Welcome to RAD (Ruby Arduino Development)

RAD is a framework for programming the Arduino physcial computing platform using Ruby. RAD converts Ruby scripts written using a set of Rails-like conventions and helpers into C source code which can be compiled and run on the Arduino microcontroller. It also provides a set of Rake tasks for automating the compilation and upload process.

For a full introduction see rad.rubyforge.org

Documentation

The main documentation is here: ArduinoSketch.

See also the Arduino Software reference: www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/HomePage

Examples

See the examples directory for lots of examples of RAD in action: rad.rubyforge.org/examples Madrona Fork Screencast is here: www.vimeo.com/1272402 Occasional commentary here: senplicity.wordpress.com/

Getting Started

To install the madrona fork gem:

 $ Update to RubyGems 1.2.0 before proceeding!!
 $ gem sources -a http://gems.github.com (you only have to do this once)
 $ sudo gem install madrona-rad

To install the original rad:

 $ sudo gem install rad

Run the rad command to create a new project:

 $ rad my_project

Write a sketch that will blink a single LED every 500ms:

  class MyProject < ArduinoSketch
        output_pin 13, :as => led

        def loop
                blink led, 500
        end
  end

Attach your Arduino and use rake to complile and upload your sketch:

 $ rake make:upload

Get Involved

Cheers? Jeers? Wanna help out? Contact Greg Borenstein: greg [dot] borenstein [at] gmail [dot] com