Thread: Fusion Brain program for Linux

Uh, it WAS linked..... wait a few


Edit: Main post has the link now. 'bout time someone mentioned I forgot something!

Hey malcom its good too see you have already made progress on this, ill download it soon and test it out.

-kdog

Originally Posted by malcom2073

Here is a library I have written to allow Fusion Brain V4 access in Linux. I have not added support for previous versions, however I will soon. This library depends on libusb which can be installed through most distros' package management utility. (yum install libusb-devel on fedora, or apt-get install libusb-dev on debian). The ./main program included in this package was compiled in ubuntu, so it may or may not work on other distros of linux. The source code is also included so people who cannot run the program can attempt to compile it themselves

Command line for compiling on ubuntu:
g++ main.cpp fblib.cpp -o main `pkg-config libusb --libs --cflags`


If you run the program from the command line with no arguments, it will print out a list of examples for how to use the program. Currently only the ability to turn digital outputs on and off, and read analog input is supported. I am working on supporting more, such as timers and pwm. If anyone who has a fusion brain and knows how to run linux, can you please test this out? I am working on a GUI interface that can either be picked apart, or embedded into Linux frontends. Nghost will soon have plugin support for the Fusion Brain as well via this library.

Edit: I never even noticed the error message saying it didn't upload. Why didn't someone mention something! arg!

http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/atta...ains-fblib.tar

Is it possible for you to write a comedi driver for this device? http://www.comedi.org/
This hardware looks like it would be perfect for some small robotics projects. http://www.orocos.org/

Originally Posted by nsaspook

Is it possible for you to write a comedi driver for this device? http://www.comedi.org/
This hardware looks like it would be perfect for some small robotics projects. http://www.orocos.org/

I'm sure its quite possible to adapt it to that, but that's not really useful for most carpc applications which is what this was intended for. You can feel free to use the code and adapt it to comedi (under GPL of course)


I've edited the original post due to the fact that I rewrote the library to use libusb0.1 rather than libusb1.0. Most distros have a 0.1 binary package, making it much easier for people to compile

haha I work with comedi and orocos on a daily basis

would be sweet to set this up!

Originally Posted by malcom2073

I'm sure its quite possible to adapt it to that, but that's not really useful for most carpc applications which is what this was intended for. You can feel free to use the code and adapt it to comedi (under GPL of course)


I've edited the original post due to the fact that I rewrote the library to use libusb0.1 rather than libusb1.0. Most distros have a 0.1 binary package, making it much easier for people to compile

I could do it using your code as a example. It looks like the register level bits are defined clearly. I've coded a pcmcia card in the comedi driver lib already and this device is pretty simple. I guess I'll have to buy a few cards for work as product examples and use one to test code with.

PS. I work for Microchip at the fab in Oregon. We make a lot of PIC18F wafers.

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Originally Posted by nsaspook

I could do it using your code as a example. It looks like the register level bits are defined clearly. I've coded a pcmcia card in the comedi driver lib already and this device is pretty simple. I guess I'll have to buy a few cards for work as product examples and use one to test code with.

PS. I work for Microchip at the fab in Oregon. We make a lot of PIC18F wafers.

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We could certainly set you up. Email us at fusioncontrolcentre@gmail.com