Firmata Host implementation for Linux

[dimitry-ishenko]

It would be nice to have a Firmata host side implementation for Linux. There are plenty of SBCs running Linux that could benefit from it. Few immediate ones that come to mind:

Raspberry Pi
CHIP
VoCore2

By leveraging GPIO and Device Tree facilities the host can probably even auto configure itself.

[dimitry-ishenko]

My immediate interest is being able to control I/O remotely through WiFi using the VoCore2 chip.

[monteslu]

take a look at remote-io: https://github.com/monteslu/remote-io
It can act as a firmata server. Think of it as the opposite of firmata.js

You take any johnny-five IO class and wrap it with remote-io, and provide it some type of transport such as a tcp or websocket. Most of the functionality is there for GPIOs. Digitial inputs might need a little work, but outputs, pwm, analog in, and i2c should all work.

slightly outdated, but I did a writeup of it here: https://www.iceddev.com/blog/remotebots-cutting-the-cord-with-remote-io/