Gordon Williams

39 points

Oxford, UK

Gordon's been working on Espruino for the last 4 years, with two successful KickStarter campaigns under his belt. Before that he worked in a variety of areas - from 3D geometry and graphics to digital signage and compiler design.

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Getting started with Espruino, a JavaScript interpreter for microcontrollers

If you've used microcontrollers like the Arduino before, you might be used to pushing compiled code onto the device and then just hoping it does what it's supposed to. The…

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gfwilliams

31 May 2016

Getting started with Espruino, a JavaScript interpreter for microcontrollers

Thanks - at $25 via distributors the Pico is still cheaper than most Pis - and direct and in quantity it's $17.50. I'd love to be able to sell the board more cheaply, but am trying to pay myself a salary. I just can't compete with cheap chinese boards, something like the Pi where they make millions, or with some of the other VC-backed companies that sell their boards basically at cost to get you using their online services.