pymodaq_plugins_arduino 5.0.1

Set of instrument plugins implemented using an Arduino Board

This package regroups a list of instrument created around an arduino board. Some instruments use the Telemetrix library to use python together with the arduino board.

Authors

• Sebastien J. Weber ([e-mail])

• Jérémie Margueritat

Instruments

Below is the list of instruments included in this plugin

Actuators

• LED: control of a multicolor LED using three PWM digital outputs and the Telemetrix library. Allows the control of the three color channel independently

• LEDwithLCD: same as LED actuator but displaying the red, green, blue values on a standard 16x2 liquid crystal display

• Analog: data acquisition from analog inputs

Extensions

• ColorSynthesizer: DashBoard extension using RBG LED actuators. Allows to quicly select a RGB value and apply those to the actuators

Installation instructions

• PyMoDAQ version > 4.1.0

LED actuator

The LED actuator uses the telemetrix library. The corresponding sketch should therefore be uploaded on the arduino board. This allows to control peripheral on an Arduino board from python objects on the connected computer. See https://mryslab.github.io/telemetrix/

LEDwithLCD actuator

The LEDwithLCD actuator uses the telemetrix library. The corresponding sketch should therefore be uploaded on the arduino board. It then uses the telemetrix I2C communication protocol to control a LCD equipped with a I2C backpack. The functionalities used to drive the LCD are adapted from a micropython code (https://github.com/brainelectronics/micropython-i2c-lcd) itself adapted from https://github.com/fdebrabander/Arduino-LiquidCrystal-I2C-library

Analog 0D viewer

The Analog 0D viewer uses the telemetrix library. The corresponding sketch should therefore be uploaded on the arduino board. This allows to acquire data from the analog inputs on an Arduino board from python objects on the connected computer. See https://mryslab.github.io/telemetrix/