Phoenix and Elixir version of BlockyTalky for Raspberry pi -- LPC
BlockyTalky is a distributed, networked toolkit for programming IoT like devices.
BlockyTalky runs as a DSL and runtime-system wrapped by a phoenix web app that provides real-time monitoring of hardware signals, a Google Blockly based visual programming interface, and typical IDE functions like running and stopping code.
BlockyTalky expects to be installed on Raspberry Pi hardware and currently supports Raspbian, Coder, and DexterInd's Modified Raspbian
BlockyTalky currently supports the domains of Sensors and Motors with driver support for BrickPi and GrovePi hats and hardware. SonicPi's softsynth DSL is also supported on Pi2s or better.
Checklist:
- Install Latest BlockyTalky release and run on boot
- BrickPi and GrovePi setup
- SonicPi run on start and boot in GUI Modified
mkdir /opt/blockytalky cd /opt/blockytalky # wget or curl the latest release, replace the version # # https://github.com/tufts-LPC/blockytalky_elixir/releases/latest sudo wget https://github.com/tufts-LPC/blockytalky_elixir/releases/download/v#.#.#/blockytalky.tar.gz sudo tar xvfz blockytalky.tar.gz # edit the config to enable / disable music and specific hardware sudo nano releases/#.#.#/blockytalky.conf # add: /opt/blockytalky/bin/blockytalky start sudo nano /etc/rc.local
From your home or some other directory:
git clone https://github.com/DexterInd/BrickPi_Python cd BrickPi_Python sudo apt-get install python-setuptools sudo python setup.py install
Edit /boot/config.txt and uncomment the line: dtparam=i2c_arm=on
Edit /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart and add the line @sonicpi
Run sudo raspi-config and enable boot to desktop GUI mode.
When installing on coder, both blockytalky and coder will compete for port 80. Please make your coder configuration use another port.
To get started with developing for BlockyTalky: Start here for Development Instructions