Artoo Adaptor For Arduino

This repository contains the Artoo (http://artoo.io/) adaptor and drivers for Arduino and Arduino-compatible microcontrollers (http://arduino.cc/) using the Firmata protocol (http://firmata.org).

Artoo is a open source micro-framework for robotics using Ruby.

For more information abut Artoo, check out our repo at https://github.com/hybridgroup/artoo

This gem makes extensive use of the hybridgroup fork of the firmata gem (https://github.com/hybridgroup/firmata) thanks to @hardbap with code borrrowed from the arduino_firmata gem (https://github.com/shokai/arduino_firmata) thanks to @shokai

Installing

gem install artoo-arduino

Using

require 'artoo'

connection :arduino, :adaptor => :firmata, :port => '127.0.0.1:8023'
device :board, :driver => :device_info
device :led, :driver => :led, :pin => 13

work do
  puts "Firmware name #{board.firmware_name}"
  puts "Firmata version #{board.version}"
  every 1.second do
    led.toggle
  end
end

Devices supported

The following hardware devices have driver support via the artoo-gpio gem:

Button
LED
Maxbotix ultrasonic range finder
Analog sensor
Motor (DC)
Servo

The following hardware devices have driver support via the artoo-i2c gem:

Wiichuck controller
Wiiclassic controller

Connecting to Arduino

OSX

The main steps are:

Connect to the Arduino via serial port/USB
Use a socket to serial connection to map a TCP socket to the local unix port
Connect to the device via Artoo

First plug the Arduino into your computer via the USB/serial port. A dialog box will appear telling you that a new network interface has been detected. Click "Network Preferences...", and when it opens, simply click "Apply".

Once plugged in, use the artoo connect scan command to find out your connection info:

$ artoo connect scan

Now you are ready to connect to the Arduino using a socket, such as in this example port 4567:

artoo connect serial ttyACM0

Ubuntu

The main steps are:

Connect to the Arduino via serial port/USB
Use a socket to serial connection to map a TCP socket to the local unix port
Connect to the device via Artoo

First plug the Arduino into your computer via the USB/serial port.

Once plugged in, use the ls /dev/ttyACM* command to find out your connection info:

$ ls /dev/ttyACM*
/dev/ttyACM0

Now you are ready to connect to the Arduino using the socket, in this example port 4567:

artoo connect serial ttyACM0 4567

Windows

We are currently working with the Celluloid team to add Windows support. Please check back soon!

Contributing

Fork it
Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
Create new Pull Request