Contributing

Mote is an open-source project hosted by Cornell University’s EmPRISE Lab. Thoughful contributions are welcome and appreciated.

First time contributors are recommended to read through the documentation, then check out the open issues.

Project Structure

mote-core contains the core libraries required for Mote to function. It includes the following components:

• mote-firmware
  • Embedded firmware for the RP2350 MCU
• mote-api
  • Defines message types and serialization protocols for communicating with Mote
• mote-ffi
  • Foreign Function Interface (FFI)
  • Wraps mote-api in Python, C++, and Typescript libraries, allowing popular application languages to communicate with Mote
• mote-configuration
  • Webpage used to configure / debug Mote
  • Uses the mote-ffi Typescript library to read / write configuration values, connect the robot to the network, and display errors
• mote-hardware
  • KiCAD circuit board design files
• mote-book
  • You’re reading it!
  • Documentation and tutorials

Extension repositories use libraries from mote-ffi to implement bridges to other frameworks. mote-ros, for example, wraps mote-ffi’s C++ library to implement a Robot Operating System (ROS) node for the robot.