https://github.com/robhurring/thunder

Dream cheeky thunder (usb missile launcher) UI in jruby
https://github.com/robhurring/thunder

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Dream cheeky thunder (usb missile launcher) UI in jruby

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/robhurring/thunder
• Owner: robhurring
• Created: 2012-12-29T15:25:34.000Z (over 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2012-12-29T16:13:48.000Z (over 13 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-13T19:19:39.662Z (over 2 years ago)
• Language: Ruby
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• Size: 122 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Thunder USB Missile Launcher (Dream Cheeky)

A pretty small jruby swing app to put a UI on the Dream Cheeky Thunder USB Missile Launcher (Since their drivers are windows only -- and 50MB+!)

![UI](https://raw.github.com/robhurring/thunder/master/doc/images/ui.png)

## Requirements

* JRuby

* libusb

To run, clone the repo and run `bundle install` to get the dependencies.

## GUI Usage

The UI also responds to the arrow keys for movement as well as the `ENTER` key to fire the missile.

```

jruby app.rb

```

## Other Usage

```ruby

require 'libusb'

require './lib/launcher'

begin

  l = Launcher.connect

  l.right 0.5   # move right 0.5 seconds

  l.up 0.2      # move up 0.2 seconds

  l.fire!(2)    # fire 2 missiles

rescue Launcher::DeviceNotFoundError

  puts "Your launcher could not be found."

  puts "Make sure your launcher is connected!"

  exit 1

end

```

## Credits

The actual launcher code is in `lib/launcher.rb` and was a rewrite of the numberous other launcher apps out there. So all credit to those

who originally found out the codes to send to the launcher to make it do its thing (Not sure who the original author is.)

Also another big thanks to [profligacy LEL](http://ihate.rubyforge.org/profligacy/lel.html) for making swing much less painful to type :)