What is this?

It is a module that expose data read from an MPU6050 sensor (acceleration + gyroscope) using a Raspberry Pi board.

PRs are welcome.

Instructions

Requirements:

• Raspberry Pi board
• MPU6050 module
• Node.js >= 10 (LTS)

Setting up the Raspberry Pi board:

This module requires a proper setup of a Raspberry Pi board. A detailed walkthrough on how to prepare the Raspberry Pi setup can be found here.

To install locally:

1. Clone the repository in a directory [directory]
2. cd [directory]
3. npm install
4. npm link
5. read-mpu --help
6. If you want to connect to AWS generate and install the certificates as described here
7. Enjoy.

To uninstall:

1. Go to repo directory
2. npm unlink
3. Remove the repo directory

To run tests:

The package includes a full test coverage. Go inside the repo directory and run:

npm test

Once executed you can find the coverage report in a neat html format:

1. cd coverage
2. open with a browser the file index.html

Usage:

The module can:

• be installed as a component in another node program
• be used from the CLI by invoking read-mpu with the proper options. Type read-mpu --help for a complete list of available commands

Notes:

The code is fully commented. All the functions and helpers are documented using JSHint conventions. That will trigger autocompletion and code hints in code editors like Visual Studio Code.