MediaTek LinkIt™ Smart 7688 Developer's Guide
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npm init
After about 10 seconds, you’ll be prompted to enter several inputs such as a name for app, version
and description etc. as shown in Figure 43. This is a set up process for the node application. For
this tutorial, press enter for all questions.
Figure 43 Set up the Node.js application prompt
8)
In the
root@myLinkIt:~/app#
prompt, create a file named app.js by entering the
following command.
vim app.js
9)
Press
i
to insert the below codes in the editor. For example:
var m = require('mraa');
var ledState = true;
var myLed = new m.Gpio(44); // GPIO44 is the Wi-Fi LED
myLed.dir(m.DIR_OUT);
function periodicActivity() {
myLed.write(ledState ? 1 : 0);
ledState = !ledState;
setTimeout(periodicActivity, 1000);
}
periodicActivity();
10)
Press
:wq!
to save the
app.js
file.
