A webapp that helps programming arduino using a web browser
This app is supposed to run on a remote server connected to an Arduino (or similar) board. It provides a solution to probram the Arduino board from a remote computer using a web browser.
The use cases is an arduino connected to a Raspberry-Pi Computer.
## Arduino-mk
This application requires the Arduino Makefile to work properly, you can
either install it from repository (e.g. apt-get install arduino-mk) or install
it from the github repo. The second way is recommended becasue updeates:
the repository arduino-mk have issues with the Arduino Leonardo Board
When working with python, it is reccomanded to use a virtual environment. Simply run
$ virtualenv env
$ source env/bin/activatein the same forlder you downloaded the repo, then install dependences with pip
## Flask
This application uses flask microframework to accomplish web tasks, you can simply download it with the commabnd pip install flask. The application also need flask-bootstrap and flask-script.
(env)$ pip intall flask flask-bootstrap flask-script pyserialBefore running the application, you need to You need to export some environmental variables: ARDUINO_PORT -> The port where arduino is connected ARDUINO_MK -> The route to Arduino.mk file ARDUINO_BOARD -> The tag name of the board connected, (e.g., uno or leonardo)
example (with default values):
$ export ARDUINO_PORT=/dev/ttyUSB0
$ export ARDUINO_BOARD=leonardo
$ export ARDUINO_MK=/usr/share/arduino/Arduino.mksimply run the command
(env)$ ./manage.py runserver -h 0.0.0.0 --threadedthen connect to the path http://< IP or HOSTNAME >:5000 and enjoy!
The application:
- presents a text editor where you can write directly from the webapp Arduino code with syntax highlitghing
- compiles and upload the code to arduino
- Monitor Serial messages from Arduino
This Application has been test on a Respberry Pi 2 (B) running Ubunut 14.04 and an Arduino Leonardo. Tested Clients are Google Chrome and Safari Browsers on Mac OS X Yosemite