node-red-node-makeymakey
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A Node-RED node to read from a MakeyMakey input device.
Install
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Run the following command in the root directory of your Node-RED install
npm install node-red-node-makeymakey
Pre-reqs
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As this requires an underlying npm this also requires it's pre-reqs, see Node-hid npm for more details.
- libudev-dev (Linux only)
- libusb-1.0-0-dev (Ubuntu versions missing libusb.h only)
As this uses the raw HID strea mit often requires you to run Node-RED as root, unless you have correct priviliges.
Usage
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Provides "keyboard" like input from a MakeyMakey device.
This uses the hidstream npm module that by default only supports the basic keyboard keys and **NOT** the mouse inputs, fn keys, keypad keys, cursor keys etc. This means that the extra mouse emulation jumpers won't work.
The MakeyMakey can of course be re-programmed to re-assign the keys - but this node doesn't know about that...
Known Issues
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1) Every now and then something causes the MakeyMakey HID to become detached (lose focus) from this app and re-attach to another (the in focus) app... whereupon the emulated keys will end up in the wrong window... - Any ideas on how to stop this would be greatly appreciated - but I suspect it's a fundamental issue with the MakeyMakey pretending to be a HID.
2) Default usage is such that you have to run as root. On Debian based systems you can copy the file 82-makey.rules to the /etc/udev/rules.d folder - this should let anyone then access the MakeyMakey .