###Session Two: Serial Communications and Arduino Text Adventure
Code Chat: Gitter IM
#Requirements Software
- Arduino 1.6.5: https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/OldSoftwareReleases#previous
- chipkit-core: http://chipkit.net/wiki/index.php?title=ChipKIT_core
Recommended Boards
- Fubarino Mini or Fubarino SD: http://fubarino.org/
Prepare boards by Soldering Pins onto them. Place boards into breadboard
- Become familiar with putting boards into programming/bootloader mode
Projects:
Serial Communications
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Serial Adventure Code
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Parse serial data for single letter commands
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Add more travel features s, w, e for south, west, east
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Interact features with on board led
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Interact with on board button
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Communicate with each other
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User on board serial to connect to another person's board
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Debug using a single board with rx/tx looped to each other
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Then connect GND, RX/TX to each board and send messages
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Create messages to send to one another
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If there is time connect the adventure code between boards