Do you want to create something with your RuuviTags but think learning low-level C programming sounds too tricky?
Don’t worry. It’s possible to tinker with the Tag using JavaScript. Espruino is a perfect tool for prototyping and is easy to use.
How to get started?
- Flash Espruino image by following these instructions.
- Open Espruino Web IDE.
- Follow Web IDE’s tutorial and flash your very first script.
Video tutorial
On this video, we used a laptop running macOS. Steps with Windows and Linux are a little different. Learn more.
RuuviTag is officially supported by Espruino.
Read more: espruino.com/ruuvitag.
Note
Espruino is an open-source project. If you run Espruino on RuuviTag and love it, please consider donating.
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