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beagleplay: add nodered guide


Add guide on how to use nodered with BeaglePlay

Signed-off-by: default avatarDhruva Gole <d-gole@ti.com>
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Learn to expand your BeaglePlay capabilities via Qwiic I2C boards. Learn to expand your BeaglePlay capabilities via Qwiic I2C boards.
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.. admonition:: Complexity level .. admonition:: Complexity level
beginner
.. card::
:link: beagleplay-nodered
:link-type: ref
**Using NodeRed**
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Learn how to use NodeRed with BeaglePlay for rapid and easy prototyping.
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.. admonition:: Complexity level
beginner beginner
.. card:: .. card::
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.. _beagleplay-nodered:
Using Node-RED
##############
Node-RED provides a browser-based editor that makes it easy to wire together
flows using the wide range of nodes in the palette that can be deployed to
its runtime in a single-click.
.. youtube:: 2llY2ZnTmnw
Pre-requisites
##############
1. Install Node-RED using the `official guide here <https://nodered.org/docs/getting-started/beaglebone>`_
2. MikroE `Accel click <https://www.mikroe.com/accel-click>`_ or any mikroBUS add-on
Let's get started!
##################
First, we want to make sure the mikroBUS™ add-on board is connected and functioning as expected.
To do this, we make use of the `iio_info command <https://man.archlinux.org/man/iio_info.1.en>`_.
Connecting mikroBUS™ add-on board
*********************************
``iio_info`` is a utility for displaying information about local or remote IIO devices, in this case it's the accel click board.
.. figure:: ./iio_info_out.png
:scale: 100
:align: center
Accessing Node-RED
******************
Once your BeaglePlay is booted up and connected to your computer, access it from your browser by typing
``192.168.7.2:1880`` in your address bar.
Creating a basic flow
*********************
In this flow we'll take a look at how we can get the accelerometer readings output on the node
red console.
First, let's insert the exec function block. This will help us capture a linux command from
an entry like `/sys/bus/iio/...`.
Double click on the function block and in the command paste:
.. code-block:: bash
cat /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio\:device0.../in_accel_x_raw
Give it some name and press Done.
Next, we add the "Debug" node and connect it to the previous function block we made
to get the output.
Optionally, as shown in the video we can also "Inject" a timestamp into the
function block which will then go into the debug console to give us the logs
with timestamps.
.. figure:: ./nodered-debug-logs.png
:scale: 100
:align: center
Adding a Gauge
**************
.. figure:: ./nodered-base-flow.png
:scale: 100
:align: center
.. figure:: ./nodered-base-flow-output.png
:scale: 100
:align: center
Adding a Graph and 3 Axis
**************************
.. todo::
* Add flow diagram
* Show the output
.. figure:: ./nodered-complete-gauges-flow.png
:scale: 100
:align: center
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