基于RPi和LXD的ESP32开发环境

2022-11-22 作者： Fisherworks

对于在板子手动重启时经常把ESP32带进下载模式的问题，LAN8720所需的上/下拉电阻恐怕是最大嫌犯。于是斥巨资近CNY 10元采购了万用板、线仔包和各种直/弯母座，终于搞了MKII —— 重启可靠性问题果然迎刃而解。

过程中，基于lxd的Debian in Debian做了套新环境，顺手也试了试C语言的esp-idf编译，用起来整体感觉很顺手。

Yes, it actually performs nicely to work on ESP32 development in debian bullseye LXD in Pi OS, no mater you’re working on hardcore C lang based esp-idf or the nice & easy micropython development.

“Hmm… so you need a standard Debian in a derived Debian? “

Well, since I found out that LXD is something very helpful to isolate different needs on different Linux distributions in different containers, while it kinda works pretty much like vm (instead of docker) since it’s easy to config the resources consumption or even usb devices pass-through, and the most important – having its own block storage which can be exported into a single archive.
Then, the only thing I can’t agree with, could be the deep connection with the snapd. Instead of switching to another distribution, such as Arch, I choose to build the LXD of my own (on both Pi OS aarch64 and Ubuntu 22.04 X86_64). Thanks to the good documentation, the stuff (native lxd without the snap crxp) works like a charm.

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ESP32 + Microdot + uPy-uasyncio

2022-11-12 作者： Fisherworks

基于ESP32和micropython制作的家用温湿度计原型机。可通过网页控制GPIO和OLED显示，为HA等其他服务提供访问环境传感器的实时数据API。使用uasyncio的协程实现非抢占式的异步多任务控制，估测效果应该不如基于C的RTOS，但胜在代码量小，写起来简单吧。

This ESP32 and micropython-uasyncio based indoor ambient sensors are basically working as expected, with web-controlled OLED display, and a quite simple http api for other services like home assistant to query the realtime data. The multitasking runs on non-preempt Python coroutine, which is theoretically incompetent against those C + RTOS stuff, but it wins on simplicity from my point of view, so far at least.

Hardware components：

• NodeMCU (ESP32-WROOM-32E)
• 1.3 inch OLED (SH1106, SPI/I2C, 128×64)
• BME280 sensor (ambient temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure)

Software libs：

• Micropython 1.19.1 (for ESP32)
• Microdot (minimalistic Python web framework which supports uasyncio)
• Driver libs of all hardware components.

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ESP32 + uPython + uaiohttpclient

2022-11-05 作者： Fisherworks

Updated 2022-12-01: Let go this rough  uaiohttpclient since it’s kind too simple (just GET, no POST, and lacking almost anything needed) to be integrated to something really useful. So currently I’m using someone’s own stuff (async mod on urequests) that works – from the REPO HERE.

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This is a basic test around the async http client of micropython, which is NOT built-in with the official uPy image on download page of offcial site. Anyway it can be easily installed thru the  upip  – make sure you have sufficient free RAM before the installation though, otherwise it could fail.

I somehow guess that the reason it’s not included in standard build might be… the asyncio is not quite common among the uPy developers? So people can use the built-in urequests instead.

Well I’m not an async – await Python guy on Mac/Linux either (since we’ve an powerful O/S anyway), but here I consider it might be the only method, AFAIK, to make my ESP32 nodeMCU work with kinda multi-tasking with uPy, non-preemptive, though. If not, then I’m about to be left with no choice and head back to the C stuff (with a traditional RTOS), right?

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