Project Description

This python project is an automation tool to control some hardware with your computer. It uses the PySide6 library for a graphical user interface (GUI) and the serial library to communicate with an Arduino controller which manages the hardware. The CSV file containing required details is read using Pandas, a powerful library for data analysis in Python.

Module Descriptions

The project is split into three different files:

1. app.py: This file is the main application, it creates a GUI using PySide6 which allows user to interact with the application. The GUI comprises of elements including buttons, checkboxes, sliders etc. It leverages ArdiunoTalk and saveFileAsArr classes to communicate with Arduino and manipulate data respectively. It also includes keyboard event to trigger function via key press.
2. talkToArduino.py: This file includes class ArdiunoTalk which establishes communication with Arduino and sends angles by writing to serial. It also includes functionality to enable/disable the Arduino operation.
3. readCSV.py: This file contains a function to read a CSV file and return its contents as a list of tuples. It uses pandas library to accomplish this.

Setup & Usage

You can run the project simply by running the app.py file in a python environment that has the PySide6, Pandas, and serial libraries installed. This opens a graphical user interface which can be used to interact with the connected Arduino. This application assumes that the Arduino is connected to the computer and there exists a CSV file named test.csv in the same directory containing the required information in the format needed.

Functionality

Once enabled by checking the Enable All checkbox on the UI, you can then interact with:

• Home button to set all angles to 0.
• The three dials to manually adjust angles.
• A list of predefined named buttons that represent specific sequences of angles, which are read from a CSV file.
• An E-Stop button can be used to discontinue execution of any ongoing command. This is a very flexible codebase and can be edited according to your individual needs. For further queries & understanding about the code, kindly delve into the files.