Nodebots Workshop

🤖 This repo serves as resources for the Hardware && JS workshop given at SHA2017

Requirements

• Arduino (for example Nano)
• A breadboard
• A set of jumper wires
• 1x red LED
• 1x 220Ω resistor
• 1x 10kΩ resistor
• 1x button
• Computer with:
  • Node.js and npm
  • Potentially the Arduino IDE to install the firmware
  • Your favorite code editor
  • The drivers to detect your Arduino (everything with a CH340G chip):
    • Windows, Linux, Mac (10.11 El Capitan and lower)
    • Mac (10.12 Siera and higher)

If you have a new Arduino you will need to install the Firmata firmware on the Arduino. Perform the instructions in this blog post to do so.

Examples

There are in total five examples in this repository that you can check out. In each of the folders you can find instructions on the hardware setup and how to run the code. But first make sure to perform the following instructions:

git clone git@github.com:dkundel/nodebots-workshop.git
cd nodebots-workshop
npm install

Make sure you Arduino is plugged in. You might have to install a driver for your Arduino to be recognized. If your Arduino is a clone that uses the CH340G chip you can take the driver from this Sparkfun page.

These are the examples available:

Name	What?	Command to run
hello-world	Makes the LED on the Arduino blink	npm run helloworld
blink	Makes an external LED blink	npm run blink
button	Lights up LED when a button is pressed	npm run button
webserver	Spins up a webserver, lights up an LED on every request and performs a POST request on button press	npm run webserver
twitter	Lights up the LED whenever someone tweets about #nodebots and tweets on button press	npm run twitter

Resources

• Nodebots website
• Johnny-Five website
• Getting started with nodebots
• How I hacked my coffee machine
• Tessel website
• Nodebot workshop npm module

License

MIT

Collaborators

• Dominik Kundel