Project:Nanode/Applications

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Testing Nanode

The ATmega328 microcontroller supplied with the kit has a specially modified version of the Arduino bootloader pre-programmed into it.

Arduino usually has a LED wired to Digital pin 13, but in Nanode, digital 13 is in almost constant use as the SPI Clock.

So in the Nanode bootloader, the LED flashing function has been altered so that it flashes the red LED which is wired to digital pin 6.

If all is well with your Nanode board, the Red LED should start flashing about 2 seconds after the power (from USB or FTDI cable) has been applied.

If it does not flash, check for faults such as missing soldered joints or the LED incorrectly inserted.

Applications

Quick Tutorial- 4/6/11.

1. Download and Install Arduino Environment http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software Mac users: mount the dmg and drag arduino into Applications folder. Windows users: open the arduino-0022 folder and run Arduino.exe Ubuntu users (tested on 10.10): sudo apt-get install arduino

2. Download FTDI Cable Drivers

Plug in the FTDI programming cable.

  • Windows users: When prompted to install drivers, point the installer to the arduino-0022/drivers directory
  • Mac users: mount the arduino installation dmg and double click on the FTDI install package at the bottom of the window. In Arduino application menu/Tools/Board/ select "Arduino Duemilanove or Nano w/ ATmega328" and menu/Tools/Serial Port "/dev/tty.usbserial-A400f2he"
  • Linux users: if you are using a 'modern' ubuntu or debian install (from my experience) the FTDI cable should be plug and play, type dmesg into terminal to check for the device mount point, mine is: /dev/ttyUSB0

3. Download EtherShield Libraries

Download here: https://github.com/thiseldo/EtherShield

  • Change the downloaded folder name to "EtherShield" and place in Arduino/libraries/ folder
  • Mac users: make a folder called "libraries" in Documents\Arduino\ then place the EtherShield folder into the newly created libraries folder.
  • Windows users: place the EtherShield folder into arduino-0022\libraries\
  • Linux users: place the EtherShield folder into arduino-0022\libraries\ (or /usr/share/arduino/libraries/ ?)

4. Run the EtherShield_DHCPTest

Arduino: File > Examples > EtherShield_DHCPTest

  • In the source code, change MAC address to something random :) e.g. change the last two digits "??" to the two digit number written in pen on the bottom of your Nanode:
 static uint8_t mymac[6] = {0x54,0x55,0x58,0x5F,0x01,0x??};
  • (for Nanode version 5 users) On line 57, change
 es.ES_enc28j60Init(mymac); to es.ES_enc28j60Init(mymac,8);
  • (for Nanode version 2- older prototype boards) On line 57, change
 es.ES_enc28j60Init(mymac); to es.ES_enc28j60Init(mymac,10);

EtherShield Library and Examples

First you need to download and install the EtherShield library from GitHub

https://github.com/thiseldo/EtherShield

Make sure you have Arduino 0021 or better still 0022 installed.

(Remove any previous version of Ethershield library - as this causes code compilation problems).

Note:

To get the EtherShield examples to work you will have to edit the enc28j60 init function to read.

ES_enc28j60Init(mymac,8);

In the webserver example this can be found on line 48.

Webserver Application (Dave Ingram)

Dave's code is in his Github repository

https://github.com/dingram/Nanode/


USB Bootstrap loader

The template for the USB boot loader is USBaspLoader. It needs to be built using these config files.

There are some caveats. Read the notes.

MAC address

The code for reading the unique MAC Address has not yet been fully debugged. Dave Ingram (DMI) said that he would have a look at it.

There will be an update as soon as we have this working.

If you did not have your tiny MAC chip soldered to the back of the pcb during the Nanode Weekend - this can be done at a later date at the space.

RFM12 Wireless Module

Nick Boyle has built up a couple of the Jeelabs RFM12 wireless transceiver modules with the intention of testing them with Nanode.

This will make the Nanode compatible with Jeenodes - so any Jeenode code should run directly on this unit.

You can get the Jeelabs wireless board here http://jeelabs.com/products/rfm12b-board

Bitlash

Bitlash is a interpreted command shell (language) which runs on the Arduino. It takes 14K of program memory, but allows programs to be written from a serial terminal and stored as functions in the EEprom on the ATmega328. It is reminiscent of the early 1980s home computers which executed BASIC directly from power-up.

Bitlash could be used to write simple scripts to automate sensing functions, datalogging or other applications running on Nanode. There is an opportunity to be able to reprogram a Nanode remotely, and have it perfor different tasks.

Bitlash can incorporate any of the Arduino library functions, making it simple to combine Bitlash with existing C-code.

More infomation here Bitlash Wikki

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