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| author | Sayamindu Dasgupta <sayamindu@gmail.com> | 2009-12-19 12:53:52 (GMT) |
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| committer | Sayamindu Dasgupta <sayamindu@gmail.com> | 2009-12-19 12:53:52 (GMT) |
| commit | ee372858b5010dcdebb278b39c8d86bb5acd2fb7 (patch) | |
| tree | 9beaa3ff7316e693f4391be9e7e060c20b5182bf | |
| parent | d7b5b616fb7371089988d7d81bb9292cb4815d1d (diff) | |
Add a Arduino specific README file
| -rw-r--r-- | README.arduino | 18 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/README.arduino b/README.arduino new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9c9e98c --- /dev/null +++ b/README.arduino @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +Usage +===== + +Communication with Arduino boards is done via the Firmata[1] protocol. +You will need to prepare your board by using the standard Arduino IDE +to upload the latest Firmata code (version 2.1 is recommended). Note that +the version of Firmata supplied with v17 of the IDE is a bit buggy. + +The board usually shows up as /dev/ttyUSBx (x is number) in a Linux system, +assuming that the connection is over USB-serial. Your user account needs to +be in the 'uucp' group to access the device. Also, the baud-rate is very +important for things to work. The baud-rate in the Firmata code, and the +rate specified in the taarduino.py file should match. + +The device name is hardcoded to /dev/ttyUSB0, edit taarduino.py to use +something else. Patches to autodetect the correct device are most welcome :-). + +[1] http://www.firmata.org |