Jacdac CLI

A command line interface to support various tasks using Jacdac.

Jacdac is a plug-and-play hardware/software stack for microcontrollers and their peripherals (sensors/actuators), with applications to rapid prototyping, making, and physical computing.

This repository contains a command line interface tool for the Jacdac protocol.

• Jacdac Protocol Documentation
• CLI Documentation
• Discussions at https://github.com/microsoft/jacdac/discussions
• Issues are tracked on https://github.com/microsoft/jacdac/issues

The rest of this page is for developers of the jacdac-ts library.

Installation

• Install nodejs.org 14+
• Install the tool globally.

sudo npm install -g jacdac-cli

If the native module installation fails, try adding --unsafe

sudo npm install -g jacdac-cli --unsafe

Usage

jacdac parse

Parses a logic analyzer log and replays the packets

jacdac parse log.txt

jacdac devtools

Starts websocket and native socket server that acts as a bridge between a web dashboard and a client implementation. This allows to test a native client using the latest version of the web developer tools. This command will work in GitHub codespaces.

jacdac devtools

jacdac devtools --device-script <file>

Starts the devtools web site and also watches/uploads the source of a given DeviceScript to the development web site. The dev web site will automatically compile and potentially deploy the DeviceScript program to a connected device.

Contributing

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