grovepi/Software/Ruby/README.md

Ruby support for GrovePi

Introduction

This ruby module adds support for using GrovePi with Ruby.

A set of examples can be found in the tests directory. Check them out for usage.

Dependencies

• Ruby version above 2.0 is required.
• The Ruby module i2c-devices must be installed, # gem install i2c-devices.

Current State

As the initial state of this module the following features are implemented and tested:

• Analog read on ports A0, A1 and A2.
• Analog write with PWM on ports D3, D5 and D6.
• Digital read/write on ports D2 through D8.
• Read/write data to I2C slave devices present on ports I2C-1, I2C-2 or I2C-3.
• Tested on Raspberry Pi 3, Model B and Raspberry Pi, Model B, Rev 2 with Raspbian version: November 2017 and GrovePi+ with firmware version: 1.2.7.

Todo

• Implement rest of the commands that are supported by the firmware.
• Windows IoT core support.
• More testing.