![]() ![]() This keeps your ability to talk to that card type over USB. Fixing this is done by editing /usr/share/arduino/hardware/arduino/boards.txt and finding the entry for the appropriate Arduino and changing the upload.protocol from arduino to alamode.Įven better, copy the section and rename the copy and put the new setting there. This emulates an Arduino Pro 328p/5V/16MHz which needs different settings. In Arduino IDE we should now be able to select board “Alamode” and serial port “/dev/ttyS0” and push sketches to our Arduino Uno.īut I want to push sketches to my Seeed Hercules. This is preferred over directly connecting to the RST pin, though I found that direct connection works on my Uno. Many cards, including the Arduino Pro and Seeed Hercules have a DTR or DSR pin which connects to RST via a 0.1uF capacitor. Unlike the signal pins, this should be safe to connect directly, as the Arduino RST pin is not a signal generator, and should never be able to push 5V to the Pi. So we need to connect the Pi GPIO18 to the Arduino RST. Wyolum’s “alamode” programming method pushes this signal through GPIO18 instead. The Pi serial port does not have a DTR pin. Immediately before “Uploading” a sketch, Arduino IDE resets the Arduino using the serial port DTR pin. The setup script gets the Pi serial port ready to use, replaces the “avrdude” Arduino programming tool with one modified with an extra “alamode” programming method, and adds an IDE definition for the Alamode card. Sudo cp /usr/share/arduino/hardware/arduino/boards.txt /usr/share/arduino/hardware/arduino/ Sudo cp /usr/share/arduino/hardware/tools/nf /usr/share/arduino/hardware/tools/ Sudo cp /usr/share/arduino/hardware/tools/avrdude /usr/share/arduino/hardware/tools/avrdude.bak sudo cp /usr/bin/avrdude /usr/bin/avrdude.bak Make copies of these files, then run setup and then reboot your Pi. It replaces some system files which you might want back. ![]() My advice is to stop here and do not run the setup script yet. I still want one, as the basis for a CNC controller for my older model ShopTask lathe-mill-drill.ĭo this on your Pi (from the Alamode User Guide) wget We were planning to use an Alamode in the robot project until we found the Seeed controller had the Arduino part baked in. They have also solved the programming problem which we’ll talk about later. The folks over at Wyolum have solved this, as they do what we are doing here internally on their Alamode card. Not yet – the Pi runs a default “getty” login prompt on the serial port which acts as the system console. So we connect the two machines together via the logic converter, connecting TX to RX and vice-versa, GND-GND, and they should be able to talk to each other, you would think. If you are using a 3.3V Arduino, then you can skip the converter. The quad converter costs under $3 – why risk it? It is almost certainly needed for serial connection, if not for I2C. There are some articles on the web that suggest that if you are running your Pi as the I2C master, you can skip this part, but I figure that leaves you open to accidentally programming the Arduino as the master and blowing the Pi. Driving 5V into the Pi logic pins risks damage to them. The logic converter is needed as the Uno/Hercules end runs at 5V and the Pi runs at 3.3V. This is a four channel bi-directional unit, so I plan to use two channels for serial TX/RX and the other two for I2C SCL/SDA. I got two, so I would have one for bread-boarding. I used the SparkFun Logic Level Converter – Bi-Directional. SparkFun Logic Level Converter – Bi-DirectionalĪpart from wires, you will need a logic level converter. I’ll describe the Arduino UNO specifics first (bypassing USB) and then show how to adapt it to other boards that don’t have a USB. I was able to put together a repeatable and general solution which I will describe below. Google turns up a lot of information on Pi GPIO – Arduino serial connectivity, but I was not able to find a straightforward guide to getting the programming part working. This sounds simple enough, but it is not. The Pi will share its display and keyboard via wi-fi and will run the Arduino IDE software to program the Hercules. Therefore we want to bypass USB and talk serial TTL directly between the pins. ![]() The Seeed Hercules controller, which has an embedded Arduino compatible controller, does not have a built-in USB port. We want to control and program our Seeed Robot directly from a Raspberry Pi. Raspberry Pi GPIO to Arduino UNO without USB
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