OmniBridge is a Universal Adapter targeted for embedded developers. It allows interacting with embedded protocols such as GPIO (not a protocol, I know), and will soon be supporting I2C and SPI as a minimum. OmniBridge is built around an open specification, allowing anyone to implement their own devices (and even define their own protocols!), and have it work with existing software.

Since OmniBridge gives such fine-grained control, it's intended for developers to use for testing. Whether that be Hardware-In-The-Loop Embedded tests, or integration testing, If you can imagine it you can [hopefully] do it!

Since the host software is primarily provided in Python, it integrates easily with testing frameworks such as Pytest as well!

OmniBridge is comprised of 3 main components.

The specification contains XML definitions of data communicated between the Bridge device, and the Host computer.

OmniBridge's Core contains the main logic for the firmware, as well as the Core Python libraries.

OmniBridge "Modules" contain the end-to-end GPIO/SPI/I2C Logic. They have matching C++ (Firmware) and Python (Host Software) components. While the Spec may be provided, an open implementation may not exist, so feel free to do it yourself!

Unfortunately I have finite time and implementing things takes time. Part of this project is creating a framework for others build on. By providing a Spec, I'm hoping that there's enough structure for anyone to come along and create something, and minimise the effort it takes to be compatible with other implementations.