Otto Blockly; a fully integrated graphical programming for any type of Arduino projects, including robots, ready to install in your computer, it works offline and also online
This is a free and open source visual programming language based on Blockly from Google & MIT, to generate C/C++ code, compile and upload to multiple options of microcontrollers. Compatible with any Otto DIY robot, Arduino or ESP8266 and ESP32 related boards. It is the perfect software to get you started into coding and STEM robotics.
This software can work offline (standalone) by installing it on your computer. Depending on your operating system the installation files are already available or you have to create them yourself.
Download the installer from the releases page. After the software is installed in your PC, it is ready to use immediately, you do not need to import Arduino libraries or any additional setup for the boards because it comes with a copy of the Arduino CLI, it is all in one software!, you will be ready to upload codes directly to your robot or any other Arduino project via USB.
If your computer do not recognize the USB device or Otto, you have to install the CH340 or CH341 or FTDI driver that is in the "driversUSB" folder or download from this link
For Linux operating systems go to this repo.
Drag, drop, connect, mix, play and create your own codes. Join the Otto Builder community, see all the cool stuff we are making with Otto Blockly and post your ideas!
Leave your mark by translating Blockly, you are welcome to contribute with any languages you know, by fixing mistakes you see, it will benefit you and everyone in your community.
The more people helping to translate the better, it is important to translate while understanding the context and what is the robot actually doing to be accurate.
You will need to have installed the node.js tools in your computer. The version must be the 12.0
git clone https://github.com/OttoDIY/blockly.git
cd blockly
npm install -g build-tools npm install -g windows-build-tool (this command is not working ok. If the log is held then you must install python 2.7 before because the problem is with the python installation.) npm install -g node-gyp
npm install
cd compilation/arduino curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arduino/arduino-cli/master/install.sh | sh mv bin/arduino-cli ./ rm -rf bin
cd compilation\arduino arduino-cli core update-index arduino-cli core install arduino:[email protected] arduino-cli core install arduino:[email protected] arduino-cli core install arduino:[email protected] arduino-cli core install esp8266:[email protected] arduino-cli core install esp32:[email protected] arduino-cli core update-index
cd ../../ # ( go back to the repository’s top directory) npm run compiler or build --win --ia32 export PATH=$PATH:node_modules/.bin npm install [email protected] build --mac --x64 electron-builder --mac --x64
Contributing to this software is warmly welcomed. There are 5 ways you can contribute to this project:
You can do this basically by forking, committing modifications and then open a pull request. Please explain the changes and make sure they have been tested.
Just make sure to keep consistency in the naming and make a record of the change or improvement made.
Welcome to the Otto DIY development team! Thanks for your contribution.
Thanks to all these great people and open projects, it has been possible to make this software: