for use with the Arduino IDE and some common sketches (programs).
Course Resources
Special Educational Materials
Adafruit's HUZZAH ESP8266 Breakout BoardA 'Hello world” example based on Wio LinkSeeed Cactus MicroIf you will be doing the hands-on portions of this course, the board we will use is the Adafruit HUZZAH ESP8266 Breakout boardYou will also need a USB-TTL cable such as the FTDI TTL-232R-3V3Listen/Download Archive (mp3)
Instructor
Charles J. Lord