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I guess I’ve been a bit disappointed Nerves doesn’t run on microcontrollers, though, such as an Arduino or Raspberry Pi Pico. Basically, once you have Linux, yo

by ghayes 2y ago

I guess I’ve been a bit disappointed Nerves doesn’t run on microcontrollers, though, such as an Arduino or Raspberry Pi Pico. Basically, once you have Linux, you can run nearly anything already.

lawik 2y ago
It was never intended to. The BEAM is not a good fit for that environment. I find it a bit bewildering that people are disappointed about that but I think it comes from having had the difference between microcontroller and embedded linux device clear to me from the early Pi and Arduino days. You can look at AtomVM for a way to run Erlang and Elixir on an MCU. It just isn't Nerves. Nerves is a Linux :)
MarcusE1W 2y ago
There is the AtomVM, a (mini)BEAM for microcontrollers https://www.atomvm.net/ https://www.atomvm.net/ There is also integration for Elixir and AtomVM.
- Muromec 2y ago
  Atom even compiles into wasm or at least should.
- vendiddy 2y ago
  I'm curious if AtomVM is compatible with Erlang nodes. Could you have a Pi on Nerves talking to microcontrollers? I've never really worked with hardware but this all looks fascinating.
MisterTea 2y ago
https://www.grisp.org/ https://www.grisp.org/