At a minimum, you will need:

• Windows 10;

• Visual Studio 2019 Community Edition;

• Arduino IDE 1.8;

• this code repository (download or clone);

• the components for the device you are going to build.

At the time of writing this README document, the only supported device is the Arduino Uno R3.

I have made a Fritzing diagram, exported as a breadboard wiring image. I have also exported a BOM (bill of materials) as your shopping list for this project.

These are found in the Device/UnoR3 folder.

The README file in that folder has more detail.

Open the solution file SimDisplay.sln in folder Service/Windows using Visual Studio 2019.

Build the solution which will create a Windows 64-bit Console application called SimDisplayCLI.

More detailed instructions and information can be found in the README file in the Service folder.

and upload the firmware to your device

Under Device/UnoR3 you will find the Arduino IDE project file UnoR3.ino.

This is the embedded software that will run on the Arduino Uno R3 board microcontroller: it receives telemetry data from the Windows host via the USB-to-serial interface and drives all the connected LEDs and the Hitachi 16x2 dot matrix character display.

You must build and upload this software to the Arduino Uno R3, and you must connect all the devices the board before being able to see telemetry data.

The Arduino IDE is free software and can be downloaded from https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software You can compile and upload the project to your Arduino board from the avialble Web Editor without installing the IDE on your computer if you so wish.

For more information, refer to the README.adoc file in the folder Device/UnoR3.