Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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On this episode, the balena IoT Happy Hour team will talk with the balena Hardware Hackers about balenaBlocks.

balenaBlocks are building blocks to reduce the friction of coding your next edge or IoT app (for instance, a balenaHub submission). At balena, we are creating intelligent, drop-in chunks of functionality built to handle the basics, allowing you to focus on solving the hard problems.

balena.io/blog/introducing-balenablocks-jumpstart-your-iot-app-development

github.com/balenablocks


00:00 Welcome and introductions
01:37 balenaBlocks introduction
03:22 What's on your desk?
16:42 balenaBlocks
21:36 Start from scratch or not?
24:00 Demo with blocks
30:52 balenaBlocks intro (part 2)
32:25 Demo mixing balenaBlocks
39:29 Diagram with the balenaBlocks
45:00 Coding the balenaBlocks
55:00 balenaCam becoming a block
1:00:20 Future plans on balenaBlocks
1:03:45 Dashboard coming from balenaBlocks
1:10:00 How to get involved on balenaBlocks
1:11:07 Wrap-up