node-missile

Syntek USB Missile Launcher

This library uses usb to control the Syntek USB Missile Launcher.

Make sure you setup USB permissions and install prereqs before installing the module.

USB permissions:

Add an udev rules file:

/etc/udev/rules.d/90-missile-launcher.rules

SUBSYSTEM=="usb",ATTRS{idVendor}=="2123",ATTRS{idProduct}=="1010",MODE="0660",GROUP="usb",SYMLINK+="missile-launcher%n"

Make sure you are member of the group usb

Prereqs for building node usb module

sudo apt install build-essential libudev-dev

Usage

The library exposes the commands up, down, left, right, fire and stop.

All commands return promises.

Example usage, point upwards, then stop after 300ms and shoot:

const missile = require('node-missile')

missile.connect().then(launcher => {
  console.log('connected');

  return launcher.up()
    .then(() => {
      console.log('moving up...');

      setTimeout(() => {
        console.log('fireing!');

        launcher.stop()
          .then(() => launcher.fire())
          .catch(console.error);
      }, 300);
    });
}).catch(console.error);