From 6f72d8aa07877f53299d43081203cd1f60fffcf8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: klein panic <kleinpanice@proton.me>
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 01:16:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] initial commit

---
 arduino_board_list.sh | 10 ++++++++++
 board_selection.lua   | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 arduino_board_list.sh
 create mode 100644 board_selection.lua

diff --git a/arduino_board_list.sh b/arduino_board_list.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b8f6292
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arduino_board_list.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Search for all possible boards, remove the header, and clean up whitespace lines
+arduino-cli board search | tail -n +2 | sed '/^\s*$/d' > /tmp/arduino_boards.txt
+
+# Ensure the file has the correct permissions for Lua to read
+chmod 644 /tmp/arduino_boards.txt
+
+# Print a message indicating that the process is complete
+echo "All possible boards have been listed in /tmp/arduino_boards.txt"
diff --git a/board_selection.lua b/board_selection.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aeec224
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board_selection.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+-- Open the file for reading
+local file = io.open("/tmp/arduino_boards.txt", "r")
+if not file then
+  print("Error: Could not open /tmp/arduino_boards.txt")
+  return
+end
+
+-- Read the file into a table
+local boards = {}
+for line in file:lines() do
+  local board_name, fqbn = line:match("^(.-)%s+(%w+:%w+)$")
+  if board_name and fqbn then
+    table.insert(boards, { name = board_name, fqbn = fqbn })
+  end
+end
+file:close()
+
+-- Display the header
+print("Available Arduino Boards:")
+print("No.  Board Name                                   FQBN")
+print("---------------------------------------------------------")
+
+-- Display the list of boards
+for i, board in ipairs(boards) do
+  print(string.format("%-3d  %-40s  %s", i, board.name, board.fqbn))
+end
+
+-- Ask the user to choose a board
+io.write("Enter the number of the board you want to select: ")
+local choice = tonumber(io.read())
+
+if choice and boards[choice] then
+  local selected_board = boards[choice]
+  print("You selected: " .. selected_board.name)
+  print("FQBN: " .. selected_board.fqbn)
+else
+  print("Invalid selection.")
+end