[PD] Pduino: Call for testing

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Hey Roman,

I'm happy to see you working on this.  Since you are making a new version, perhaps it makes sense to change the names.  Like maybe it makes sense to change the object from [arduino] to [firmata]?  That's something I thought about doing in the past.  This would also make it easier for testers going forward because they could keep the old Pduino installed and also use your new library.  I suppose then the library would be called something besides Pduino too.

But if you want to keep those names, that's fine by me.

.hc

On Feb 28, 2012, at 3:15 AM, Roman Haefeli wrote:

> Hi all
> 
> An improved version of [arduino] and its help patch is ready for testing
> and commenting. There is also a new [arduino-gui] class, that
> graphically emulates an Arduino board and is supposed to be very easy to
> use, especially for beginners.
> 
> Get it from here:
> https://github.com/reduzent/pduino
> 
> 
> Some notes:
> 
> [arduino]
>   * got rid of many external dependencies
>   * now depends only on [comport] and [pdstring]
>   * fixed long-standing bug with wrongly reporting digital inputs
>   * improved performance for digital inputs (thanks to Ingo)
> 
> arduino-help.pd
>   * general overhaul
>   * updated to comply with Firmata v2.3
>   * improved sections for different pin modes
>   * added pin mode support table
>   * added reference off all arduino commands
>   * reflect supported modes for every pin in the documentation
>   * explain pull-up resistor features
>   * un-deprecate 'digitalIns' and 'analogIns' commands
> 
> [arduino-gui]
>   * new
>   * fully emulate Arduino board (only Firmata 2.2 and 2.3)
>   * easily generate valid arduino commands
>   * set pin mode and states with few mouse-clicks
>   * display current state for every pin
>   * requires Pd[-extended] >= 0.43
> 
> arduino-gui-help.pd
>   * new
>   * quickly explain [arduino-gui]
> 
> 
> Please test and report back!
> 
> @Hans
> If no show stopper is found, do you mind if those updates and additions
> are added to pd-svn/externals/hardware/arduino?
> 
> Cheers
> Olsen & Roman
> 
> 
> 
> 
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