Arduino CodeDog

In a previous post, I provided a modified library and samples for using the 1Sheeld on a pcDuino (2 or 3) using the pcDuino Arduino-ish libraries (c_environment).   If, however, you want to compile sketches for the 1Sheeld on the pcDunio using the Arduino IDE, there are some additional things you need to do.   I've also taken pains to make sure that the changes I talk about here are integrated into the Arduino Libraries in such a way that you can still use them if you are connecting an Arduino to the pcDuino and using the 1Sheeld on the Arduino ... so, the exact same libraries can be used for Ardunio/1Sheeld sketches or pcDuino/1Sheeld sketches. <<< TERMIO ISSUES >>> You may want to add this somewhere to your start-up configuration ... or create an easily accessible script somewhere. stty -onlcr -icrnl -F /dev/ttyS1 If you don't, using some of the Shields won't work as-expected ... and if you ever need to you can always do this to ...

As of 02-16-2015 all source code (libraries, sample, sketches, etc) download links in the Arduino CodeDog blog posts that I've created have been changed and now point to public Github repositories. All future source code downloads will point to Github repositories as well.

After converting the Arduino Libraries to C# for Netduino I needed a little play time.  So, I decided to dig out my Gameduino and see what I could come up with.  It didn't take long to think "hmmm, 1Sheeld's GamePad may just work for the Frogger demo that the Gameduino folks have provided" ... and a small change to the Frogger Sketch (adding 1Sheeld Gamepad support) and voila, Frogger on an Arduino with 1Sheeld GamePad support...very, very cool! Here's the entire Controller class using the OneSheeld library GamePad support, #include the OneSheeld.h at the top of the Frogger sketch and you will be crossing the street with a frog in tow in no time. class Controller { public: void begin() { OneSheeld.begin(); prev = 0; } byte read() { byte r = 0; if (GamePad.isDownPressed()) r |= CONTROL_DOWN; if (GamePad.isUpPressed()) r |= CONTROL_UP; if (GamePad.isLeftPressed()) r |= CONTROL_LEF...

Even though I do have an Adafruit Proto Shield , which works well and I've had no problems what-so-ever with it, I decided to pick up one of the MakerShield Kits for a number of reasons. Yes, It has a Potentiometer on the board ... but that wasn't the primary reason. The Shield Headers allow you to attach shields ON TOP ... BIG reason #1  The ICSP Headers are in the correct place for Arduino Shields ... BIG reason #2 So, why is this important if you are going to use it as a Prototyping shield, you want it to be the one on top, so you can access everything... right?   Well... yes, typically.  But here are the benefits to me... I have a pcDuino with a T Board to bridge 5V Arduino shields (the pcDuino only wants 3.3V shields used, the T Board allows 5V shields without damaging the pcDuino).  It has ICSP headers, but they aren't in the standard location for Arduino shields.  The MakerShield fixes that, I can attach this to the T Board and then attach a s...

NOTE:  See the revisited post here for additional information and updates. I received a Netduino Plus 2 as a gift a little while back. I have completed converting the 1Sheeld Arduino Libraries and Sample Sketches to C# so they can be used with my Netduinos (I now own a Netduino 3 Wifi as-well). Please note: the projects / source were created with Visual Studio 2013 Professional, but are being maintained with Visual Studio 2015 Professional ( Note: the free version of Visual Studio 2015 Community works fine and will load the solution, compile and run the samples without any problems).  The projects / source also expects a recent firmware on the Netduinos with the latest.NET Micro Framework, the VS 2015 Project System, and the latest Netduino SDK. Recommendation:  Since there are multiple projects that you can deploy in the OneSheeld solution, rather than setting a sample as a Startup Project, I highly recommend that you right-click on one of the sample solution...

As previously mentioned, the SolidDigi Color Image Shield is very similar to the (now retired) SparkFun Color LCD Shield, but does have some differences. I had converted some of the code found around the internet that was available for the SparkFun shield so it would work on the SolidDigi shield. Now, I've decided to take a lot of that same code and make it work on the pcDuino. So, if you have a pcDuino, this shield will now have some sample code that works on the pcDuino. Below is a list of what has (and has not been converted) of those mentioned in a previous post: The Color LCD Shield Library - converted and working. The Arduino-O-scope - converted and working, The SparkFun Sample - not converted (although I did move over the Mandelbrot and RGB Image code to the SolidDigi Sample (just run the SOLID application and press the 1st and 3rd buttons simultaneously to see the demo(s) work). The SolidDigi Sample (with color tweaks) - converted and working. You can find ...

It's been a while (a couple of years!) since I've posted to this blog.  But, it was time to share again ;) I've been taking some time (on and off) recently to attempt to get the 1Sheeld to work with my pcDuino v2.   And I'm not talking about plugging in an UNO or Mega to a USB hub and connecting the 1Sheeld to the Arduino and using the Arduino IDE that's available on the pcDuino (although if you want to use OneSheeld sitting on a pcDuino using the Arduino IDE, see my other post regarding that).  If you are connecting an Arduino, putting the 1Sheeld on it, and using the Arduino IDE, just copy over the 1Sheeld Library/Examples as-needed and it will work as-is.   I'm talking about attaching the 1Sheeld to the pcDuino and using the pcDuino-native Aduino-ish libraries (c_environment) and getting it to work that way.   And I've been successful from what I can tell.   The biggest hurtle was input from the Android App to the pcDuino.   The bluetooth part wor...