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Show HN: Microcontroller with hardware-accelerated Lua VM

11 hours ago
  • #Lua
  • #hardware-acceleration
  • #microcontroller
  • The ELM11 is a microcontroller board that executes Lua from REPL or stored programs on Flash.
  • Features include customizable CPU settings (frequency, cores), hardware-accelerated Lua VM, and support for standard digital I/O protocols (GPIO, PWM, UART, SPI, I2C).
  • Supports interrupts for GPIO, UART, SPI, I2C, timers, and watchdog, with both hardware-based and run-time/compile-time reconfigurable hardware.
  • Preliminary documentation is available for download, with further details on embLua OS accessible online or as a downloadable document.
  • Available for pre-order from 28/07/2025, with shipping starting from 01/11/2025.