Spork Console Emulator

This is an emulator for the spork_console project, which normally runs on custom hardware, for it to run on computers. The purpose is mainly for easier development.

The project is based on this basic C++ SDL project.

Dependencies

• Git
• C/C++ Compiler (gcc, clang, etc.)
• CMake
• SDL2 library

On Debian/Ubuntu based distributions, use the following command:

sudo apt install git build-essential pkg-config cmake cmake-data libsdl2-dev

Build instructions

# Clone this repo
git clone https://github.com/benanderman/spork_console_emulator.git
cd spork_console_emulator

# Clone spork_console repo into src (symlinking can also work if your compiler supports it)
cd src
git clone https://github.com/benanderman/spork_console.git
cd ..

# Create a build folder
mkdir build
cd build

# Build
cmake ..
make

# Run
./spork-console-emulator

# Controls are: arrows, A, S, tab, enter.

Code overview

include/arduino.h: Declares (and in some cases defines) the Arduino functions used by spork_console.

src/arduino.cpp: Defines the functions declared in arduino.h, and handles keyboard input.

src/main.cpp: Sets up SDL, creates the window, and calls the spork_console entrypoint, loop().

src/neopixels.cpp: An alternate definition for Neopixels in spork_console/neopixels.h, which renders to the window.

src/renderer.h: Exposes the renderer and window defined in main.cpp for use in arduino.cpp and neopixels.cpp.