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###### The Thermoflex muscle is a current activated artificial muscle that is designed to have a low profile usage and simple activation and deactivation sequence. The purpose of this library is 2-fold; to become the working backend of the Delta hardware application and to allow for open-source development of the Nitinol muscle.
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## First steps
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Ensure that you have a Node and Muscle device.
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Install the thermoflex library. You can do this 3 different ways.
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1. Type this command into Powershell
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```
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pip install thermoflex
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```
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2. From the thermoflex repository, download the python-serial folder,cd to the build folder, and type this command.
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```bash
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pip install thermoflex-0.0.3.tar.gz
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```
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3. After downloading the thermoflex repository, cd into the folder and type this command
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```bash
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pip install python-serial/
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```
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After installing the library, connect the Muscle to the Node and the Node to the computer.
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There is an example python script muscle-simple.py in the getting started folder to help you understand the flow of the system.
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Simply run the file and the muscle should contract, update for 5 seconds, and then release. Then the program will end.
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The README in the thermoflex repository has a glossary containing all of the working commands.
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