Something like a year ago during an Ask An Engineer, LadyAda mentioned some type of alternative to Firmata, but I don't remember what it was called and I can't find any mentions of it anywhere when searching for "Firmata alternative". I'm fairly certain that it was in the context of either Arduino or CircuitPython. My vague impression is that it wasn't developed at Adafruit but that she'd used it first-hand and stated that it was vastly superior to Firmata, probably/at_least with respect to extensibility.
Anyone know what she was referring to?
++tkx
better alternative to Firmata?
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- adafruit_support_carter
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Re: better alternative to Firmata?
It might have been u2if?
https://github.com/execuc/u2if
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https://learn.adafruit.com/search?q=u2if
https://github.com/execuc/u2if
There are several related Learn guides:
https://learn.adafruit.com/search?q=u2if
- ericwertz
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Re: better alternative to Firmata?
That smells vaguely familiar, so that's probably it. Thanks!
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Re: better alternative to Firmata?
So I finally tracked down the details about what u2if does by finding the code in Github (after first looking for it in AF's repo).
I was disappointed to discover that this is locked-in to just working on the RP2040. I was hoping to find a solution that I could use for the CPX board, but this appears to be a total non-starter. At least not until there's an RP2040 CPX board...!
Thanks for the lead though!
I was disappointed to discover that this is locked-in to just working on the RP2040. I was hoping to find a solution that I could use for the CPX board, but this appears to be a total non-starter. At least not until there's an RP2040 CPX board...!
Thanks for the lead though!
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