A programmable control panel device, complete with buttons, toggles, lights and a display.

The Ground Control device brings that satisfying physical feedback of pushing buttons on a lunar lander to your boring day-to-day tasks.

You can use it as a control device for anything, either using the Go APIs or via the provided command-line client.

Use-cases include anything from controlling your HUE lights, displaying a tweet, ordering Soylent on Amazon or even deploying software!

See control_test.go for examples

ground_control -port /dev/tty.usbmodem1411 &

In order to communicate to the device

> ground_control -read

{
  "outputs": {
    "0x01": {
      "type": "RGBA",
        "color": "RED",
        "state": "ON"
      },
      "0x02": {
        "type": "LED",
        "state": "OFF"
      },
      "0x03": {
        "type": "LCD",
        "state": "ON",
        "text": "Hello World"
      }
  },
  "inputs": {
    "0x04": {
      "type": "SWITCH",
      "state": "ON"
    },
      "0x05": {
      "type": "BUTTON"
    }
  }
}

> ground_control -set 0x01 color=GREEN

> ground_control -listen

• Install Firmata on the Duino:

> gort arduino upload firmata /dev/tty.usbmodem1411 -b uno

I built the actual device using a small plastic box as casing, lots of hot glue and wires. A true beauty! 🤓

https://gobot.io/documentation/platforms/arduino/

• Rewrite the whole thing as an embedded Arduino code (instead of requiring it to be controlled via USB)