The Brain Tools package provides a suite of applications to assist users of the SYZYGY Brain-1 development platform as well as provide a reference design for creators of other SYZYGY compatible platforms.
These tools include:
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smartvio-brain - An application implementing SmartVIO functionality for the Brain-1.
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szg_i2cread/i2cwrite - A pair of helper applications to allow for basic i2c communication with devices that use 16-bit addresses.
The smartvio-brain application is an implementation of the SmartVIO library
for the SYZYGY Brain-1 development board by Opal Kelly. This application
handles all communication with peripheral MCU's and the on-board power
supplies to set the appropriate VIO voltages. This application can also be
used to read/write binary DNA blob files from/to a peripheral MCU.
Usage information is available by running smartvio -h
These are simple helper applications that can be used to read/write single byte values to i2c devices in Linux. These applications work with I2C devices that have 16-bit sub-addresses such as SYZYGY peripheral MCU's and the image sensor on the camera pod.
NOTE Interacting directly with I2C devices can brick a device, use these commands with caution.
A Makefile is provided to assist with building this design. Simply run the "make" command on a system with the necessary development tools installed to build all provided applications. Note that the smartvio-brain application requires C++ 11 support. The JSON library used by smartvio-brain requires GCC 4.9 or later.
Individual applications can be built by running make <application>.
This build has been tested on a machine running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with GCC 5.4.0.