Connecting to and Arduino with MPF

[brian90254]

Hi folks,

This is probably garbage, but I asked ChatGPT to write a config example that would connect to an Arduino, and this is what it gave me:

`hardware:
platform: mpf_system
connections:
- port: /dev/ttyACM0 # Replace with the correct serial port for your Arduino
baud: 9600
default_led_boards: arduino

switches:
s_start_button:
number: 1
platform: mpf
connection: port1
debounce: 10ms

lights:
l_red:
platform: mpf
connection: arduino
number: 1
type: light
l_green:
platform: mpf
connection: arduino
number: 2
type: light
l_yellow:
platform: mpf
connection: arduino
number: 3
type: light

modes:
attract:
start_events: ball_started
lights:
l_red:
color: red
l_green:
color: green
l_yellow:
color: yellow
switches:
s_start_button:
events_when_activated: start`

So, right off the bat, "platform: mpf_system" doesn't seem to be a real thing, but maybe it should? Or, maybe there's another platform definition that would make this work? Same for "connection: arduino", and so on...

Any ideas? Basically looking for a generic way to have MPF talk to an Arduino. And yes, someone probably has something on GitHub, but looking for a dead-simple example that's easy to read.

Thanks!
B

[cobra18t]

The supported hardware platforms are listed here: https://docs.missionpinball.org/hardware/index.html

I am not aware of a generic Arduino platform for MPF. The Arduino Pinball Controller uses the LISY protocol and uses a combo of an Arduino and Raspberry Pi Zero.