Interfacing your own hardware with a Java app couldn’t be easier than this example. [Pn] created this proof-of-concept using an Arduino, an analog joystick from a gaming controller, and a few… ...

Arduino and PICAXE require C-like syntax and pointers; not the easiest thing when everyone and their mother can program in Java. As for how [Dimitri] managed to pack a JVM into a microcontroller ...