nodewii

Node.js libcwiid bindings

Created by Tim Branyen @tbranyen

Currently under active development (and seeking contributors), nodewii provides asynchronous native bindings to the libcwiid C API.

Building and installing

Dependancies

To run nodewii you need Node.js, bluez, and libcwiid installed. To run unit tests you will need to have git installed and accessible from your PATH to fetch any vendor/ addons.

It is sufficient enough to rely on the system package manager to install libcwiid and bluez. Refer to your distros repository search to find the correct module names and installation procedure.

In action

nodewii was implemented at JSconf 2011 for Mary Rose Cook's game Pistol Slut. You can see the pull request here for how it was implemented:

https://github.com/maryrosecook/pistolslut/pull/1

Video demo: http://vimeo.com/23224874

Linux/Unix

Install nodewii by cloning source from GitHub and running the configure, make, and make install commands:

*Note: nodewii assumes your library path exists at ~/.node_libraries you can change this by specifying a new path*

$ git clone git://github.com/tbranyen/nodewii.git
$ cd nodewii

$ ./configure
$ make
$ make install

$ make install NODE_LIB_PATH=/path/to/your/libraries

*Updating to a new version*

$ make update

$ make update NODE_LIB_PATH=/path/to/your/libraries

Apple OS X/Windows via Cygwin

nodewii currently does not run on either Mac OS X or Windows machines. This is a problem with libcwiid. A future plan is to fork libcwiid and write support for at least Apple OS X.

API Example Usage

Connecting and enabling features

Raw API

var wii = require( 'nodewii' ).raw;

var wiimote = new wii.WiiMote();

wiimote.connect( '00:00:00:00:00', function( err ) {

  wiimote.rumble( true );

  wiimote.led( 1, true );
  wiimote.led( 3, true );

  wiimote.led( 3, false );

});

Running tests

nodewii library code is written adhering to a modified JSHint. Run these checks with make lint in the project root.

Release information

v0.0.1:

* Some useful methods implemented
* Partial examples in example directory

Getting involved

If you find this project of interest, please document all issues and fork if you feel you can provide a patch. Testing is of huge importance; by simply running the unit tests on your system and reporting issues you can contribute!

Before submitting a pull request, please ensure lint checks pass.