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A command shell to interact with built-in Arduino features via the Serial Monitor.

Right now it offers commands:

Also useful, a super-simple command parser class that breaks a raw input string into a command and parameters, which can then be used by other logic to determine the next steps.

Quickstart

  1. cd arduino-1.6.7/hardware/arduino/avr/libraries
  2. git clone git@github.com:nuket/ArduinoShell.git
  3. Start/restart the Arduino IDE.
  4. Run the ArduinoShellBasics example
  5. Open the Serial Monitor, set it to 57600 baud, with Newline line endings.
  6. Type pin 13 high and press Return. The built-in LED on the Arduino should light up.
  7. Type pin 13 low and press Return. The built-in LED on the Arduino should turn off.

Example

Screencast

Startup

At startup, the saved pin configuration is reloaded and digital I/O pins are restored to their last HIGH or LOW voltage level.

Command Examples

help

Prints out the commands that are available the be played with.

Arduino Shell
(c)2015 Max Vilimpoc (https://github.com/nuket/arduino-shell), MIT licensed.

help
ADC Pin Shell commands:
    adc read <n>

Config Shell commands:
    config print
    config save

Digital Pin Shell commands:
    pin <n> in
    pin <n> in_pullup
    pin <n> high
    pin <n> low
    pin <n> status
    pin <n> reset

EEPROM Shell commands:
    p
    p <address>
    p <address> <rows>
    wb <address> <byte-value> -- writes the byte-value to the address

adc read <n>

Read analog pin <n> and print the current voltage value.

adc aref <reference>

Set the ADC analog reference voltage source.

config print

Prints the currently running pin configuration, like so:

config print
ConfigBlock CRC: 0000b2b1
Config for Pin 00: DIGITAL_INPUT
Config for Pin 01: DIGITAL_OUTPUT_HIGH
Config for Pin 02: DIGITAL_INPUT_PULLUP
Config for Pin 03: DIGITAL_OUTPUT_LOW
[...]
Config for Pin 61: NO_TYPE
Config for Pin 62: NO_TYPE
Config for Pin 63: NO_TYPE

The config system does not do any checking whether the pins actually exist on your Arduino, so be careful.

config save

Saves the configuration to EEPROM with a CRC checksum of the pin configuration.

pin <n> in

Sets the pin to INPUT mode and that's all.

pin <n> in_pullup

Sets the pin to INPUT_PULLUP mode and that's all.

pin <n> high

Sets the pin to OUTPUT mode and sets the voltage level to HIGH.

pin <n> low

Sets the pin to OUTPUT mode and sets the voltage level to LOW.

pin <n> status

Prints the current setting of the pin. Useful for scripting. One of:

"NO_TYPE",
"DIGITAL_INPUT",
"DIGITAL_INPUT_PULLUP",
"DIGITAL_OUTPUT_HIGH",
"DIGITAL_OUTPUT_LOW",
"ANALOG_INPUT",
"PWM",
"SERIAL_HARDWARE",
"SERIAL_SOFTWARE",
"SERIAL_CAN",
"SERIAL_I2C",
"SERIAL_SPI"

pin <n> reset

Resets the pin to NO_TYPE mode, which means that when the Arduino is reset, there is no configuration performed on this pin.

wb address byte

Write the byte to the specified EEPROM address.

wb 0x51 0x45
command:  >>wb<<
param[0]: >>0x51<<
param[1]: >>0x45<<
0050 | FF 45 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF | .E..............      

p address rows

Print rows rows, starting from EEPROM address.

p 0x00 10
command:  >>p<<
param[0]: >>0x00<<
param[1]: >>10<<
0000 | FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF | ................      
0010 | 42 41 43 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF | BAC.............      
0020 | 47 51 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF | GQ..............      
0030 | 57 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF | W...............      
0040 | FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 44 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF | ........D.......      
0050 | FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF | ................      
0060 | FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF | ................      
0070 | FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF | ................      
0080 | FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF | ................      
0090 | FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF | ................      

Building

Using the latest Arduino 1.6.6 IDE, the project will build with no modifications, as all C++ files are now compiled with -std=gnu++11.

License

Arduino Shell
Copyright (c) 2015 Max Vilimpoc

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