TiLDA MK4/Run Code

Through the REPL

• Todo: Please write how to do that on different operating systems
• todo: how to use a REPL

Important: once connected to the serial port, you'll only see output the badge sends (usually none). Hit Ctrl+C to exit from the current process and get back the REPL.

Windows/WSL

Identify serial device

The serial device should be a COM port that only shows when you plug the badge in, e.g. COM4:

1. Open Computer Management (compmgmt.msc)
2. Navigate to Device Manager
3. Expand Ports (COM & LPT)

Alternatively in PowerShell:

Get-WMIObject Win32_SerialPort | select DeviceID,Description

Connect to identified device

Open PuTTY, enter the COM port found above, e.g. COM4, select Serial, and click Open.

Alternatively in WSL:

sudo screen /dev/ttyS{n}

where {n} is the numeric part of the COM port (e.g. /dev/ttyS4 for COM4). Use Ctrl+A, D to disconnect.

Use the "mass storage" app

• Only works on OSX at present (2nd Sept 2018)
• easy to do
• make sure to safely eject every time
• has a tendency to corrupt the filesystem - link to reset instructions
• hard to debug errors
• todo: add more information

Use Mk4-Apps tilda_tools

• Probably most convenient, but a bit more involved:
• You can use "./tilda_tools run <file.py>" to run code without copying anything, but if you want to make sure you have all your libraries updated use "./tilda_tools app my_app" instead.
• https://badge.emfcamp.org/wiki/TiLDA_MK4/tilda-tools