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claudiomettler
January 14, 2015
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Transcript
getting started with the spark core 1
2
hardware • 72MHz ARM Cortex M3 • TI CC3000 WiFi
• 7 analog IO (pwm out), 7 digital IO • ~ S$ 55 • coming soon: Photon, 120MHz, Broadcom Wifi, half the price 3
setup, the easy and unreliable way • install smartphone app
• power up spark • use smartphone app to create cloud account and register the core 4
setup, the better way (USB) npm install spark-cli spark setup
5
ready? • your spark core should have a name and
be breathing cyan by now 6
the tinker firmware • default firmware of spark core •
allows access to all inputs/outputs 7
let’s ask the cloud export SPARK_CORE_ID=53ff71065075535128311587 export SPARK_ACCESS_TOKEN=[get this from
https://spark.io/ build or “spark login”] 8
let’s ask the cloud curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPARK_ACCESS_TOKEN” https://
api.spark.io/v1/devices/$SPARK_CORE_ID/ Alternatively include the token in the URL: https://api.spark.io/v1/devices/$SPARK_CORE_ID/?access_token= $SPARK_ACCESS_TOKEN 9
output { "id": "53ff71065075535128311587", "name": "schnitzel", "connected": true, "variables": {},
"functions": [ "digitalread", "digitalwrite", "analogread", "analogwrite" ], "cc3000_patch_version": "1.29" 10
using functions curl https://api.spark.io/v1/devices/$SPARK_CORE_ID/ digitalwrite?access_token=$SPARK_ACCESS_TOKEN -d params=D7,LOW or include access_token
in POST data: curl https://api.spark.io/v1/devices/$SPARK_CORE_ID/ digitalwrite -d access_token=$SPARK_ACCESS_TOKEN -d params=D7,LOW 11
response { "id": "53ff71065075535128311587", "name": "schnitzel", "last_app": null, "connected": true,
"return_value": 1 } 12
the cloud API • events, functions, variables • http://docs.spark.io/api/ 13
the javascript API • runs in browser and in nodejs
• (npm|bower) install spark • http://docs.spark.io/javascript/ 14
voodoospark • alternative firmware • faster communication through local TCP
connection • npm client module • still uses cloud for facilitating local connection 15
DIY, noob mode 16
DIY, noob mode #2 17
DIY spark compile myapp.ino spark flash firmware_1421160254713.bin 18
DIY, hardcore mode brew tap PX4/homebrew-px4 brew update brew install
gcc-arm-none-eabi-48 brew install dfu-util git clone https://github.com/spark/core-firmware.git git clone https://github.com/spark/core-common-lib.git git clone https://github.com/spark/core-communication-lib.git 19
DIY, hardcore mode 20
DIY, hardcore mode cd core-firmware/build make 21
flash via USB • press&hold mode button, tap and release
RST button until LED flashes yellow • spark core is now in DFU mode 22
flash via USB make program-dfu 23
flash via cloud make program-cloud 24
create your own app mkdir core-firmware/applications/myapp vim core-firmware/applications/myapp/application.cpp cd core-firmware/build
make APP=myapp make APP=myapp program-dfu # or program-cloud 25
app structure #include "application.h" int example(String command); void setup(){ //
set up cloud functions & variables, IO pin modes Spark.function("example", example); pinMode(D7, OUTPUT); } void loop(){ // called continuously } int example(String command){ digitalWrite(D7, HIGH); delay(2000); digitalWrite(D7, LOW); return 1; } 26
app structure { "id": "53ff71065075535128311587", "name": "schnitzel", "connected": true, "variables":
{}, "functions": [ "example" ], "cc3000_patch_version": "1.29" 27
documentation • http://docs.spark.io/firmware/ 28
my current project 29
my current project • websockets • static site hosted on
S3 • direct connection from browser to spark • https://github.com/ponyfleisch/cloudlamp 30