readme.md: minor formatting and content changes
Clarified the need for explicit call to addSubplatform when libmraa is installed from NPM, fixed heading, added link to Firmata subplatforms.
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<img src="http://iotdk.intel.com/misc/logos/mraa.png" height="150px" width="auto" algt="Mraa Logo"/>
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+
libmraa - Low Level Skeleton Library for Communication on GNU/Linux platforms
-==============
+=============================================================================
Libmraa is a C/C++ library with bindings to Java, Python and JavaScript to
interface with the IO on Galileo, Edison & other platforms, with a structured
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ X86
* [Galileo Gen 2 - Rev H](../master/docs/galileorevh.md)
* [Edison](../master/docs/edison.md)
* [Intel DE3815](../master/docs/intel_de3815.md)
-* [Minnowboard Max](../master/docs/minnow_max.md)
+* [Minnowboard](../master/docs/minnow_max.md)
* [NUC 5th generation](../master/docs/intel_nuc5.md)
* [UP](../master/docs/up.md)
* [Intel Joule](../master/docs/joule.md)
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ FPGA
USB
---
* [FT4222](../master/docs/ftdi_ft4222.md)
+* [Firmata](../master/docs/firmata.md)
Mock
----
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libmraa1 libmraa-dev mraa-tools python-mraa python3-mraa
```
-Node.js package is available seperately.
+Node.js package is available separately.
Install on Arch Linux
---------------------
@@ -106,6 +108,9 @@ use mraa_init_json_platform(). Also building this way means the mraa.node
includes a static version of libmraa rather than relying on a dynamic library
in /usr/lib.
+Subplatforms (i.e. Firmata) have to be added manually with this kind of install
+from your application, as shown in [this example](examples/javascript/firmata.js).
+
Installing on Intel 32bit Yocto based opkg image
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