Prototyping Archives - The Golioth Developer Blog https://blog.golioth.io/category/hardware/prototyping/ Golioth, Zephyr, and IoT Development News and How Tos Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:35:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.golioth.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Golioth_Symbol_Coral_RGB-1-32x32.png Prototyping Archives - The Golioth Developer Blog https://blog.golioth.io/category/hardware/prototyping/ 32 32 A Physical Meme Terminal for Distributed Teams https://blog.golioth.io/a-physical-meme-terminal-for-distributed-teams/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 17:21:40 +0000 https://blog.golioth.io/?p=10422 Have you ever wanted to bypass slack and send a meme directly to your co-worker's desk? This hack day project builds on top of work from 2022 and pulls in some new features of Golioth's IoT platform, as well as some vibe coded front end / back end work to make the experience smoother. Dive into each part of the project in this blog and associated video.

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]]> Hardware MVP: Why “Start Ugly” Beats Perfect in the AI Age https://blog.golioth.io/hardware-mvp-why-start-ugly-beats-perfect-in-the-ai-age/ Thu, 19 Jun 2025 13:56:07 +0000 https://blog.golioth.io/?p=9697 Building a connected product? Start ugly. Duct tape a dev board to your prototype. Don’t worry about enclosures. Focus on the data you need and the fastest way to test it. This isn’t just scrappy startup advice—it’s a survival strategy for embedded engineers in 2025. Silicon Speed vs. Software Expectations Here’s the uncomfortable truth: the […]

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]]> Adding sound to the Aludel Elixir based Reference Designs https://blog.golioth.io/adding-sound-to-the-aludel-elixir-based-reference-designs/ Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:25:13 +0000 https://blog.golioth.io/?p=9056 This post highlights moving code from one Zephyr project to another and all the considerations for code portability.

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]]> Posting to Bluesky from a Microcontroller https://blog.golioth.io/posting-to-bluesky-from-a-microcontroller/ Thu, 21 Nov 2024 15:20:25 +0000 https://blog.golioth.io/?p=8310 Bluesky has seen a large increase in its number of users over the last few weeks. To learn more about how the AT Protocol works, we set up a Pipeline to allow for microcontrollers to post to Bluesky via Golioth.

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]]> Zephyr for Hardware Engineers: GPIO https://blog.golioth.io/zephyr-for-hardware-engineers-gpio/ Thu, 05 Sep 2024 12:30:40 +0000 https://goliothblogdev.wpenginepowered.com/?p=7872 Did you know that Zephyr doesn't have a plain old GPIO example? The closest thing is the blinky example that controls LEDs. Why is that? Zephyr expects you to write your own devicetree bindings. It's not that hard, and it's the topic of today's post.

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]]> Embedded Rust with Golioth and the Nordic nRF9160 https://blog.golioth.io/embedded-rust-with-golioth-and-the-nordic-nrf9160/ Tue, 14 Dec 2021 21:40:39 +0000 https://blog.golioth.network/?p=415 Team members Lachlan and Chris discuss an implementation of a Rust code sample with Golioth and the Nordic Semiconductor nRF9160. There is a demo of the code working in the video attached below. What is Rust? Rust is a high-level, general-purpose programming language, syntactically similar to C and C++. It is fast and memory-efficient and […]

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]]> Trying out Golioth with PlatformIO and Arduino Core https://blog.golioth.io/trying-out-golioth-with-platformio-and-arduino-core/ Thu, 09 Dec 2021 20:46:56 +0000 https://blog.golioth.network/?p=398 Note: The arduino-sdk repository showcased in this post is deprecated. GoliothLabs has two experimental repositories that may work as replacements: Golioth ESP-IDF with Arduino as a component Golioth PlatformIO/Arduino Demo In this post and associated video, we’re talking about interfacing hardware to Golioth using popular tools like PlatformIO and Arduino Core (API). Alvaro shows how […]

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