totibor / embedded-stdio-games

Simple command-line interface based games for embedded devices.

embedded-stdio-games

Simple command-line interface based games for embedded devices. Inspired by asweigart/PythonStdioGames repository. It is a good way to learn python and good practice to implement the same in C. It was tested on STM32F103 Nucleo board.

DNA Game

Integration

Provided example is for STM32 microcontroller.

Copy source and header files into your project then include the provided header file.

// Game main loops
#include "dna.h"
#include "chonan.h"
// Utility function
#include "syscalls.h"

Initialize system calls with UART port that is connected to a UART <-> USB adapter. In case of STM32 Nucleo boards it is already available.

syscallsInit(&huart2);

In main() call one of the game loop functions

int main(void)
{
    while(1)
    {
        chohanGame();
        // or
        dnaGame();
    }
}

Open serial communication with default application

1. List all the connected devices with ls /dev/cu.* command then look for usbserial or usbmodem.
2. Open a serial connection: screen /dev/cu.usbmodem111203 115200.

Open serial communication with third-party application

1. Install tio (using brew on MacOS).
2. List all available devices with tio --list-devices then look for usbserial or usbmodem.
3. Open serial connection with default options: tio /dev/cu.usbmodem111203 or tio /dev/cu.usbmodem153403 9600 if you want to specify the baudrate other than the default 115200.