UC2 - Open and Modular Optical Toolbox
This is the online repository of the Software of the open-source hardware project ''UC2'' [YouSeeToo].
RasPi GUI | Hardware Controlling | UC2 Paper
Making open-science great again!
For a general introduction on UC2 please check our CAD-repository. Our basic belief centers around simple and clean modularity which - combined with creativity and curiosity - can lead to unthought achievements.
Getting Started
Like with our toolbox we tried to keep our interfaces modular as well. Hence, hardware (like Motors, LED, ...) can be adressed using
- Arduino (and alike) via I2C (Hardwired)
- ESP32 (and alike) via MQTT (WiFI)
and could even be a mixture of both.Further, to control this components we provide two different graphical user interfaces (GUI):
- Raspberry Pi (RasPi)
- Android App
All useful links will be provided after the general shape of the repository is shortly displayed.
Structure of Repository
* coming
* soon
Getting Started using the Raspberry Pi GUI
Find a detailed description here
Getting Started using the Android APP
We have prepared a very basic control app for TheBox to have basic control over the hardware modules. The information can be found here.
Setting up the Micro-Controller
Depending on the micro-controller that will be connected the code that is needed for flashing can be found in different folders.
Get Involved!
This project is open so that anyone can get involved. You don't even have to learn CAD designing or programming. Find ways you can contribute in CONTRIBUTING
Our software-oriented UC2-SOFTWARE-GIT provides you with all the different programs that you need to automate your blocks. Run our GUI on RasPi or Android-Phone and setup your Arduino or ESP32. We want to generalize our Software to even integrate more with community standards and have an overall compatibility with different Operating Systems.
Get INVOLVED by help us to:
- switch to a new browser-based GUI
- improve our MQTT based connection routines and trying to improve the necessary hardware-flashes
- add totally unknown functions
- make our Software as modular as possible
Credits
R. Heintzmann, X. Uwurukundo, H. Wang, N. Schramma, E. Bingoel, B. Marsikova, B. Diederich, Lichtwerkstatt, IPHT Jena