xurizaemon / ardublockly

A forked version of ArduBlockly, based on the copy supplied with TiddlyBot v1.1 from pibot.org

Ardublockly

Ardublockly is a visual programming editor for Arduino. It is based on Google's Blockly, which has been forked to generate Arduino code.

The ArdublocklyServer Python package initialises a local server to be able to compile and load the Arduino code using the Arduino IDE.

This is all packaged in a self contained executable desktop application for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

Features

• Generates Arduino code with visual drag-and-drop blocks
• Uploads the code to an Arduino Board
• Useful "code block warnings"
• Compatible with a wide range of official Arduino Boards
• Works on Windows / Linux / Mac OS X

Ardublockly is still under development and a few features are not yet implemented. A to-do list can be found in the TODO.md file.

Currently tested under Windows with Python 2.7 and 3.4 and in Linux and MacOS X with Python 2.7.

Cloning the repository

Please note that there are submodules in the repository that need initialisation. So, to correctly clone the Ardublockly repository:

git clone https://github.com/carlosperate/ardublockly.git
cd ardublockly
git submodule update --init --recursive

Installing

The desktop application is available for Windows/Mac/Linux and runs as a stand-alone executable that can be downloaded from the Ardublockly repository releases page (once it is stable enough for a first alpha release).

You will also need the Arduino IDE version 1.6.x or higher.

Development builds

In the meantime, you can test UNSTABLE development builds automatically generated on these CI build servers:

Linux build	Windows build	Mac OS X build
Download Link	Download Link	Download Link

"Core version" (Python server only)

If you prefer, the core software can be used by running the Python server, which loads the web interface on your local browser (Chrome recommended).

Full installation instructions for this version can be found in this Github repository Wiki.

The quick version: Clone this repository, initialise all submodules, and execute:

python start.py

This will work on Windows, Linux (including ARM) and MacOS X, with Python >2.6 and >3.2.

Running

1. Install Ardublockly.
2. Install the Arduino IDE version 1.6.x or higher.
3. Run Ardublockly as defined in your installation method.
4. Configure Ardublockly to locate the Arduino IDE following these instructions.

Online Demos

A demo of the current state of Ardublockly main interface can be found in the following two links (to load the code into an Arduino it requires the full Ardublockly application to be downloaded and run on your computer):

Ardublockly

Ardublockly classic

Documentation

The documentation, including installation instructions, configuration instructions, and developer information can be found in the Ardublockly GitHub repository Wiki.

To download the documentation you can git clone the wiki data:

git clone https://github.com/carlosperate/ardublockly.wiki.git

Credit

This project has been inspired by BlocklyDuino.

Blockly original source is Copyright of Google Inc. https://developers.google.com/blockly/. A list of changes to the Blockly fork can be found in the Blockly subdirectory README file.

License

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").

The full document can be found in the LICENSE file.