README.md

Dreamboat

A motorised four-poster bed designed to move in surreal and dreamlike ways.

This repo is for the control software running in the hand-held controller on a Raspberry Pi.

Other resources:

• CAD (left-most tabs)
• Gallery
• Repo for the drive and steering motor and sensor controller code and PCB design
• Parts and calculations

Setup

1. Install requirements (tested on Ubuntu 22.04):

   • Node.js v14:

     curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x -o nodesource_setup.sh
     sudo bash nodesource_setup.sh
     sudo apt install nodejs
     

   • Packages for building electron modules:

     sudo apt-get install build-essential clang libdbus-1-dev libgtk-3-dev \
                         libnotify-dev libasound2-dev libcap-dev \
                         libcups2-dev libxtst-dev \
                         libxss1 libnss3-dev curl \
                         gperf bison python3-dbusmock openjdk-8-jre
     

2. Clone the repo.
3. In the project directory for the repo run ./rebuild.sh.

Run the simulation

In the project directory run ./run.sh