chrissnell/gobot-beaglebone

Gobot adaptor for the Beaglebone Black development board

gobot-beaglebone

Gobot (http://gobot.io/) is a library for robotics and physical computing using Go

This library provides an adaptor and driver for the Beaglebone Black (http://beagleboard.org/Products/BeagleBone+Black/)

Getting Started

Install the library with: go get -u github.com/hybridgroup/gobot-beaglebone

Cross compiling for the Beaglebone Black

You must first configure your Go environment for arm linux cross compiling

$ cd $GOROOT/src
$ GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm ./make.bash --no-clean

Then compile your Gobot program with

$ GOARM=7 GOARCH=arm GOOS=linux go build examples/blink.go

If you are running the default Angstrom linux through the usb->ethernet connection, you can simply upload your program and execute it with

$ scp blink [email protected]:/home/root/
$ ssh -t [email protected] "./blink"

Example

package main

import (
        "github.com/hybridgroup/gobot"
        "github.com/hybridgroup/gobot-beaglebone"
        "github.com/hybridgroup/gobot-gpio"
)

func main() {
        beaglebone := new(gobotBeaglebone.Beaglebone)
        beaglebone.Name = "beaglebone"

        led := gobotGPIO.NewLed(beaglebone)
        led.Name = "led"
        led.Pin = "P9_12"

        work := func() {
                gobot.Every("1s", func() { led.Toggle() })
        }

        robot := gobot.Robot{
                Connections: []interface{}{beaglebone},
                Devices:     []interface{}{led},
                Work:        work,
        }

        robot.Start()
}

Documentation

We're busy adding documentation to our web site at http://gobot.io/ please check there as we continue to work on Gobot

Thank you!

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality.

License

Copyright (c) 2013 The Hybrid Group. Licensed under the Apache 2.0 license.