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'rbbit' is a Class library and WebSocket server to use 'micro:bit'
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 Dependencies

Development

~> 1.17
~> 10.0

Runtime

 Project Readme

rbbit (rb:-:bit)

'rbbit' is a Class library and WebSocket server to use 'micro:bit'.

Requirements

serialport ~> 1.3
em-websocket ~> 0.5
websocket-client-simple ~> 0.3

Installation

Install it yourself as:

$ gem install rbbit

If you are using Windows, type following in addition to it:

$ gem uninstall eventmachine
$ gem   install eventmachine --platform ruby

Settings

[micro:bit]

Connect the micro:bit to your PC with USB cable.
Then, save following file and drop to the micro:bit.

microbit-rbbit_20201127_v1.5.hex (for micro:bit v1.5)
microbit-rbbit_20201127_v2.0.hex (for micro:bit v2.0)

[PC]

To specify the port name (MB_PORT),
find out the serial-port connected the micro:bit like as.

Windows

[windows] + [x] to open Device Manager

Find a description like 'mbed Serial Port (COM5)'.

macOS

$ ls -l /dev/tty.*  

Find a device like /dev/tty.usbmodem14132.

Linux

$ $ls -l /dev/serial/by-id/

Find a device like /dev/ttyACM1.

Usage

[as Class library]

require 'rbbit'

mb = Rbbit:Microbit.new("COM5")          # or "/dev/tty.usbmodem14132", "/dev/ttyACM1"
mb.led_on
mb.close(1000)

[as WebSocket server]

$ rbbit COM5                             (Windows)
$ rbbit /dev/tty.usbmodem14132           (macOS)
$ rbbit /dev/ttyACM1                     (Linux)

or

$ set MB_PORT=COM5                       (Windows)
$ export MB_PORT=/dev/tty.usbmodem14132  (macOS)
$ export MB_PORT=/dev/ttyACM1            (Linux)

$ rbbit

Documents

https://spoolkitamura.github.io/rbbit/index.html

Samples

https://spoolkitamura.github.io/rbbit/sample_web.html
https://spoolkitamura.github.io/rbbit/sample_console.html

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.