Getting started with the spark core

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1. getting started with the spark core 1

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3. hardware • 72MHz ARM Cortex M3 • TI CC3000 WiFi

   • 7 analog IO (pwm out), 7 digital IO • ~ S$ 55 • coming soon: Photon, 120MHz, Broadcom Wifi, half the price 3

4. setup, the easy and unreliable way • install smartphone app

   • power up spark • use smartphone app to create cloud account and register the core 4

5. setup, the better way (USB) npm install spark-cli spark setup

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6. ready? • your spark core should have a name and

   be breathing cyan by now 6

7. the tinker firmware • default firmware of spark core •

   allows access to all inputs/outputs 7

8. let’s ask the cloud export SPARK_CORE_ID=53ff71065075535128311587
 export SPARK_ACCESS_TOKEN=[get this from

   https://spark.io/ build or “spark login”] 8

9. let’s ask the cloud curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPARK_ACCESS_TOKEN” https://

   api.spark.io/v1/devices/$SPARK_CORE_ID/
 
 Alternatively include the token in the URL:
 
 https://api.spark.io/v1/devices/$SPARK_CORE_ID/?access_token= $SPARK_ACCESS_TOKEN 9

10. output { "id": "53ff71065075535128311587", "name": "schnitzel", "connected": true, "variables": {},

    "functions": [ "digitalread", "digitalwrite", "analogread", "analogwrite" ], "cc3000_patch_version": "1.29" 10

11. using functions curl https://api.spark.io/v1/devices/$SPARK_CORE_ID/ digitalwrite?access_token=$SPARK_ACCESS_TOKEN -d params=D7,LOW or include access_token

    in POST data: curl https://api.spark.io/v1/devices/$SPARK_CORE_ID/ digitalwrite -d access_token=$SPARK_ACCESS_TOKEN -d params=D7,LOW 11

12. response { "id": "53ff71065075535128311587", "name": "schnitzel", "last_app": null, "connected": true,

    "return_value": 1 } 12

13. the cloud API • events, functions, variables • http://docs.spark.io/api/ 13

14. the javascript API • runs in browser and in nodejs

    • (npm|bower) install spark • http://docs.spark.io/javascript/ 14

15. voodoospark • alternative firmware • faster communication through local TCP

    connection • npm client module • still uses cloud for facilitating local connection 15

16. DIY, noob mode 16

17. DIY, noob mode #2 17

18. DIY spark compile myapp.ino spark flash firmware_1421160254713.bin 18

19. DIY, hardcore mode brew tap PX4/homebrew-px4 brew update brew install

    gcc-arm-none-eabi-48 brew install dfu-util
 git clone https://github.com/spark/core-firmware.git git clone https://github.com/spark/core-common-lib.git git clone https://github.com/spark/core-communication-lib.git 19

20. DIY, hardcore mode 20

21. DIY, hardcore mode cd core-firmware/build make 21

22. flash via USB • press&hold mode button, tap and release

    RST button until LED flashes yellow • spark core is now in DFU mode 22

23. flash via USB make program-dfu 23

24. flash via cloud make program-cloud 24

25. create your own app mkdir core-firmware/applications/myapp vim core-firmware/applications/myapp/application.cpp cd core-firmware/build

    make APP=myapp make APP=myapp program-dfu # or program-cloud 25

26. app structure #include "application.h"
 int example(String command); void setup(){ //

    set up cloud functions & variables, IO pin modes Spark.function("example", example); pinMode(D7, OUTPUT); } void loop(){ // called continuously } int example(String command){ digitalWrite(D7, HIGH); delay(2000); digitalWrite(D7, LOW); return 1; } 26

27. app structure { "id": "53ff71065075535128311587", "name": "schnitzel", "connected": true, "variables":

    {}, "functions": [ "example" ], "cc3000_patch_version": "1.29" 27

28. documentation • http://docs.spark.io/firmware/ 28

29. my current project 29

30. my current project • websockets • static site hosted on

    S3 • direct connection from browser to spark • https://github.com/ponyfleisch/cloudlamp 30