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title: "Frank Hunleth · Elixir Community"
description: "Frank is one of the main people behind Nerves, which lets developers run Elixir on embedded devices like the Raspberry Pi."
url: https://elixir.community/people/frank-hunleth/
---

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# Frank Hunleth

Nerves core team

-   [GitHub](https://github.com/fhunleth)
-   [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/fhunleth.bsky.social)

> Frank is one of the main people behind Nerves, which lets developers run Elixir on embedded devices like the Raspberry Pi.

Frank works on Nerves, the platform for building and deploying embedded systems with Elixir and the BEAM. He co-authored Build a Binary Clock with Elixir and Nerves, using a hardware project to teach layered application design.

## Known for

-   [**Nerves** · nerves-project.org](https://nerves-project.org/)

## Talks

-   27 min
    
    Gig City Elixir 2024 · May 16, 2024
    
    ### [Nerves Update](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0RoVk7h0Fo)
    
    An update on Nerves and building embedded systems with Elixir.
    
    [Frank Hunleth](https://elixir.community/people/frank-hunleth)
    

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## Books

- [Build a Binary Clock with Elixir and Nerves · Frank Hunleth and Bruce A. Tate](https://pragprog.com/titles/thnerves/build-a-binary-clock-with-elixir-and-nerves/)
- [Build a Weather Station with Elixir and Nerves · Alexander Koutmos, Bruce A. Tate, Frank Hunleth](https://pragprog.com/titles/passweather/build-a-weather-station-with-elixir-and-nerves/)

Profile last updated October 7, 2026

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