MiniPirate

A simple commandline to scan I2C, read/write GPIO, read/write EEPROM and read CPU informations from any Serial terminal. Ideal for exploring new devices without any code writing.

List of supported commands:

General Commands

Command	Description	Example	Output Example
h / ?	Show this help	h	(help text)
v	Show AVR VCC reading	v	VCC: 5012mV
t	Show AVR internal temperature reading	t	Temp: 25.4C
f	Show free memory	f	Mem: 1234
u	Show system uptime (or clock)	u	Uptime: 12345ms
e	Erase EEPROM	e	EEPROM erased
*	Reboot	*	Rebooting...
x	save current config to eeprom	x	saved
y	load last config from eeprom	y	loaded

GPIO Commands

Command	Description	Example
p	Show all port values & directions	p
q	Show all port values & directions (quick)	q
<	Set a port as INPUT	< 3 (sets pin 3 to INPUT)
>	Set a port as OUTPUT	> 4 (sets pin 4 to OUTPUT)
/	Set a port to HIGH (clock up)	/ 5 (sets pin 5 to HIGH)
\	Set a port to LOW (clock down)	\ 6 (sets pin 6 to LOW)
^	Set a port LOW-HIGH-LOW (one clock)	^ 7 (sends a clock pulse to pin 7)
$	Do a pin sweep	$
c	Set port to clock high and low with given duration	c 8 100 (clocks pin 8 with 100ms duration)
g	Set analog (pwm) value	g 9 128 (sets PWM on pin 9 to 128)
s	Set servo value	s 10 90 (sets servo on pin 10 to 90 degrees)
\A2/A3	Set Pin A2 to low, Pin A3 to high (and both to output)	\A2/A3
z	set all ports to input and low	z

I2C Commands

Command	Description	Example
i	Scan i2c device addresses	i
#	Set i2c device active	# 42 (sets device with address 42 as active)
r #	Read n bytes from active device	r 10 (reads 10 bytes from the active I2C device)
w # # #	Write bytes to active device	w 1 2 3 (writes bytes 1, 2, and 3 to the active I2C device)
i 2 r 10	Switch to I2C device 2 and read 10 bytes	i 2 r 10