johnny-five is very promising

src/setup/index.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
-import Firmata from 'firmata';
 import { SuBoard } from './support';
+import { Board } from 'johnny-five';
 
-export const comport: string = '/dev/ttyUSB1';
-export const board: Firmata = new Firmata(comport);
+export const comport: string = '/dev/ttyUSB0';
+export const board: Board = new Board({
+    port: comport,
+    repl: false,
+    debug: false
+});
 
 export const suBoard: SuBoard = new SuBoard();