The is the repository for the hardware hack session at Gophercon 2025.
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These are some of the activities you can do with the hardware we have available. But that is only a starting point! Explore, experiment, learn, and have fun!
- Skynet LLM robotic interface
- Parrot Minidrone
- WowWee MiP robot
- Sphero Mini robot
- TinyGo IoT sensor
- TinyGo Bluetooth sensor
Post your robot picture and videos using hashtag #gophercon
Get ready to give some intelligence to the machines with Skynet! Skynet is a lightweight command line interface for LLMs to control real robots and drones using Bash from your own machine.
You can currently use Skynet to control either the MiP or the Minidrone using Go.
Start the robot takeover at https://github.com/hybridgroup/skynet.
We have Parrot Minidrones you can fly with Go code to control them using their built-in Bluetooth API.
Ready for takeoff? Go to https://github.com/hybridgroup/tinygo-minidrone.
Along for the ride, we brought a couple of WowWee MiP two-wheeled self-balancing robots that you control using Bluetooth.
Ready to roll? Go to https://github.com/hybridgroup/tinygo-mip.
You need more robots? Of course you do! We brought a few Sphero Mini ball-shaped robots that you control using Bluetooth.
Keep on rolling at https://github.com/hybridgroup/tinygo-sphero.
Looking for the true "parts experience"? Got you covered! We have brought some Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect IoT microcontroller boards for each person to use for the activity.
https://store.arduino.cc/collections/boards/products/arduino-nano-rp2040-connect
These can be programmed using TinyGo.
There are some Grove sensor kits that you can use for the activity.
Ready to try this out? Go to ./sensor/arduino/ to get started.
This series of tutorials is intended to help you learn about programming Bluetooth devices using TinyGo and the TinyGo Bluetooth package. Using a Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect IoT microcontroller board and tiny display, discover the Bluetooth devices all around us, and make one of your own.
Ready to Go wireless? Click on ./bluetooth/arduino/ to get started.
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