Popularity
8.9
Declining
Activity
1.3
-
13,186
454
1,757

Code Quality Rank: L4
Monthly Downloads: 0
Programming language: JavaScript
License: GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
Tags: Hardware     Parallel     Rpi     Raspberry Pi     Raspberrypi     I2c     Serialport     MCP9808     Shift Register 8-Bit SN74HC595     Shift Register     ALSPT19     ALS-PT19     TSL2561     HT16K33     BLINKM     MJKDZ     LCM1602     LCD1602     LCD2004     PCF8574AT     PCF8574T     HD44780     JHD1313M1     QTOUCH     MPR121     AT42QT1070     VKEY     MPR121QR2     GY521     GY-521     SI7020     PCF8574A     MUXSHIELD2     PCF8591     PCA9685     PCF8574     MCP23008     MCP23017     OA41SK     GP2Y0A41SK0F     GP2Y0A02YK0F     GP2D120XJ00F     GP2Y0A21YK     HMC6352     ISL29125     NXT     EV3     DEFAULT     MPL115A2     TINKERKIT     MPU-6050     ESPLORA     MMA7660     MMA7361     ANALOG     TMP36     DS18B20     Temperature     Hitec HS-755HB     Hitec HS-35HD     Hitec HS-625MG     Hitec HS-85MG     Hitec HS-646WP     Hitec HS-422     Hitec HS-425BB     Hitec HS-805BB     High Torque     Metal Gear     Continuous Rotation     Servo     SparkFun Essential Sensor Kit     SparkFun Sensor Kit     HRLV-MaxSonar-EZ0     LV-MaxSonar-EZ3     LV-MaxSonar-EZ0     Ultrasonic Range Finder     LIDAR-Lite V2     Infrared Proximity Sensor     Hobby Motor     PIR Motion Sensor     Infrared Sensor     RGB LED     Diffused LED     LED     Thumb Joystick     Joystick     HTU21D     PCF8575     Speed Controller     HMC5883L     Ardumoto     Ludus Protoshield Wireless     Ludus Protoshield     RedBoard     Edison PWM Block     Edison I2C Block     Edison GPIO Block     Edison Arduino Block     BMP180     Weather Shield Photon     Weather Shield Arduino     MPL3115A2     MMA8462Q     ADXL335     ADXL345     MPU6050     Pcduino     Tessel 2     Edison     Intel Edison     Galileo-io     Galileo     Intel Galileo     Raspi-io     Photon     Particle     Spark-io     Spark Core     Spark     Robot     Firmata     Serial     Usb     Arduino    
Latest version: v2.0.0

johnny-five alternatives and similar modules

Based on the "Hardware" category.
Alternatively, view johnny-five alternatives based on common mentions on social networks and blogs.

Do you think we are missing an alternative of johnny-five or a related project?

Add another 'Hardware' Module

README

Johnny-Five

The JavaScript Robotics Programming Framework

<!--

Hello!

Please don't edit this file!

If you'd like to make changes to the readme contents, please make them in the tpl/.readme.md file. If you'd like to add an example: 

1. Add the file in `eg/`
2. Add a breadboard image in `docs/breadboards`
3. Add an entry to `tpl/programs.json`. 
4. Generated the markdown with: `grunt examples`

-->

Artwork by Mike Sgier

Travis Build Status Appveyor Build Status Coverage Status Install Size Gitter

Johnny-Five is an Open Source, Firmata Protocol based, IoT and Robotics programming framework, developed by the Nodebots Community. Johnny-Five programs can be written for Arduino (all models), Electric Imp, Beagle Bone, Intel Galileo & Edison, Linino One, Pinoccio, pcDuino3, Raspberry Pi, Particle/Spark Core & Photon, Tessel 2, TI Launchpad and more!

Johnny-Five has grown from a passion project into a tool for inspiring learning and creativity for people of all ages, backgrounds, and from all across the world.

Just interested in learning and building awesome things? You might want to start with the official Johnny-Five website.

  • If you want to find the API documentation, that’s right here.
  • Need to figure out what platform to use for a project? We put that stuff here.
  • Need inspiration for your next NodeBot? Check out the examples.
  • Want to stay up-to-date with projects in the community? Check this out.
  • Need NodeBots community or Johnny-Five project updates and announcements? This is what you’re looking for.

Johnny-Five does not attempt to provide "all the things", but instead focuses on delivering robust, reality tested, highly composable APIs that behave consistently across all supported hardware platforms. Johnny-Five wants to be a baseline control kit for hardware projects, allowing you the freedom to build, grow and experiment with diverse JavaScript libraries of your own choice. Johnny-Five couples comfortably with:

...And that's only a few of the many explorable possibilities. Check out these exciting projects: node-pulsesensor, footballbot-workshop-ui, nodebotui, dublin-disco, node-slot-car-bot, servo-calibrator, node-ardx, nodebot-workshop, phone-home, purple-unicorn, webduino, leapduino, lasercat-workshop, simplesense, five-redbot, robotnik, the-blender

Why JavaScript? NodeBots: The Rise of JavaScript Robotics

Hello Johnny

The ubiquitous "Hello World" program of the microcontroller and SoC world is "blink an LED". The following code demonstrates how this is done using the Johnny-Five framework.

const { Board, Led } = require("johnny-five");
const board = new Board();

board.on("ready", () => {
  // Create an Led on pin 13
  const led = new Led(13);
  // Blink every half second
  led.blink(500);
});

Note: Node will crash if you try to run johnny-five in the node REPL, but board instances will create their own contextual REPL. Put your script in a file.

Supported Hardware

Johnny-Five has been tested on a variety of Arduino-compatible Boards.

For non-Arduino based projects, a number of platform-specific IO Plugins are available. IO Plugins allow Johnny-Five code to communicate with any non-Arduino based hardware in whatever language that platforms speaks!

Documentation

Documentation for the Johnny-Five API can be found here and example programs here.

Guidance

Need help? Ask a question on the NodeBots Community Forum. If you just have a quick question or are interested in ongoing design discussions, join us in the Johnny-Five Gitter Chat.

For step-by-step examples, including an electronics primer, check out Arduino Experimenter's Guide for NodeJS by @AnnaGerber

Here is a list of prerequisites for Linux, OSX or Windows.

Check out the bluetooth guide if you want to remotely control your robot.

Setup and Assemble Arduino

  • Recommended Starting Kit: Sparkfun Inventor's Kit
  • Download Arduino IDE
  • Plug in your Arduino or Arduino compatible microcontroller via USB
  • Open the Arduino IDE, select: File > Examples > Firmata > StandardFirmataPlus
    • StandardFirmataPlus is available in Firmata v2.5.0 or greater
  • Click the "Upload" button.

If the upload was successful, the board is now prepared and you can close the Arduino IDE.

For non-Arduino projects, each IO Plugin's repo will provide its own platform specific setup instructions.

Hey you, here's Johnny!

Source Code:

git clone git://github.com/rwaldron/johnny-five.git && cd johnny-five

npm install

npm package:

Install the module with:

npm install johnny-five

Example Programs

To get you up and running quickly, we provide a variety of examples for using each Johnny-Five component. One thing we’re especially excited about is the extensive collection of Fritzing diagrams you’ll find throughout the site. A huge part of doing any Johnny-Five project is handling the actual hardware, and we’ve included these as part of the documentation because we realised that instructions on how to write code to control a servo are insufficient without instructions on how to connect a servo!

To interactively navigate the examples, visit the Johnny-Five examples page on the official website. If you want to link directly to the examples in this repo, you can use one of the following links.

There are presently 362 example programs with code and diagrams!

<!--extract-start:examples-->

Board

LED

LED: RGB

LED: Digits & Matrix

Servo

GPS

Servo Animation

Color

Motor

Stepper Motor

ESC & Brushless Motor

Button / Switch

Keypad

Relay

Shift Register

Infrared Reflectance

Proximity

Motion

Joystick

LCD

Compass/Magnetometer

Piezo

IMU/Multi

Sensors

Expander

Photon Weather Shield

Lego EVShield

Intel Edison + Grove IoT Kit

Grove IoT Kit (Seeed Studio)

Micro Magician V2

TinkerKit

Wii

Complete Bots / Projects

Component Plugin Template

IO Plugins

<!--extract-end:examples-->

Many fragments. Some large, some small.

Wireless Nodebot

Kinect Controlled Robot Arm

Biped Nodebot

LCD Running Man

Slider Controlled Panning Servo

Joystick Controlled Laser (pan/tilt) 1

Joystick Controlled Laser (pan/tilt) 2

Joystick Controlled Claw

Robot Claw

Joystick, Motor & Led

Build you own drone

Make: JavaScript Robotics

Contributing

All contributions must adhere to the Idiomatic.js Style Guide, by maintaining the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using grunt.

License

Copyright (c) 2012, 2013, 2014 Rick Waldron [email protected] Licensed under the MIT license. Copyright (c) 2014, 2015 The Johnny-Five Contributors Licensed under the MIT license.


*Note that all licence references and agreements mentioned in the johnny-five README section above are relevant to that project's source code only.