DaisyBed -- a soft landing for my adventures into Electro-Smith Daisy audio platform.

last updated: August 6, 2026

DaisyBed

trying to simplify development on the Electro-Smith Daisy Patch.Init() and Patch Submodule board with libDaisy and DaisySP.

structure

daisybed/
├── package.json               # convenience scripts (configure / build / flash), per firmware
├── lib/
│   ├── libDaisy/               # git submodule
│   └── DaisySP/               # git submodule
├── shared/                    # reusable helpers shared across firmware projects
│   ├── any shared .h or .cpp files
│   └── cmake/
│       └── daisybed.cmake     # included by each project: sets up libDaisy + DaisySP
└── patches/                   # one self-contained CMake project per firmware
    ├── my-cool-patch/       #   CMakeLists.txt + src/ + build/ (per-project)

There is intentionally no top-level CMakeLists.txt. Each firmware is a standalone CMake project that pulls in libDaisy + DaisySP via shared/cmake/daisybed.cmake. This keeps libDaisy's ARM toolchain autodetect working (it runs in the same scope as the project's project() call) and lets you configure/build/flash one firmware at a time without touching the others.

shared/ is exposed as the daisybed_shared INTERFACE library (header-only include path). Projects that need a .cpp from it (e.g. knob.cpp, Voice.cpp) list it in their own FIRMWARE_SOURCES.

getting started

requirements

CMake: Version 3.26 or higher.
ARM Cross-compiler toolchain: For building the project.
dfu-util: For flashing the firmware.

building a firmware

clone the repository:

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/alexander-daniel/daisybed.git
cd daisybed

configure one firmware (each gets its own build dir under the project; this also wires up the shared/ compile database for clangd):
```
FW=basic-monosynth npm run configure
```
build it:
```
FW=basic-monosynth npm run build
```

flashing

FW=basic-monosynth npm run flash

-a 0: select the first alt setting -s 0x08000000:leave: specify the address to flash the firmware to and leave the device in DFU mode after flashing -D patches/$FW/build/$FW.bin: specify the path to the firmware binary -d ,0483:df11: specify the USB VID:PID of the device

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.