JavaScript Robotics Platform Support (Johnny-Five)

Johnny-Five has been tested with a variety of Arduino-compatible Boards. For non-Arduino based projects, platform-specific IO Plugins are available. IO Plugins allow Johnny-Five code to communicate with any hardware in whatever language that platform speaks!

Filter platforms by where the Johnny-Five program runs:

On all!
In an on-board Linux environment.
On a host machine tethered (via Serial USB or Ethernet) to a client.
On a host machine communicating over Wifi to the client.
On a host machine communicating over Bluetooth to the client.

Arduino Uno

Environment

Firmware/Runtime: StandardFirmataPlus (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed on a host machine that runs Node.js. The program transmits basic IO instructions to the board via usb serial, which acts as a thin client. Requires tethering.

Platform Specific

Supports the PING_READ extension, when used with PingFirmata.
Supports the STEPPER_* extensions when used with AdvancedFirmata or ConfigurableFirmata.

Analog Read	yes
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	yes
Stepper	yes
Serial/UART	yes
DAC	no
Ping	yes

SparkFun RedBoard

Environment

Firmware/Runtime: StandardFirmataPlus (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed on a host machine that runs Node.js. The program transmits basic IO instructions to the board via usb serial, which acts as a thin client. Requires tethering.

Platform Specific

Supports the PING_READ extension, when used with PingFirmata.
Supports the STEPPER_* extensions when used with AdvancedFirmata or ConfigurableFirmata.

Analog Read	yes
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	yes
Stepper	yes
Serial/UART	yes
DAC	no
Ping	yes

Arduino Leonardo

Environment

Firmware/Runtime: StandardFirmataPlus (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed on a host machine that runs Node.js. The program transmits basic IO instructions to the board via usb serial, which acts as a thin client. Requires tethering.

Platform Specific

Supports the PING_READ extension, when used with PingFirmata.
Supports the STEPPER_* extensions when used with AdvancedFirmata or ConfigurableFirmata.

Analog Read	yes
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	yes
Stepper	yes
Serial/UART	yes
DAC	no
Ping	yes

Arduino Mega

Environment

Firmware/Runtime: StandardFirmataPlus (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed on a host machine that runs Node.js. The program transmits basic IO instructions to the board via usb serial, which acts as a thin client. Requires tethering.

Platform Specific

Supports the PING_READ extension, when used with PingFirmata.
Supports the STEPPER_* extensions when used with AdvancedFirmata or ConfigurableFirmata.

Analog Read	yes
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	yes
Stepper	yes
Serial/UART	yes
DAC	no
Ping	yes

Arduino Fio

Environment

Firmware/Runtime: StandardFirmataPlus (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed on a host machine that runs Node.js. The program transmits basic IO instructions to the board via usb serial, which acts as a thin client. Requires tethering.

Platform Specific

Supports the PING_READ extension, when used with PingFirmata.
Supports the STEPPER_* extensions when used with AdvancedFirmata or ConfigurableFirmata.

Analog Read	yes
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	yes
Stepper	yes
Serial/UART	yes
DAC	no
Ping	yes

Arduino Micro

Environment

Firmware/Runtime: StandardFirmataPlus (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed on a host machine that runs Node.js. The program transmits basic IO instructions to the board via usb serial, which acts as a thin client. Requires tethering.

Platform Specific

Supports the PING_READ extension, when used with PingFirmata.

Analog Read	yes
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	no
Stepper	no
Serial/UART	yes
DAC	no
Ping	yes

Arduino Mini

Environment

Firmware/Runtime: StandardFirmataPlus (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed on a host machine that runs Node.js. The program transmits basic IO instructions to the board via usb serial, which acts as a thin client. Requires tethering.

Platform Specific

Supports the PING_READ extension, when used with PingFirmata.

Analog Read	yes
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	no
Stepper	no
Serial/UART	yes
DAC	no
Ping	yes

Arduino Nano

Environment

Firmware/Runtime: StandardFirmataPlus (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed on a host machine that runs Node.js. The program transmits basic IO instructions to the board via usb serial, which acts as a thin client. Requires tethering.

Platform Specific

Supports the PING_READ extension, when used with PingFirmata.

Analog Read	yes
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	no
Stepper	no
Serial/UART	yes
DAC	no
Ping	yes

Arduino Pro Mini

Environment

Firmware/Runtime: StandardFirmataPlus (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed on a host machine that runs Node.js. The program transmits basic IO instructions to the board via usb serial, which acts as a thin client. Requires tethering.

Platform Specific

Supports the PING_READ extension, when used with PingFirmata.

Analog Read	yes
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	no
Stepper	no
Serial/UART	yes
DAC	no
Ping	yes

BotBoarduino

Environment

Firmware/Runtime: StandardFirmataPlus (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed on a host machine that runs Node.js. The program transmits basic IO instructions to the board via usb serial, which acts as a thin client. Requires tethering.

Platform Specific

Supports the PING_READ extension, when used with PingFirmata.
Supports the STEPPER_* extensions when used with AdvancedFirmata or ConfigurableFirmata.

Analog Read	yes
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	yes
Stepper	yes
Serial/UART	yes
DAC	no
Ping	yes

chipKit Uno32

Environment

Firmware/Runtime: StandardFirmataPlus (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed on a host machine that runs Node.js. The program transmits basic IO instructions to the board via usb serial, which acts as a thin client. Requires tethering.

Platform Specific

Check out chipkit.net!
Supports the PING_READ extension, when used with PingFirmata.
Supports the STEPPER_*, extensions when used with AdvancedFirmata or ConfigurableFirmat.
Digital pins 26-41 and Analog pins A6-A11 are presently not supported in StandardFirmataPlus, pending a pin definition update in Boards.h
This fork has the relevant changes and should be uploaded to the board via the chipKit-provided IDE

Analog Read	yes
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	yes
Stepper	yes
Serial/UART	yes
DAC	no
Ping	yes

Spider Robot Controller

Environment

Firmware/Runtime: StandardFirmataPlus (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed on a host machine that runs Node.js. The program transmits basic IO instructions to the board via usb serial, which acts as a thin client. Requires tethering.

Platform Specific

Supports the PING_READ extension, when used with PingFirmata.
Supports the STEPPER_* extensions when used with AdvancedFirmata or ConfigurableFirmata.

Analog Read	yes
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	yes
Stepper	yes
Serial/UART	yes
DAC	no
Ping	yes

DFRobot Romeo

Environment

Firmware/Runtime: StandardFirmataPlus (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed on a host machine that runs Node.js. The program transmits basic IO instructions to the board via usb serial, which acts as a thin client. Requires tethering.

Platform Specific

Supports the PING_READ extension, when used with PingFirmata.
Supports the STEPPER_* extensions when used with AdvancedFirmata or ConfigurableFirmata.

Analog Read	yes
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	yes
Stepper	yes
Serial/UART	yes
DAC	no
Ping	yes

Teensy 3

Environment

Firmware/Runtime: StandardFirmataPlus (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed on a host machine that runs Node.js. The program transmits basic IO instructions to the board via usb serial, which acts as a thin client. Requires tethering.

Analog Read	yes
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	yes
Stepper	yes
Serial/UART	no
DAC	no
Ping	yes

BeagleBone Black

Environment

IO Plug-in: BeagleBone-IO (additional instructions)
Firmware/Runtime: Debian (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed directly on board, in a Linux environment running Node.js.

Analog Read	yes
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	no
Stepper	no
Serial/UART	no
DAC	no
Ping	no

CHIP

Environment

IO Plug-in: Chip-IO (additional instructions)
Firmware/Runtime: Debian (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed directly on board, in a Linux environment running Node.js.

Analog Read	yes
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	no
I2C	yes
One Wire	no
Stepper	no
Serial/UART	no
DAC	no
Ping	no

Blend Micro v1.0

Environment

IO Plug-in: BlendMicro-IO (additional instructions)
Firmware/Runtime: BLEFirmata
The JavaScript program is executed on a host machine that runs Node.js. The program transmits basic IO instructions over Bluetooth to the board, which acts as a thin client.

Analog Read	yes
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	no
Stepper	no
Serial/UART	no
DAC	no
Ping	no

Electric Imp April

Environment

IO Plug-in: Imp-IO (additional instructions)
Firmware/Runtime: Tyrion (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed on a host machine that runs Node.js. The program transmits basic IO instructions over WiFi to the board, which acts as a thin client.

Platform Specific

Requires an internet connected WiFi connection and is subject to request rate limiting by the Electric Imp API server.

Analog Read	yes
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	no
One Wire	no
Stepper	no
Serial/UART	no
DAC	no
Ping	no

Intel Galileo Gen 1

Environment

IO Plug-in: Galileo-IO (additional instructions)
Firmware/Runtime: IoT DevKit (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed directly on board, in a Linux environment running Node.js.

Platform Specific

Non IoTKit builds are no longer supported.

Analog Read	yes
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	no
Stepper	no
Serial/UART	no
DAC	no
Ping	no

Intel Galileo Gen 2

Environment

IO Plug-in: Galileo-IO (additional instructions)
Firmware/Runtime: IoT DevKit (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed directly on board, in a Linux environment running Node.js.

Analog Read	yes
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	no
Stepper	no
Serial/UART	no
DAC	no
Ping	no

Intel Edison Arduino

Environment

IO Plug-in: Edison-IO (additional instructions)
Firmware/Runtime: IoT DevKit (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed directly on board, in a Linux environment running Node.js.

Platform Specific

Hardware is capable of supporting only 4 PWM outputs. As a result, native bindings do not support PWM on pins 10 and 11.
While Galileo-io/Edison-io/Joule-io does not yet support serial comms, you can bind to /dev/ttyFMD1 on the Edison Arduino board using the serialport module.

Analog Read	yes
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	no
Stepper	no
Serial/UART	no
DAC	no
Ping	no

Intel Edison Mini

Environment

IO Plug-in: Edison-IO (additional instructions)
Firmware/Runtime: IoT DevKit (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed directly on board, in a Linux environment running Node.js.

Platform Specific

analogRead components can be supported via Expander instances. See Expander API for examples.

Analog Read	no
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	no
Stepper	no
Serial/UART	no
DAC	no
Ping	no

SparkFun Edison GPIO Block

Environment

IO Plug-in: Edison-IO (additional instructions)
Firmware/Runtime: IoT DevKit (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed directly on board, in a Linux environment running Node.js.

Platform Specific

analogRead components can be supported via Expander instances. See Expander API for examples.

Analog Read	no
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	no
Stepper	no
Serial/UART	no
DAC	no
Ping	no

SparkFun Arduino Block

Environment

IO Plug-in: Edison-IO (additional instructions)
Firmware/Runtime: IoT DevKit (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed directly on board, in a Linux environment running Node.js.

Platform Specific

This block does not use native mraa bindings. Please see SparkFun Edison Arduino Block, in the Galileo-IO repository, for help getting started.

Analog Read	yes
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	yes
Stepper	yes
Serial/UART	no
DAC	no
Ping	no

Intel Joule 570x (Carrier Board)

Environment

IO Plug-in: Joule-IO (additional instructions)
Firmware/Runtime: Reference Linux* OS for IoT (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed directly on board, in a Linux environment running Node.js.

Analog Read	no
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	no
Stepper	no
Serial/UART	no
DAC	no
Ping	no

LightBlue Bean

Environment

IO Plug-in: Bean-IO (additional instructions)
Firmware/Runtime: StandardFirmata (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed on a host machine that runs Node.js. The program transmits basic IO instructions over Bluetooth to the board, which acts as a thin client.

Analog Read	yes
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	no
Stepper	no
Serial/UART	no
DAC	no
Ping	no

Linino One

Environment

IO Plug-in: Nino-IO (additional instructions)
Firmware/Runtime: Linino (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed directly on board, in a Linux environment running Node.js.

Analog Read	yes
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	no
Stepper	no
Serial/UART	no
DAC	no
Ping	no

pcDuino3 Dev Board

Environment

IO Plug-in: pcDuino-IO (additional instructions)
Firmware/Runtime: pcDuino (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed directly on board, in a Linux environment running Node.js.

Analog Read	yes
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	no
I2C	yes
One Wire	no
Stepper	no
Serial/UART	no
DAC	no
Ping	no

Pinoccio Scout

Environment

IO Plug-in: Pinoccio-IO (additional instructions)
Firmware/Runtime: pinocc.io (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed on a host machine that runs Node.js. The program transmits basic IO instructions over WiFi to the board, which acts as a thin client.

Analog Read	yes
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	no
One Wire	no
Stepper	no
Serial/UART	no
DAC	no
Ping	no

Raspberry Pi 3 Model B

Environment

IO Plug-in: Raspi-IO (additional instructions)
Firmware/Runtime: Raspbian (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed directly on board, in a Linux environment running Node.js.

Platform Specific

analogRead components can be supported via Expander instances. See Expander API for examples.

Analog Read	no
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	no
Stepper	no
Serial/UART	yes
DAC	no
Ping	no

Raspberry Pi 2 Model B

Environment

IO Plug-in: Raspi-IO (additional instructions)
Firmware/Runtime: Raspbian (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed directly on board, in a Linux environment running Node.js.

Platform Specific

analogRead components can be supported via Expander instances. See Expander API for examples.

Analog Read	no
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	no
Stepper	no
Serial/UART	yes
DAC	no
Ping	no

Raspberry Pi Zero

Environment

IO Plug-in: Raspi-IO (additional instructions)
Firmware/Runtime: Raspbian (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed directly on board, in a Linux environment running Node.js.

Platform Specific

analogRead components can be supported via Expander instances. See Expander API for examples.

Analog Read	no
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	no
Stepper	no
Serial/UART	yes
DAC	no
Ping	no

Raspberry Pi Model A Plus

Environment

IO Plug-in: Raspi-IO (additional instructions)
Firmware/Runtime: Raspbian (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed directly on board, in a Linux environment running Node.js.

Platform Specific

analogRead components can be supported via Expander instances. See Expander API for examples.

Analog Read	no
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	no
Stepper	no
Serial/UART	yes
DAC	no
Ping	no

Raspberry Pi Model B Plus

Environment

IO Plug-in: Raspi-IO (additional instructions)
Firmware/Runtime: Raspbian (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed directly on board, in a Linux environment running Node.js.

Platform Specific

analogRead components can be supported via Expander instances. See Expander API for examples.

Analog Read	no
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	no
Stepper	no
Serial/UART	yes
DAC	no
Ping	no

Raspberry Pi Model B Rev 1

Environment

IO Plug-in: Raspi-IO (additional instructions)
Firmware/Runtime: Raspbian (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed directly on board, in a Linux environment running Node.js.

Platform Specific

analogRead components can be supported via Expander instances. See Expander API for examples.

Analog Read	no
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	no
Stepper	no
Serial/UART	yes
DAC	no
Ping	no

Raspberry Pi Model B Rev 2

Environment

IO Plug-in: Raspi-IO (additional instructions)
Firmware/Runtime: Raspbian (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed directly on board, in a Linux environment running Node.js.

Platform Specific

analogRead components can be supported via Expander instances. See Expander API for examples.

Analog Read	no
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	no
Stepper	no
Serial/UART	yes
DAC	no
Ping	no

Particle Core (Spark Core)

Environment

IO Plug-in: Spark-IO (additional instructions)
Firmware/Runtime: VoodooSpark (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed on a host machine that runs Node.js. The program transmits basic IO instructions over WiFi to the board, which acts as a thin client.

Platform Specific

Timers are shared in groups: Timer 2: A0, A1, Timer 3: A4, A5, A6, A7, Timer 4: D0, D1

Analog Read	yes
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	no
Stepper	no
Serial/UART	no
DAC	no
Ping	yes

Particle Photon

Environment

IO Plug-in: Spark-IO (additional instructions)
Firmware/Runtime: VoodooSpark (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed on a host machine that runs Node.js. The program transmits basic IO instructions over WiFi to the board, which acts as a thin client.

Analog Read	yes
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	no
Stepper	no
Serial/UART	no
DAC	no
Ping	yes

Sparkfun Photon RedBoard

Environment

IO Plug-in: Spark-IO (additional instructions)
Firmware/Runtime: VoodooSpark (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed on a host machine that runs Node.js. The program transmits basic IO instructions over WiFi to the board, which acts as a thin client.

Analog Read	yes
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	no
Stepper	no
Serial/UART	no
DAC	no
Ping	yes

Tessel 2

Environment

IO Plug-in: Tessel-IO (additional instructions)
Firmware/Runtime: Tessel 2 Firmware on OpenWRT (additional instructions)
The JavaScript program is executed directly on board, in a Linux environment running Node.js.

Platform Specific

Servo support is provided via I2C components (eg. PCA9685)
DAC is limited to Port B, Pin 7

Analog Read	yes
Digital Read	yes
Digital Write	yes
PWM	yes
Servo	yes
I2C	yes
One Wire	no
Stepper	no
Serial/UART	yes
DAC	yes
Ping	no

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