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| const SerialPort = require('serialport'); | |
| const Readline = require('@serialport/parser-readline'); | |
| const robot = require('robotjs'); | |
| const parser = new Readline(); | |
| SerialPort.list(function(err, ports) { | |
| var arduinos = ports.filter(isArduino); | |
| if (arduinos.length !== 0) { | |
| connect( | |
| arduinos[0].comName, | |
| 9600 | |
| ); | |
| } else { | |
| console.log('No Arduino detected…'); | |
| } | |
| }); | |
| function isArduino(port) { | |
| pm = port['manufacturer']; | |
| return pm !== undefined && pm.includes('arduino'); | |
| } | |
| function connect(comName, baudRate) { | |
| console.log(`Opening port ${comName} at ${baudRate}…`); | |
| var port = new SerialPort(comName, { baudRate: baudRate }); | |
| port.pipe(parser); | |
| } | |
| const lookup = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z', 'alt', 'ctrl', 'space', 'shift', 'enter', 'space', 'up', 'down', 'left', 'right']; | |
| var keys = []; | |
| parser.on('data', line => { | |
| line = line.trim(); | |
| var key = line.substr(1); | |
| var first = line[0]; | |
| if (first === '$') { | |
| if (lookup.includes(key) && !keys.includes(key)) { | |
| pressKey(key, 1); | |
| keys.push(key); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| if (first === '!') { | |
| keys = keys.filter(k => k !== key); | |
| } | |
| }); | |
| function pressKey(key, count) { | |
| console.log(`key: ${key}`); | |
| for (var i = 0; i < count; i++) { | |
| robot.keyToggle(key, 'down'); | |
| } | |
| for (var i = 0; i < count; i++) { | |
| robot.keyToggle(key, 'up'); | |
| } | |
| } |
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| { | |
| "name": "serial2keyboard", | |
| "version": "1.0.0", | |
| "description": "Translates serial commands into keypress", | |
| "main": "main.js", | |
| "dependencies": { | |
| "robotjs": "^0.5.1", | |
| "serialport": "^7.1.5" | |
| }, | |
| "author": "Jonas Johansson", | |
| "license": "ISC" | |
| } |
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