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Contents 1 Compatibility Pinguino vs. Arduino 1.1 Supported Arduino Libraries Status 1.1.1 Standard 1.1.2 Communication (networking and protocols) 1.1.3 Frequency Generation and Audio 1.1.4 Motors and PWM 1.1.5 Timing 1.1.6 Utilities 1.2 Pinguino Specific Libraries 1.3 Unsupported Arduino Standard and Contributed Libraries

Compatibility Pinguino vs. Arduino

Pinguino boards can be programmed using of a Python IDE, available as a FREE download.

Compatibilty has been tested and is almost 100%. However, some libraries are still under development by the Pinguino Dev. Team (Ethernet & Android ADK) and some others will not be supported due to a lack of time or a lack of interest (SoftwareSerial, Matrix & Sprite). You're welcome to provide these "unsupported" libraries to the community ;o)

Most of the libraries are enriched with specifics Pinguino instructions (for example, you can use Serial.printf with Serial library).

32-bit Pinguino programs are compiled with a C/C++ Compiler which is a GNU-Mips toolchain based on GCC 4.5.2, binutils 2.21 and Newlib 1.19.

8-bit Pinguino uses SDCC 2.9.0 compiler.

Supported Arduino Libraries Status

Standard

• ✔ EEPROM - reading and writing to "permanent" storage
• ✖ Ethernet - for connecting to the internet using the Arduino Ethernet Shield
• ✔ LiquidCrystal - for controlling liquid crystal displays (LCDs)
• ✔ SD - for reading and writing SD cards
• ✔ Servo - for controlling servo motors
• ✔ SPI - for communicating with devices using the Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) Bus
• ✔ Stepper - for controlling stepper motors
• ✔ Wire - Two Wire Interface (TWI/I2C) for sending and receiving data over a net of devices or sensors.

Communication (networking and protocols)

• ✔ OneWire - control devices (from Dallas Semiconductor) that use the One Wire protocol.
• ✔ XBee - for communicating with XBees in API mode
• ✔ Debounce - for reading noisy digital inputs (e.g. from buttons)
• ✔ Improved LCD library fixes LCD initialization bugs in official Arduino LCD library
• ✔ GLCD - graphics routines for LCD based on the KS0108 or equivalent chipset.

Frequency Generation and Audio

• ✔ Tone - generate audio frequency square waves in the background on any microcontroller pin

Motors and PWM

• ✖ TLC5940 - 16 channel 12 bit PWM controller.

Timing

• ✔ DateTime - a library for keeping track of the current date and time in software.

Utilities

• ✖ TextString aka String - handle strings
• ✖ PString - a lightweight class for printing to buffers
• ✖ Streaming - a method to simplify print statements

Pinguino Specific Libraries

• ✔ Interrupt - Simple interrupt manipulation library (OnEvent, OnTimer0, OnChange, ...)
• ✔ PWM - Native PWM hardware support
• ✔ DS18B20 - specific one-wire temperature sensor library
• ✔ Zigbee - MRF24J40 wireless module
• ✔ Android ADB - provides an Android class to use Pinguino 32 with devices with Android 1.6 and up
• ✖ Android ADK - provides an Android class to use Pinguino 32 with devices with Android 2.3.4 and up
• ✔ RTCC - Real Time Clock and Calendar library
• ✔ USB - Native USB hardware support with CDC (USB-Serial), host and OTG (On-The-Go) support
• ✔ PCF8574 - I2C I/O expander library
• ✔ LCDI2C - for controlling liquid crystal displays (LCDs) with I2C protocol
• ✔ List - High-level library to manipulate lists

Unsupported Arduino Standard and Contributed Libraries

• ✖ Firmata - for communicating with applications on the computer using a standard serial protocol.
• ✖ SoftwareSerial (NewSoftSerial) - for serial communication on any digital pins (Pinguino32 gives you up to 9 serial channels)
• ✖ Matrix - Basic LED Matrix display manipulation library
• ✖ Sprite - Basic image sprite manipulation library for use in animations with an LED matrix
• ✖ Messenger - for processing text-based messages from the computer
• ✖ PS2Keyboard - read characters from a PS2 keyboard.
• ✖ Simple Message System - send messages between Arduino and the computer
• ✖ SSerial2Mobile - send text messages or emails using a cell phone (via AT commands over software serial)
• ✖ Webduino - extensible web server library (for use with the Arduino Ethernet Shield)
• ✖ X10 - Sending X10 signals over AC power lines
• ✖ SerialControl - Remote control other Arduinos over a serial connection
• ✖ Capacitive Sensing - turn two or more pins into capacitive sensors
• ✖ LedControl - for controlling LED matrices or seven-segment displays with a MAX7221 or MAX7219.
• ✖ LedControl - an alternative to the Matrix library for driving multiple LEDs with Maxim chips.
• ✖ LedDisplay - control of a HCMS-29xx scrolling LED display.
• ✖ Metro - help you time actions at regular intervals (supported in Interrupt library)
• ✖ MsTimer2 - uses the timer 2 interrupt to trigger an action every N milliseconds (supported in Interrupt library)