https://github.com/adlerweb/ctlrobot

Control Dream Cheeky Dancing USB Robot on *nix
https://github.com/adlerweb/ctlrobot

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Control Dream Cheeky Dancing USB Robot on *nix

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/adlerweb/ctlrobot
• Owner: adlerweb
• License: gpl-2.0
• Created: 2014-12-25T23:58:59.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2014-12-26T00:00:28.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-06-11T17:55:56.433Z (5 months ago)
• Language: C
• Homepage: http://adlerweb.info/blog/2014/12/28/bitbastelei-129-dancing-usb-robot
• Size: 105 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README
  • Changelog: HISTORY
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
This is a simple program to control dancing USB toys manufactured by

"Dream Cheeky", they were produced somewhere around 2007 and identify

themselves as 1941:8021. I only tested the one named "USB dancing

robot".

ctlrobot does all the actual work. You'll need libusb and some basic

development tools installed to compile it, but assuming you have that

typing "make" should do the trick. 

To control the toy you can supply two arguments, the first one controls

the actual movement, the latter additional LEDs. Both arguments accept

"off" to disable movement/blinking, "slow" for slow movement and normal

blinking or "fast" for fast movement and double-flash blinking.

As long as you havn't modified your udev-rules this software only works

as root.

Completly untested udev template:

---snip---

/etc/udev/rules.d/10-robot.rules

SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendors}=="1941", ATTRS{idProduct}=="8021", GROUP="users", MODE="0666"

---snip---