πJS - Tobania

Code run on a GoPiGo 2 (Raspberry PI 3) to run a car trough a website ( with optional controller support ).

Project initially developed for an 24h code challenge hosted by Tobania

Authors

• Benno Daenen
• Jonas Windmolders
• Sam De Boeck

Requirements

• Raspbian ( Or another linux based OS )
• NodeJS (6.x) + NPM
• Git
• WiFi (or a very long ethernet cable ;) ) -> You can use a hotspot instead of normal wifi to control the car.

Installation

Clone the project to a folder on your PI

git clone https://github.com/Windmolders/piJS.git

Install dependencies

cd client & npm install

Running the instances

From the root folder

Run server

node web/server.js

Run pi client (different process)

node client/src/pi.js

##Using the pi

Surf to the website with the IP of the pi with port '8080', eg:

127.0.0.1:8080

Secondly , fill in the IP of the bot with port 9090 to connect to it. (This is a feature to allow hosting the website on another address than the pi client.)

127.0.0.1:9090

You can now use the buttons or QZSD (AWSD) or your game controller.

Note: Control panel is build on a mobile first site focus (hold your phone sideways without screen rotation). No fancy graphics because of time challenge.