Nerves, NIFs, and Snake
summary
Adds Nerves support to a custom e‑ink device and ships a LiveView‑like UI pattern for hardware, using Rust NIFs via Rustler to speed image processing and rendering. Uses a Rust dither library (multiple algorithms) and a typed renderer to produce frames in ~50ms; the Rust NIF shows 18x faster and far lower memory use versus pure Elixir. Builds and deploys 200 e‑ink badges, prototypes a 5.83in Allwinner T113 S4 starter kit with Wi‑Fi/Bluetooth and sensors, and implements Snake in <300 lines that runs on the device.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Nerves introduction
- 3:56Trellis and Glam Cam
- 8:14Starter Kit overview
- 15:45Dithering: Elixir vs Rust NIFs
- 21:27Rust NIFs with Nerves
- 26:02Starter Kit dev experience
- 27:08Live Snake demo
- 28:56Wrap-up and resources
- 30:51Q&A
