TakkFast Basics
Introduction
The TakkFast is a I2C to USB brigde with custom firmware which makes it possible to sample the TakkStrips at high speed.
Currently supports Ubuntu only
Installing the drivers
Ubuntu
Tested on Ubuntu 11.10
0) Plug the TakkFast to the computer
1) Check that the device enamurates
Open terminal window and type:
lsusb
and look for line which lists device 59e3:74c7
Bus 002 Device 009: ID 59e3:74c7
2) Download the code
git clone --recursive git://github.com/TakkTile/TakkTile-usb.git
3) Install the PyUSB-1.0 Python module.
cd TakkTile-usb/PyUSB; sudo python setup.py install
4) Update permissions
sudo cp 71-takktile.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/
5) Plug the TakkFast to the USB port
6) Run the example
cd TakkTile-usb
sudo python TakkTile.py
The data from the sensors should be now shown in the terminal screen.
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