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JS Framework for accessing basic Arduino controls from web apps

• noonespecial 13y ago
  I know that node.js is the hotness at the moment, but its not the cool part of this project. The cool part is HTML5 WebSockets giving realtime-ish access to reading and writing arduino pins via a web app. This addresses a big complaint I always had with the 'duino movement. Way too many people seemed to be using the little dev boards as isolated computers when I thought they could be/should be using them as peripherals. I've always wanted to see a generic IO sketch that was basically static and most of the programming happen on computer side of the usb wire. This is a huge step in that direction.
  • _neil 13y ago
    The socket stuff is cool, but I believe johnnyfive[0] (and others[1]) have also accomplished what you're describing. [0] https://github.com/rwaldron/johnny-five https://github.com/rwaldron/johnny-five [1] https://github.com/search?q=arduino+firmata&type=Repositories&ref=searchresults https://github.com/search?q=arduino+firmata&type=Repositorie...
    • noonespecial 13y ago
      Thank you to both _neil and follower. This is one of the things I love about HN. All you have to do is mention how cool something would be to do and you get a pile of links for people who did just that.
  • follower 13y ago
    > I've always wanted to see a generic IO sketch that was basically static and most of the programming happen on computer side of the usb wire. That's the purpose of Firmata (http://firmata.org/wiki/Main_Page http://firmata.org/wiki/Main_Page http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/Firmata http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/Firmata) which has been included with the Arduino IDE for a number of years. You might want to check it out.