cylon-imp

Cylon.js For Imp

Cylon.js (http://cylonjs.com) is a JavaScript framework for robotics, physical computing, and the Internet of Things using Node.js

This repository contains the Cylon adaptor for the Electric Imp (https://electricimp.com/) platform.

Want to use Ruby on robots? Check out our sister project Artoo (http://artoo.io)

Want to use the Go programming language to power your robots? Check out our sister project Gobot (http://gobot.io).

How to Install

Install the module with:

$ npm install cylon cylon-imp

You'll also need to setup your Imp, for this you can go here: Electric Imp Getting Started

Once you have completed the Getting Started process and have a connected Imp, you need to go to the Electric Imp IDE page and create a new model that you can attach your Imp to. You can check how that process works in detail on the Electric Imp IDE docs

How to Use

Blink LED: Digital GPIO

var Cylon = require('cylon');
 
Cylon.robot({
  connections: {
    imp: { adaptor: 'imp', agentUrl: 'https://agent.electricimp.com/45QYZvoB41bu', module: 'cylon-imp' }
  },
 
  devices: {
    led: { driver: 'led', pin: 1 }
  },
 
  work: function(my) {
    every((1).second(), function() {
      my.led.toggle();
    });
  }
}).start()

How to Connect

We need to setup the Agent code and Device code so we can control the Imp over the internet. First we need to setup the agent that will serve as the endpoint URL for our Imp.

Setting up the Agent

Inside the Electric Imp IDE, on the left side (for the default layout), you'll find the Agent section, you need to paste the following code:

// Log the URLs we need 
server.log("Agent URL: " + http.agenturl());
 
saved_response <- null;
 
function requestHandler(request, response) {
  local jsonRes = {};
  try {
    // check if the user sent led as a query parameter 
 
    if ("mode" in request.query) {
      local value = ("value" in request.query) ? request.query.value : 0;
      local pin = ("pin" in request.query) ? request.query.pin : 0;
      local address = ("address" in request.query) ? request.query.address : null;
      local buffer = ("buffer" in request.query) ? request.query.buffer : null;
      local bytes = ("bytes" in request.query) ? request.query.bytes : null;
 
      device.send(request.query.mode, {
        "mode": request.query.mode,
        "pin": pin,
        "value": value,
        "address": address,
        "buffer": buffer,
        "bytes": bytes
      })
    }
    // send a response back saying everything was OK. 
    //response.send(200, jsonRes); 
    saved_response = response;
  } catch (ex) {
    response.send(500, "Internal Server Error: " + ex);
  }
}
 
function responseHandler(data) {
  saved_response.send(200, http.jsonencode(data));
}
 
// register the HTTP handler 
http.onrequest(requestHandler);
 
// register device response listener for digital and analog reads 
device.on("response", responseHandler);

This will allow use to send commands to the Imp, specify modes, setup pins and consotrl I2C devices. You can also find this code in the utils section of this repo.

Setting up the Device firmware

Same as with the Agent code we do this inside the Electric Imp IDE, but now on the right side viewport, there you'll see the Device section, same as before paste the following code:

// create a global variabled called led and assign pin9 to it 
pins <- {
  "1": hardware.pin1,
  "2": hardware.pin2,
  "5": hardware.pin5,
  "7": hardware.pin7,
  "8": hardware.pin8,
  "9": hardware.pin9,
};
 
function digitalWrite(args) {
  pins[args.pin].configure(DIGITAL_OUT);
  pins[args.pin].write(args.value.tointeger());
 
  agent.send("response", { "data": null });
}
 
function digitalRead(args) {
  pins[args.pin].configure(DIGITAL_IN);
  local readVal = pins[args.pin].read();
 
  agent.send("response", { "data": readVal });
}
 
function analogWrite(args) {
  pins[args.pin].configure(ANALOG_OUT);
  pins[args.pin].write(args.value.tofloat());
 
  agent.send("response", { "data": null });
}
 
function analogRead(args) {
  pins[args.pin].configure(ANALOG_IN);
  local readVal = pins[args.pin].read();
 
  agent.send("response", { "data": readVal });
}
 
function pwmWrite(args) {
  local freq = 0.02;
 
  if ("freq" in args) {
    freq = args.freq;
  }
 
  pins[args.pin].configure(PWM_OUT, freq, 1);
  pins[args.pin].write(args.value.tofloat());
 
  agent.send("response", { "data": null });
}
 
function i2cWrite(args) {
  hardware.i2c89.configure(CLOCK_SPEED_400_KHZ);
  local i2c = hardware.i2c89;
 
  local buffer = split(args.buffer, ",");
  local binaryAddress = 0x00;
  local binaryBuffer = "";
 
  binaryAddress += args.address.tointeger() << 1;
 
  foreach(val in buffer){
    binaryBuffer += val.tointeger().tochar();
  }
 
  i2c.write(binaryAddress, binaryBuffer);
 
  agent.send("response", { "data": null });
}
 
function i2cRead(args) {
  hardware.i2c89.configure(CLOCK_SPEED_400_KHZ);
  local i2c = hardware.i2c89;
 
  local buffer = split(args.buffer, ",");
  local binaryAddress = 0x00;
  local binaryBuffer = "";
  local bytesLength = args.bytes.tointeger();
 
  binaryAddress += args.address.tointeger() << 1;
 
  foreach(val in buffer){
    binaryBuffer += val.tointeger().tochar();
  }
 
  //i2c.write(binaryAddress, binaryBuffer); 
  local data = i2c.read(binaryAddress, binaryBuffer, bytesLength)
  local dataArray = [];
 
  foreach(val in data) {
    dataArray.push(val);
  }
 
  agent.send("response", { "data": dataArray });
}
 
agent.on("digitalWrite", digitalWrite);
agent.on("digitalRead", digitalRead);
agent.on("analogWrite", analogWrite);
agent.on("analogRead", analogRead);
agent.on("pwmWrite", pwmWrite);
agent.on("i2cWrite", i2cWrite);
agent.on("i2cRead", i2cRead);

This will execute code in your Imp device when you make calls to the Agent using the agent URL, you can check how to do this in the following section.

Your Imp device is one click away of being ready to communicate and execute code, just click on the Build and Run button on the top of the IDE and you should be ready to go.

Talking to your imp through the Agent URL

In order to use Cylon to communicate with your Imp we'll need the agent URL. You can find this URL right above the Agent viewport of the IDE, alternatively you can look for it in the log after you click Build and Run.

Once you have this url, which should like something along the lines of https://agent.electricimp.com/45QYZvoB41bu, you can pass it along the adaptor parameters in your Cylon code.

This is how you setup the connection using the agent url in Cylon:

var Cylon = require('cylon');
 
Cylon.robot({
  connections: {
    imp: { adaptor: 'imp', agentUrl: 'https://agent.electricimp.com/45QYZvoB41bu', module: 'cylon-imp' }
  },
 
// Rest of code ...
}).start()

Documentation

We're busy adding documentation to our web site at http://cylonjs.com/ please check there as we continue to work on Cylon.js

Thank you!

Contributing

For our contribution guidelines, please go to https://github.com/hybridgroup/cylon/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md .

Release History

For the release history, please go to https://github.com/hybridgroup/cylon-imp/blob/master/RELEASES.md .

License

Copyright (c) 2014-2015 The Hybrid Group. Licensed under the Apache 2.0 license.