serial_debugger/hardware/_controller/README.md

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Controller

A debug console and configuration shield for serial TTL muxers. See the muxers folder for what connects to this shield.

Hardware / BoM

Item Quantity Unit Cost
Keyboard FeatherWing (Keyboard + LCD) 1 $55.00
Feather nRF52840 Express 1 $24.95

Hardware Docs

Implementation (Incomplete)

  • Startup shows connection setup + waits for OK prompt via main hat switch
  • Status bar @ top with selected uart, selected speed
  • Simple display of serial in/out via lcd
  • Button for accessing symbols via pop-up list that aren't on keyboard
  • Bccessing a uart selection pop-up that maps to rpi uarts
  • Button for accessing password selection pop-up to help with password entry over serial
  • Button for accessing uart speed pop-up to help with configuring line speeds
  • Way to display pinouts stored on micro sd card
  • Configuration read from muxes (if attached)

Implementation (Complete)

  • Battery level on feather neopixel (green = >80% ; yellow >=40% ; orange >= 25% ; red < 25%)
  • User LED (red) always on when feather is running
  • Battery level shown as progress bar in the upper right corner of the screen

Building / Uploading

The make.ps1, build.ps1 and upload.ps1 scripts can be used to build/upload this project. These scripts call the arduino-cli commands programatically.