Contributing

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

First-time contributors should read through the documentation, then check out the open issues.

Project Structure

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

• mote-firmware
  • Embedded firmware for the RP2354 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.