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Gus Workman

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Hardware/software engineer currently hacking with #ElixirLang and #Nerves. Founder of protolux.io - currently available for B2B contracts in Elixir (including Phoenix and Nerves), embedded firmware, and custom PCB design

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An early peek at the official Nerves hardware starter kit Join us for this presentation by Gus Workman on 2026-02-11 at 19h CET!

The @nerves-project.org core team has been working on a new hardware starter kit and guides to simplify the onboarding experience. Join this meetup to learn how it all comes together!

@nervesmeetup.eu
๐Ÿ’ฌ Speaker: Gus Workman
๐Ÿ“… Feb 11 - 19:00 CET
๐Ÿ’ป Online

nervesmeetup.eu/meetup/gus-w...

03.02.2026 17:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But LoRa is fun so I support this endeavor ๐Ÿ˜

23.01.2026 17:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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23.01.2026 17:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Join the Nerves Discord Server! Nerves is an open-source platform that combines the rock-solid BEAM virtual machine and Elixir ecosystem to easily build and deploy production embedded systems. https://nerves-project.org/ | 85 member...

We've been growing and now have a dedicated Discord server. Join us at discord.gg/7TqSpepHw7

21.01.2026 20:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Everything bagel is by far the best flavor. Looking forward to your talk!!

21.01.2026 20:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Kevin Schweikert - Bringing Nerves and Home Assistant together
YouTube video by Nerves Meetup EU Kevin Schweikert - Bringing Nerves and Home Assistant together

My talk from @nervesmeetup.eu is online! ๐ŸŽ‰ www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bu8...

21.01.2026 11:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Letโ€™s introduce the BEAM to home automation. Should be fun ๐Ÿ˜Š Come and join!

14.01.2026 14:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Be there or be square!

13.01.2026 16:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One ticket for the Goatmire Viking express, please ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ

13.01.2026 15:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yay Goatmire is coming back!! Donโ€™t miss it!

13.01.2026 13:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Canโ€™t wait for the blog post covering your new setup ๐Ÿค“

09.01.2026 00:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bringing Nerves and Home Assistant together Join us for this presentation by Kevin Schweikert on 2026-01-14 at 19h CET!

Bringing Nerves and Home Assistant together!

๐Ÿ“… January 14, 2026

Join this meetup to explore how Nerves and Home Assistant can work together, with practical insights and real-world use cases.

๐Ÿ‘‰ nervesmeetup.eu/meetup/kevin...

06.01.2026 18:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I helped set up an old 1U server for a client once. One thing you should note - you definitely need a separated space (or a very well insulated one) to put it. Those fans have one setting, and itโ€™s to scream

06.01.2026 23:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Which paste do you use, and would you buy it again? Such a clean application ๐Ÿคฉ

06.01.2026 04:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

2026 is the year of the BEAM ๐Ÿ˜„

01.01.2026 02:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Love those little animations ๐Ÿ˜‚

I think though this is a b/w low-res LCD. Looks very suitable for snake ๐Ÿ˜œ

27.12.2025 09:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What are some tips for how to โ€œproduction-izeโ€ with Rust/Embassy? Particularly regarding:

- read out protection?
- secure boot, yay/nay? If yes, is there special rust tooling for it?
- anything other tips?

20.12.2025 20:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A letter to ourselves - Zach Daniel Zach tends to give talks about Ash. Which makes sense. While this talk does involve Ash it hits on something deeper and more fundamental. Revolutionary technology. Heck of a way to start off day 1 ofโ€ฆ

This is the most batshit conference presentation I've ever been part of. Zach announces something for Ash, as per usual, but let's just say that's mostly the backdrop..

goatmire.bold.video/v/e37me
#goatmire #elixirlang

10.12.2025 10:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

If you're interested in Nerves, you really don't want to miss this one!

This is the last Nerves Meetup EU for 2025, and as a special thank you for helping us kick off the meetup this year, we have a special event planned tonight. Come and join us on Zoom at 19h CET!

#ElixirLang #Nerves

09.12.2025 10:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This was such a fun project to work on. Thanks @lawik.bsky.social for hosting such a great conf!

Stay tuned for what comes next in the world of Nerves + e-ink ๐Ÿ˜„

05.12.2025 10:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Underjord Newsletter Not every thought needs to be a blog post. Some ideas are more fun in a more personal setting. I write quite a bit and some of it goes to the blog here. But I also write every week for my newsletter.โ€ฆ

Sent out the newsletter and I updated the archive . This is not my blog. I write something EVERY WEEK. I don't particularly like to nag but people miss this. The archive is on there but email is where it goes first.

Latest is on Elixir and the love of events.

underjord.io/newsletter.h...

05.12.2025 09:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Releasing one per day in order is like experiencing the whole conference all over again, in slow motion ๐Ÿคฉ

04.12.2025 08:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'll take a look!

03.12.2025 11:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I swear I ordered the same JST just last week. Does C295747 work for you? 11k in stock

03.12.2025 11:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's a good suggestion! It could make a nice poster, if you wanted to get fancy ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

03.12.2025 11:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sound the alarm: Recovering devices at scale - Frank Hunleth Frank Hunleth, creator of Nerves, covers the ins and outs of using a less known Erlang mechanism for robustness and recovery. Learn about Erlang alarms and how they keep hundreds of thousands ofโ€ฆ

Creator of Nerves, Frank Hunleth, sounds the (Erlang) alarms and goes through his work at SmartRent on creating resilient and robust devices. Way beyond simple restarts.

If you haven't seen the alarmist library, maybe now is the time for you.

video.goatmire.com/v/rwd3e
#elixirlang #goatmire

03.12.2025 10:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(I know KiCad has one in the "Calculator Tools" window, but the Wikipedia page is so ingrained into my workflow by now that I never remember to use it ๐Ÿ˜‚)

Super useful for looking up the common resistor/capacitor values. E24 for 5% components and E96 for 1% components

03.12.2025 09:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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E series of preferred numbers - Wikipedia

Do y'all have any unusual/interesting bookmarks that you use regularly?

Mine is probably the Wikipedia page for the E series of preferred numbers, something I had no idea existed until I started doing PCB design.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_serie...

03.12.2025 09:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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03.12.2025 07:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So you think I did ONE e-ink project and it turned me into an e-ink addict, huh???

Well, youโ€™re right. It did ๐Ÿ˜œ thanks for the mention, these look super cool!

02.12.2025 22:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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