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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ 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
+to upload the latest Firmata code (version 2.1 is recommended, you can reach it from http://at.or.at/hans/pd/Firmata-2.1beta7.zip, in file V2.0). 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,
@@ -15,4 +15,6 @@ 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 :-).
+As dependency you need pyserial (or equivalent name for python-serial module)
+
[1] http://www.firmata.org