Refactoring the dinosaur
summary
A JavaScript alternative to avrdude called AVR Girl replaces the C command‑line uploader with a mostly‑JS API and nwjs desktop UI, successfully flashing the Public Radio device in demo. Implementation supports multiple protocols (STK500v2, AVR109, USBtinyISP), publishes modules like avrgirl‑arduino and avrgirl‑chips‑json, and covers about 135 chips extracted from a 200MB XML spec. Development involves parsing datasheets, significant yak‑shaving, and needs testers.
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chapters (40)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:51Kickstarter Library
- 1:25Zach Dunham
- 1:48Public Radio
- 3:21tkinter
- 5:50demo
- 8:04using nwjs
- 8:46API
- 9:18Chips
- 9:30EEPROM
- 10:21Programming
- 11:48VRdude
- 12:24AVR
- 13:39No Jayus
- 14:50AVR Girl
- 15:18Mammoths
- 15:35Challenges
- 16:22USB Programmers
- 16:50Protocols
- 17:59Data Sheet
- 18:28Challenge 2 Chips
- 19:30Challenge 5 XML
- 20:00XML to JS
- 20:13Sharing the river
- 20:25Translation
- 21:05Viago
- 21:31Decouple
- 21:50Arduino
- 22:41Better developer experience
- 22:52Be nice
- 23:10Build beautiful APIs
- 23:28Build beautiful documentation
- 24:15Create a better user experience
- 24:32Make apps with better accessibility
- 24:53Working with Zack
- 25:18Tiny ISP
- 25:32GitHub
- 25:58Meow
- 26:37Space bar
- 26:55Questions
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