Cylon.js For Keyboard Input

Cylon.js (http://cylonjs.com) is a JavaScript framework for robotics, physical computing, and the Internet of Things (IoT).

This repository contains the adaptor/driver for keyboard input. It uses the hybridgroup fork of the keypress module https://github.com/TooTallNate/keypress created by @TooTallNate thank you!

Want to use Ruby on robots? Check out our sister project Artoo (http://artoo.io)

Want to use the Go programming language to power your robots? Check out our sister project Gobot (http://gobot.io).

How to Install

Installing cylon.js with a keyboard support is pretty easy.

$ npm install cylon cylon-keyboard

How to Use

var Cylon = require('cylon');

Cylon.robot({
  connections: {
    keyboard: { adaptor: 'keyboard' }
  },

  devices: {
    keyboard: { driver: 'keyboard' }
  },

  work: function(my) {
    my.keyboard.on('a', function(key) {
      console.log("A PRESSED!");
    });
  }
}).start();

How to Connect

All that you need to do is plug the keyboard into your computer as usual.

Documentation

We're busy adding documentation to our web site at http://cylonjs.com/ please check there as we continue to work on Cylon.js

Thank you!

Contributing

For our contribution guidelines, please go to https://github.com/hybridgroup/cylon/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md .

Release History

For the release history, please go to https://github.com/hybridgroup/cylon-keyboard/blob/master/RELEASES.md .

hybridgroup/cylon-keyboard