[uracoli-devel] Arduino integration

[Tom Magnier]

Hello µracoli readers !

I am a new member of this list and new user of this software stack that 
looks really adapted to my needs :)

Short presentation :
I work with an artistic team in the digital arts field and we recently 
built 250 mega256RFR2-based wireless LED drivers (can be seen in action 
here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC9DKbbt6gk ).
Initially I was using the Atmel 802.15.4 MAC with an XBee Pro as the 
computer interface but I'm looking at higher baud rates and switching to 
a Dresden Elektronik module.

I came to µracoli looking for a wireless bootloader and am planning to 
use it to replace the Atmel MAC which is way too complicated for my 
needs, i.e. broadcast one-way communications...

I am currently looking into a better Arduino integration, as in the 
future I may not be the only person to develop the firmware for our 
custom modules.

At the moment I just changed the organization  of the generated 
"hardware" folder, dropping the core that was copied from Arduino 
version 1.0 and setting up an "HardwareRadio" library instead, to be 
used with the standard Arduino core. This is mainly a Scons script patch 
but I would be happy to contribute it back if you find it appropriate !

Next, I plan to adapt the WiBo bootloader and finally to integrate 
wibohost.py to upload directly from the Arduino IDE, thus providing a 
cross-platform and easy to set up solution.

Thanks for the great work, this library looks really promising to me !

All the best,

Tom