ArduinoBlinker

A simple NodeJS application to control an LED connected to an Arduino. This project is written in TypeScript and is configured with ts-node to directly run the TypeScript files and uses the johhny-five library.

Prequisites

• Code editor/IDE (Visual Studio Code recommended)
• Arduino IDE
• Arduino board w/ wire to connect to device
• LED
• NodeJS

Steps

1. Connect the positive side of the LED (long side) to port 13 and the negative side (short side) to ground
2. Connect the Arduino to your device with the wire
3. Open up the Arduino IDE. Go to Tools > Board and Tools > Port to ensure the correct board and port is selected
4. Go to File > Examples > Firmata and select "StandardFirmataPlus"
5. Upload the code to the Arduino
6. Download the code zip file from the GitHub repository and unzip it
7. Open the unzipped folder in your code editor/IDE
8. Run npm install (or yarn add if you're using yarn) to install dependencies specified in package.json in either your editor/IDE's in-built terminal or navigate to the project folder on your device's terminal and then run the command
9. Run npm run arduino in either your editor/IDE's in-built terminal or device terminal

You should see something similiar to the following in the terminal:

1643260827430 Available COM3  
1643260827441 Connected COM3  
1643260829130 Repl Initialized  

as well as the LED blinking.

Contributing

If you find any issues, security vulnerabilities or a have featureq requests, you can open a new issue. If you'd like to contribute, create a fork, apply your changes and then open a pull request.

Help

Need help? Feel free to contact me on Discord (tncz) or via email (ascendus.dev@gmail.com).

License

This project is licensed under the CC0 1.0 Universal License.