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Official project updates
vintage_net, v0.11.0
Should be a safe update, mostly changes in private APIs. Many routing table and internet connectivity modules were updated. See the changelog in the link for details.
vintage_net_wifi, v0.10.5
Adds decoding of network flags that advertise WEP. Credit to Ryota Kinukawa.
vintage_net_wizard, v0.4.5 and v0.4.6
Add support for WPA3/WPA2 transitional networks.
Adjust support for phoenix_html to allow either ~> 2.13 or ~> 3.0.
qmi, v0.6.2 and v0.6.3
Add a bunch of device management functions.
get_manufacturer, get_model, get_hardware_rev, get_device_serial_numbers
Reminder, the qmi library provides the functionality in vintage_net_qmi which allows using QMI-enabled cellular modems.
Featured book: Build a Weather Station
by Alex Koutmos, Bruce Tate & Frank Hunleth
This continues on the previous feature about Nerves books. But this one I can speak more to as I had the pleasure to read, review and give feedback on it.
If you are reading this newsletter and haven't tried Nerves for real yet, or you want to introduce someone else. This seems like the perfect way to start to me. A hands-on project that does something real-world and significant. The components are carefully chosen (by Frank, I bet) to not require soldering which is often a big barrier. And there is a fair bit of useful crunchy tech in there but nothing that should really stop you.
It was an enjoyable and clear read and all the three involved authors have been thoroughly stand-up folks in my every interaction with them. I can't recommend them enough.
Tweet announcement: By Alex
Get it on: Pragmatic Bookshelf
Tech note: RamoopsLogger
RamoopsLogger is an Elixir logger backend that writes log messages to Linux’s persistent storage. If configured in Linux, this is a region of DRAM that is preserved across reboots. Since it’s DRAM, it will gradually forget if power is removed for too long. Barring that, it is one way of capturing crash information that is severe enough to reboot the system and prevent details from being logged any other way. It is also a way of reviewing log messages from a previous boot if you are only using the in-memory RingLogger backend.
- Frank
Editor's note: Ramoops is a weird and funny word. Hehe. Ramoops.
Supporting the Nerves project
We want to encourage everyone to contribute in whatever way works for them. Here are some ways we currently recommend:
- Write or port a new hardware library and include it in the Elixir Circuits collection.
- Give money to the project via Open Collective.
- Get in touch about taking over maintenance duties for some libraries, we might be able to provide you hardware.
- Apply for an EEF stipend on something Nerves-related and build it. We can help if you have questions about this.
- Send corrections or improvements for documentation wherever it fails to help you.
- Write about Nerves, give talks about Nerves. Make videos about Nerves. It is all good.
Finally, if you have questions about the newsletter or want to suggest something you can simply respond to this email it will go directly to me, Lars, who edits this thing. Let me know what you think.
- Lars, Underjord.io
