Published March 11, 2020 © GPL3+

Arduino Nano 33 IoT Remote Debugging + Coding

Working through a problem, but only you have the hardware? Want to work with someone remotely as if they were there? This is for you...

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Arduino Nano 33 IoT Remote Debugging + Coding

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino Nano 33 IoT

Or any Other supported board

STMicroelectronics STLinkv2 Hardware Debugger

Or any Other supported Hardware Debugger

Jumper wires (generic)

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017

Visual Micro

Story

There are often situations where you either don't have the hardware available as its shared between a group, or you have the hardware but need some help working through an issue..

Whether it be in an Educational setting, or in a professional remote working scenario with staff or contractors, the difficulties are the same, and you often end up with at best one person at a time working on the project.

Using Live Share we can allow remote access to our Arduino project code, as well as the Hardware Debugger controls and watch information, as if everyone was sat together around one machine, with additional features to make this as seamless as possible.

Sharer(whohasthehardware):

Load the Solution you wish to work on, and click on the Live Share button in the top right of the IDE

This may give a Hint about allowing this application through your firewall, press OK

If access through the firewall is requsted, press OK to confirm it is allowed

A new "Live Share" window will appear in your IDE, and there will be a notification at the top of the IDE

Click [More Info] to find out more detail, or just [Copy Link] to put the shared session link in your clipboard

Share the link copied via Email / Skype (or another mechanism) with the team mates you wish to join the session

Wait for them to join.....

NOTE: When the Sharer Disconnects the session, this will disconnect and close all other sessions joined by other users as well.

Joiners(upto5!):

Once you have the link, simply click on it.

This will load a Web Page, and request to open a file with Visual Studio - press the "Open With Visual Studio" button to load the Shared VS

Now you can also load any files or windows you wish in your session, as if you are on the Sharers machine

NOTE: All Users will have a "Live Share" Window showing who is connected to the session, and where each other are (file name) in the solution, as well as a Status indicator so you can show when each other are available or actively working on the solution.

An Example

The below video goes through the basic setup process, and shows an active hardware debugging session being shared between two running instances as if they were remote.

Using Live Share to Remotely work on an Arduino Project

Further Information

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Code

const int motor = 12;
int currentMotorPWM = 0;
unsigned long currentPeriodStartTime = 0;
unsigned int currentPeriod_MS = 1000;
unsigned int currentResolution = 254;
unsigned int maxResolution = 254;
int currentPWMVal = 0;
unsigned long loopCounter = 0;

void setup() {
	pinMode(motor, OUTPUT);
	analogWrite(motor, currentPWMVal);
}

void loop() {
	currentPWMVal = calculateCurrentPWM_sine((millis() - currentPeriodStartTime) % currentPeriod_MS);
	pwmWrite(currentPWMVal);
	loopCounter++;
}

// Encapsualtion 
int calculateCurrentPWM_spiky(unsigned long periodTime) {
	return calculateCurrentPWMMultiplier(periodTime) * currentResolution;
}

int calculateCurrentPWM_sine(unsigned long periodTime) {
	return
		round(
			abs(int(
			(
				sin(
				(
					double(calculateCurrentPWM_spiky(periodTime))
					/ 165.00
					)
				)
				)
				* double(currentResolution)
				)
			)
		);
}


int oldValue = -1;
void pwmWrite(int value) {
	if (oldValue != value) {
		analogWrite(motor, value);
		oldValue = value;
		Serial.print(",");
		Serial.print(value);
	}
}

double calculateCurrentPWMMultiplier(unsigned long periodTime) {
	if ((double(periodTime % currentPeriod_MS) / double((currentPeriod_MS / 2.00))) <= 1.00) {
		return (double(periodTime % currentPeriod_MS) / double((currentPeriod_MS / 2.00)));
	}
	else {
		return (1.00 - ((double(periodTime % currentPeriod_MS) - double((currentPeriod_MS / 2.00))) / double((currentPeriod_MS / 2.00))));
	}
}

Credits

arduinocc

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Arduino Nano 33 IoT Remote Debugging + Coding

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Software apps and online services

Story

An Example

Further Information

Schematics

Example Nano33 IoT Connection Diagram

Code

NanoDebugExample.ino

Calcs.ino

Credits

arduinocc

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Arduino Nano 33 IoT Remote Debugging + Coding

Arduino Nano 33 IoT Remote Debugging + Coding

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Software apps and online services

Story

Setting up a Share

An Example

Further Information

Schematics

Example Nano33 IoT Connection Diagram

Code

NanoDebugExample.ino

Calcs.ino

Credits

arduinocc

Comments

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