nano-control

THIS PROJECT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.

Control an Arduino Nano as if it was part of a Particle Device. Inspired by Tinker, which allows you to control a Particle device through the Particle Mobile app.

The purpose of nano-control is to expand the number of usable pins on a Particle device by creating an easy-to-manipulate Arduino slave. It is called "nano-control" because it is intended to work on a Photon and a Nano.

Nano-control consists of two libraries. One called NanoMaster that runs on a Particle Device, and one called NanoSlave that runs on an Arduino Nano.

NanoMaster allows the Photon to command the Nano to write to specific pins and read from specific pins over Serial. It supports: digitalWrite, digitalRead, analogWrite, and analogRead, and makes it easy to control pins.

For example, this would make the Photon make the Nano blink its LED:

#include "application.h"
#include "NanoMaster.h"

NanoMaster nano;

void setup()
{
    nano.begin();
}

void loop()
{
    nano.digitalWrite(N13, HIGH);
    delay(1000);
    nano.digitalWrite(N13, LOW);
    delay(1000);
}

This is all that would be on the Nano:

#include <NanoSlave.h>

NanoSlave nano;

void setup()
{
    nano.begin();
}

void loop()
{
    nano.process();
}

NanoMaster has constants for the Arduino Nano pins. Pins beginning with N are digital pins. For example, N13 would go to D13. Pins beginning with M are analog pins. M7 would go to pin A7 on the Nano.