Ruby Arduino Development: a framework for programming the Arduino physcial computing platform using Ruby
RAD is a framework for programming the Arduino physcial computing platform using Ruby. RAD converts Ruby scripts written using a set of Rails-like conventions and helpers into C source code which can be compiled and run on the Arduino microcontroller. It also provides a set of Rake tasks for automating the compilation and upload process.
For a full introduction see http://rad.rubyforge.org
The main documentation is here: ArduinoSketch.
See also the Arduino Software reference: http://www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/HomePage
See the examples directory for lots of examples of RAD in action: http://github.com/atduskgreg/rad/tree/master/lib/examples
The atduskgreg/rad wiki also contains a growing library of examples and hardware tutorials: http://github.com/atduskgreg/rad/wikis
To install the gem:
$ gem install rad
Run the rad command to create a new project:
$ rad my_project
Write a sketch that will blink a single LED every 500ms:
class MyProject < ArduinoSketch output_pin 13, :as => led def loop blink led, 500 end end
Attach your Arduino and use rake to complile and upload your sketch:
$ rake make:upload
Installing RAD and the Arduino software on Linux can be a little more difficult than on OS X. Thankfully, the RAD command line tool can help. Run:
$ rad install arduino
And RAD will do its best to get the Arduino software installed on your system.
Contact Greg Borenstein - greg [dot] borenstein [at] gmail [dot] com
Matthew Williams - matthew [dot] williams [at] gmail [dot] com
Also, please don't hesitate to submit issues!