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The original returns for a 2025 edition along with GigCity Elixir. NervesConf US was a great experience last year and there is no reason to doubt it will be again :)
Get the details at nervesconf.us
The first Nerves conference in Europe coincides with the first Elixir conference in Sweden.
Read more at goatmire.com
NervesHub UI teaser
The NervesHub UI update is in full swing. If you run NervesHub and update now you'll find the link to try the new UI at the bottom. I shared a teaser on social media.
Project Updates
System updates
All systems get a security/bug fix update.
- Updated dependencies
nerves_system_mangopi_mq_pro, v0.11.1
nerves_system_bbb, v2.25.1
nerves_system_vultr, v0.26.1
nerves_system_x86_64, v1.29.1
nerves_system_grisp2, v0.13.1
nerves_system_osd32mp1, v0.20.1
Raspberry Pi Updates
- Linux 6.6.64 with the Raspberry Pi and PREEMPT_RT patches
nerves_system_rpi0, v1.29.1
nerves_system_rpi, v1.29.1
nerves_system_rpi2, v1.29.1
nerves_system_rpi3, v1.29.1
nerves_system_rpi3a, v1.29.1
nerves_system_rpi4, v1.29.1
kiosk_system_rpi4, v0.2.1
- Support hardware PWM
- Support the use of NVME SSDs
nerves_system_rpi5,
v0.4.1
kiosk_system_rpi5, v0.2.1
- Support the CM5 and any other devices that use the BCM2712D0
- Support the use of NVME SSDs
- Enable the RP1 PIO driver. This likely also requires the bootloader to be updated to use
- Support hardware PWM
- Update Nerves systems to nerves_system_br v1.29.3
- Add support for the RPi CM5 and other BCM2712 D0 silicon RPi5’s
- Update to Elixir 1.18.2 and Erlang/OTP 27.2
- Update all dependencies
Update Nerves systems to nerves_system_br v1.29.3 (Erlang/OTP 27.2). This adds support for the Raspberry Pi CM5.
Update to Elixir 1.18.1
Nerves Meetup (remote)
Alex and Abelino are ready to host the February meetup, check out the event page and contact them if you want to present!
Got questions?
Trouble-shooting is best done on the Nerves Forum over at Elixir's Forum. But if you have big-picture questions you would like to ask around Nerves, feel free to send them in and we might just have ourselves a column here.
Project Soleil by Protolux
Gus Workman who you may know from the excellent escript update to nerves_hub_cli is releasing a really cool open hardware project for solar powering a Raspberry Pi Zero and controlling the process from Nerves.
Read more on the website.
He has another exciting project lined up for ElixirConf EU in May! Nerves first as well.
This year with Nerves?
Share your hardware plans with us here over email or on Bluesky. Love to feature projects, cool hardware that people are interested in putting Nerves on or whatever comes up as relevant.
Nerves shirts can be bought from my new little venture
-Lars
Participating in the community
The Nerves community is found wherever Elixirists gather. Try any of the following:
Questions are best asked on the Elixir Forum.
Social conversation and banter:
- Elixir Slack, #nerves channel
- Elixir Discord, #nerves channel
How you can help Nerves
Contribute in the way that works for you:
- 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.
- Write or port a new hardware library and include it in the Elixir Circuits collection.
- 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.
Finally, if you have questions about the newsletter or want to suggest something you can simply respond to this email.
- Lars
