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Firmata firmware for Arduino
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Documentation: Add reference to the Firmata Linux Kernel module #510

Closed logicog closed 9 months ago

logicog commented 10 months ago

Adds a reference to the (experimental) Linux Kernel Module firmata_mod, which allows users to use standard Linux userspace APIs/tools to access GPIO, I2C or SPI devices made available on an Arduino attached to a Linux host PC via a serial interface and running the Firmata firmware. In addition, existing Linux Kernel modules for devices using I2C/SPI can also be associated with devices on the Arduino. For example, it is possible to use sensors on the Arduino board with the standard iio or hwmon Linux drivers. An example would be an SHT21 humity/heat sensor that can be out-of-the box made accessible e.g on the KDE desktop without any additional code to be written.

logicog commented 9 months ago

Thanks a lot!

TCB13 commented 5 months ago

Thank you very much for taking the time to get this up and running.