One-liner to flash the LED. It is not on constant LED1 as expected, but instead on output pin D8! 1. Connect to Espruino, using screen. screen /dev/ttyACM0 2. Press ENTER to flush serial buffer a bit, then enter one-liner. let n=false; setInterval( () => { digitalWrite("D8",n); n=!n; } , 500); 3. Upon pressing ENTER on the Espruino console you should now see the LED flashing. Exit screen using: CTRL-A q Or kill the serial session using: CTRL-A k.