#circuitpython-dev
crimson ferry
I don't know all of the right idioms and syntax, but can we improve esp32-s2 wi-fi connect "Unknown failure" by either including the error number here https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/blob/80fa60d4ef6a054cc481318caba96ef8d77fc026/ports/esp32s2/common-hal/wifi/Radio.c#L177 and here https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/blob/80fa60d4ef6a054cc481318caba96ef8d77fc026/shared-bindings/wifi/Radio.c#L225, or catching more cases in both spots?
hearty tapir
I don't know all of the right idioms and syntax, but can we improve esp32-s2 wi-...
https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/latest/esp32s2/api-guides/wifi.html#wi-fi-reason-code <- those would be the reason codes
I agree that it would be good to narrow down the root cause a bit more
crimson ferry
@hearty tapir thanks, see https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/issues/3837, I don't know the right way to implement this for "Unknown failure"
hearty tapir
I now remember that I saw this posted by you 🙂
crimson ferry
I'm pondering a PR to expand reason codes handled in the event handler, but that doesn't address "Unknown failure" on connect (except that some additional errors would be retried - I still think it would be good to have more clarity about which error is failing connect)
lone sandal
hearty tapir
I'm currently installing STM32CubeIDE to try my new Nucleo-F446ZE and later the Adafruit FEATHER STM32F405 EXPRESS
Saw some cool videos by Digikey on the STM32, but somehow picked the wrong Nucleo board .. I meant to choose one with Ethernet. Fortunately those boards are quite affordable, thus I'll just start to play with it and when I really want to enter the Ethernet stuff will buy another one 🙂
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lone axle
If I am interested in having a TileGrid that has readable width and height properties after being created, would it make more sense for me to use python code to make a class that extends TileGrid, or would it make more sense to try modifying the core code to have TileGrid support those readable properties?
strange pike
If I am interested in having a TileGrid that has readable `width` and `height` p...
there's a comment on one of the recent issues about subclassing native classes being troublesome; seems to be an area of difference btwn circuitpython and cpython:
https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/issues/3897#issuecomment-752731911
fossil gorge
I've tried looking around on the learn guides and elsewhere, but I couldn't find any answer to this, although maybe I need new glasses for the new year...
What environments do folks use to do CircuitPython work? IDEs? Text Editor + scripts/macros? Something else?
crimson ferry
Mu, Atom with CircuitPython package, VS Code with CircuitPython extension, any offline editor with an explicit copy to the device, any serial console (e.g., screen), circup
I use a shell script to load the subset of libraries I use onto all devices, although when I'm using VS Code it updates automatically (pros and cons to that)
fossil gorge
Thanks for that insight @crimson ferry. Going over my original question, I realize I really didn't state what I was asking clearly!
What I meant to as is, for those who are developing the CircuitPython language and platform itself, that is, in github.com/adafruit/circuitpython, what is used?
lone axle
@fossil gorge Scott (one of the core devs) uses mostly terminal editor I think. I don't know if he ever went over his environment specifically, but you can see it in use during his deep dive streams.
pure swallow
There’s a pin on the FeatherS2 labeled “13”. I looked at the schematic and that pin seems to be connected to IO14 not IO13, but there’s no board.IO14 in circuitpython 6.1.0-beta.3. Does anyone know what is going on?
tulip sleet
@atomic summit ^^
atomic summit
@pure swallow Oh WOW, Yeah, that should say IO14 - never picked that up 😦
PCB silk and pinout card are both wrong 😦 ouch!
I'l get that fixed for my next PCB run, thanks @pure swallow
pure swallow
Okay, thanks. :)
atomic summit
Now I know why IO13 was declared twice in pins.c - one should have been IO14 😦
manic glacierBOT
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slender iron
If I am interested in having a TileGrid that has readable `width` and `height` p...
I'm fine with it being native but I'm a little worried about having the space to do it
slender iron
<@!361158808501747735> Scott (one of the core devs) uses mostly terminal editor ...
Sublime Text to edit code + terminal for building and connecting to CP
manic glacierBOT
atomic summit
@pure swallow I've just added a PR that will allow you to correctly use that pin as IO14 - And I have updated the pinout image on http://featherS2.io as well. Thanks HEAPS for making me aware of this - hardware is fun 😜
@meager fog I'll be fixing all of the printed pinout cards for new boards being shipping to Adafruit, and I'll fix the silk on the next PCB run.
fossil gorge
Sublime Text to edit code + terminal for building and connecting to CP
Thank you for the insight Scott!
crimson ferry
socketpool code https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/blob/dcf88e1e91e26538133b353c9fbdbb4121616e7a/ports/esp32s2/common-hal/socketpool/SocketPool.c#L46 seems to inferproto from family, so should the proto param & comments be deleted for now from the docs? https://circuitpython.readthedocs.io/en/latest/shared-bindings/socketpool/index.html#socketpool.SocketPool.socket
tropic rain
I'm not seeing anything in circuitpython for I2S input, like for a microphone such as the I2S MEMS Microphone Breakout that you folks offer. Am I missing something or has it not been implemented yet? And if it's not, is it in future plans?
ivory yew
There isn't an i2s in, unfortunately.
Not sure on the plans. Maybe check the github issues?
tropic rain
Thanks. I'll take a look there. If not I might just have to implement it. I'm looking at the Espressif Audio Development Framework atm but it would sure be nice to have this for CPy and for the Arm processors as well.
thorny jay
Sorry, I have just had my Calendar geekness day today (it started by wondering why the Greek orthodox easter was so far from the other easter this year... a moon thing I guess) and I manually made this US minded, Monday minded list.
DD/MM/YYYY
18/01/2021: Martin Luther King Day
15/02/2021: President's Day
31/05/2021: Memorial Day
05/06/2021: Independence Day (observed)
06/09/2021: Labor Day
11/10/2021: Columbus Day
(no clue what is celebrated or not, off or not)
manic glacierBOT
ornate breach
Sorry, I have just had my Calendar geekness day today (it started by wondering w...
Columbus Day is usually observed (many call it Indigenous People’s Day)
meager fog
@gilded cradle helu helu
gilded cradle
true
meager fog
plz do emails and after they're in a good spot, do a sweep of blinka/platform detect
gilded cradle
ok, I'm like 2/3ds done now
meager fog
np
gilded cradle
🙂
turbid radish
?serverinfo
digital shoreBOT
adafruit
dim rose
When I refresh my Magtag lib with the latest version, do I need to reinstall the UF2 bootloader each time?
(newbie alert btw)
meager fog
the bootloader ya only need to install once (if it isnt already installed)
after that, double-click to drag over new circuitpython builds. we do recommend latest build for magtag
cause we are doing so much bug fixin
dim rose
I'm trying to follow the magtag twitter guide and it keeps telling me Authorization Required
i have downloaded and copied over the latest lib files, set myself up with a twitter developer account and got a bearer key
copied that into my secrets.py and so on
meager fog
hmm the twitter project is a bit complex, maybe try some other project first
it does sound like your bearer token may not be right
dim rose
i've managed to do the Xmas wreath and the weather project already
meager fog
then you've got your magtag set up right!
last flame
have you confirmed via curl or similar that your key/secret works OK with the API?
dim rose
that's what I am trying to do right now
last flame
@dim rose
I've not used twitter api but might also be worth re-generating the tokens/bearer via a POST request or whatever their docs suggest. normally you would make a call first to their auth server with key/secret and then get a bearer token back (access_token) - which typically has a lifespan (you could do this via console/terminal or Postman etc). I am not sure though off top of my head if twitter do it this way but regardless, ensure the API is working outside of your code/project first.
It could be that if you're hammering the API during testing, they have killed your default token when you created the app - so you would need to create a new one 😬
dim rose
<@!476844656215457792>
I've not used twitter api but might also be worth re-ge...
Thanks 🙂 I can revoke and regenerate the bearer key via their dashboard. I'll try that and see if the magtag works. Still trying to figure out how to construct the curl command to check if the bearer key works at all, first time using Twitter's API
Actually the problem is not immediately with the bearer key, I just changed it to some gibberish and it STILL says Http Error: code 401: Authorization Required
turbid radish
Adafruit folks - the newsletter is substantially done
dim rose
I just ran an internet test and it connects to io.adafruit.com fine
prime flower
@dim rose hi - I just re-tested the code on the magtag twitter guide and ran into the same HTTP error. Looking at it now.
last flame
@dim rose to get token
curl -X POST "https://api.twitter.com/oauth2/token" \
-H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=UTF-8" \
-u <API_KEY>:<API_KEY_SECRET> \
--data-urlencode "grant_type=client_credentials"
to test resulting token
curl -X GET -H "Authorization: Bearer <BEARER_TOKEN>" \
"https://api.twitter.com/labs/2/tweets/1138505981460193280?expansions=attachments.media_keys&tweet.fields=created_at,author_id,lang,source,public_metrics,context_annotations,entities"
just as quick sanity check
prime flower
@dim rose yeah, it's within the DATA_SOURCE string literal. I'm going to put in a pull request to fix this.
onyx hinge
working on an antialiased version of forkawesome for circuitpython but the difference is .. subtle
gilded cradle
@meager fog Blinka/Platform sweep done. I'm going to do a circup sweep next.
onyx hinge
and something's going wrong with my conversion workflow that I don't understand yet
prime flower
@dim rose @last flame kk - fix is here: https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Learning_System_Guides/pull/1398. I just tested it on my MagTag to verify
meager fog
@gilded cradle yah! we got some great PRs but have not had the time to review - i did a lot of hardware instead 🙂
onyx hinge
@meager fog since I guess maybe this is where we're doing checkins today -- This weekend I finished a web-based bdf to pcf converter (client side conversion, hosted on github pages), which I'd be happy to move under the adafruit organization. I can tell you more about it in the whereby today. Also made progress towards antialiased fonts. My work today includes running the CP meeting. Somehow I never reached addressing the known (to me) i2s crash last week, so I'm still on that.
meager fog
@onyx hinge im here 🙂
onyx hinge
@prime flower aha that would do it! Tricksy.
meager fog
@onyx hinge yah you can move it to adafruit account
prime flower
agreed! I figured they didnt change the oauth api over the holiday...but Microsoft pushed an update as did slack so who knows at this point!
last flame
that was quick @prime flower 😂 🤘
pastel panther
@meager fog 👋 checkin' email/github/forums/etc
onyx hinge
wahoo let there be http://adafruit.github.io/web-bdftopcf/
prime flower
@onyx hinge whoo - going to use this in a bit!
manic glacierBOT
dim rose
<@!426200547024961539> whoo - going to use this in a bit!
Thanks!!!
meager fog
@onyx hinge ok please add a page to the learn guide for fonts that talks about pcf and this converter
pastel panther
@turbid radish Holidays caught me off guard; I can whip up a newsletter entry ASAP wherever need be if it's not too late
onyx hinge
@meager fog yup soon, I want some more tire-kicking first
onyx hinge
ya that I can do
thorny jay
Since you are here @meager fog have you seen that retrogaming platform based on MatrixPortal: https://retro.moe/ it add Bluetooth joystic (using the airlift with a special firmware) and sound with a chiptune extension on SPI over exposed pin (with a piggy bag board). I had a lot of fun with the two player snake demo.
Thank you @turbid radish it's in the newsletter too (or again).
turbid radish
Yes, that sound board add-on for the top of the Matrix Portal is very nice
manic glacierBOT
onyx hinge
Hi <@&356864093652516868> -- we'll have our first meeting of the year in about an hour. Please add your notes to the doc if you can, or at least add your name to the sections where you plan to speak. If you aren't in the document, we'll assume you're lurking or just listening in to make things go smoothly. Thanks ! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pOGIqgcxtlSQ3GSRD1UtbvKXwCyFx_1Gx_n2GhrGD8A/edit?usp=sharing
onyx hinge
hum.
Segmentation fault
also weird ```>>> ulab.ones(5).shape
(0,)
both seem to be fixed in latest ulab, hm
or else affect cp only somehow
idle owl
Hah. gcc:0-me:1.
onyx hinge
yay
idle owl
A majority of which was MacOS:0 - Me:50. Because stupid permissions crap.
tulip sleet
:gnu:
modern wing
Big Sur or Catalina?
idle owl
Catalina.
idle owl
Haven't taken the leap yet.
modern wing
Me neither. I'm terrified of it changing the BIOS and bricking the system, especially on the 2013 mbp.
thorny jay
Maybe my MAC is old enough that they will not propose Big Sur ???
onyx hinge
For those joining the meeting, double check whether you are muted. Some of us were unmuted immediately upon joining. Also, now's a great time to do a sound check and to finish your notes
modern wing
Happy New Years all you wonderful folks -- lurking/text only today, notes doc updated. 
fossil gorge
Late 2013 iMac and Mid-2011 MBP won't harrass you about Big Sur
idle owl
I'm running a 2019 MBP and haven't heard about it from my machine.
fossil gorge
Though the iMac will tell you there's an upgrade to GarageBand, but you can't install it without Big Sur, so 🤷
modern wing
@fossil gorge I hope so for the late 2013 -- I've heard cases where Big Sur tries to apply new firmware to the power chip & the bios, and it doesn't work.
thorny jay
Though the iMac will tell you there's an upgrade to GarageBand, but you can't in...
Yeah, that I have!
fossil gorge
<@!361158808501747735> I hope so for the late 2013 -- I've heard cases where Big...
I think the iMac it falls under the "It's too old" excuse/reason
errant grail
Just listening from the studio today. Absorbed in converting banjo tab notation to MIDI.
idle owl
For anyone going through updating gcc on MacOS, you can get around the security issues on all the bin files with the following command: xattr -d com.apple.quarantine arm-none-eabi-*
Versus opening every bin individually and going through the dance.
fossil gorge
For anyone going through updating gcc on MacOS, you can get around the security ...
You can also point it at a directory, and use the -r flag to recurse
and -c will clear all attribs
idle owl
Right. I put it out there for posterity - folks can change it up to fit their needs.
lone axle
🤯 had no idea you could hide the users list
tidal kiln
lurking
idle owl
Love it 😂
stuck elbow
lurking
idle owl
@inland tusk Are you planning to participate today, or lurking?
thorny jay
@stuck elbow I was looking for games in CircuitPython to run on a PyPortal. (hint, this is to use the joystick from Bluepad32). So I went for ugame/stage. Am I right that this is not compiled in and require some code on the firmware side? And that code is in PyGamer and that kind of things?
thorny jay
lurking (but my mic is working if needed)
solar whale
Does the S3 have native USB?
stuck elbow
@thorny jay _stage needs to be enabled in firmware, so you will need to compile your own firmware, you will also need to write your own ugame.py to add your own button handling and any initialization you need
lone axle
stuck elbow
@thorny jay I'm happy to help with that.
thorny jay
@stuck elbow I need to see the benefits of _stage vs displayio based game. I have not compiled a CP firmware yet... so maybe this is too complex for me. I will first try to write (or borrow) a displayio demo and add joystick to it using this: https://retro.moe/2020/11/24/bluepad32-gamepad-support-for-esp32/
stuck elbow
@thorny jay honestly, there is very little benefit, apart from Stage being a little bit faster because of its limitations, I even re-wrote the games in displayio at some point
thorny jay
@stuck elbow you have a displayio version of your space invader somewhere? I could use that...
stuck elbow
I remember converting it at some point, I'm not sure I published it anywhere, I will look for it later and let you know. It shouldn't be too hard to covert again anyways.
fossil gorge
lurking
thorny jay
By the way, this is two weeks of Hug report... that explain the lenght. 🙂
idle owl
We love long hug reports!
modern wing
Font composting, helps break down unwanted ligatures.
old smelt
Lurking
stuck elbow
@thorny jay not space invaders, but I found this: https://github.com/deshipu/jumper-wire-displayio-pygamer
@thorny jay I also have tetris for the old hallowing: https://github.com/deshipu/hallowing-tetris
modern wing
haha 👍
modern wing
@lone axle Can you link where you got those assets?
lone axle
<@!382939733107408897> Can you link where you got those assets?
https://www.kenney.nl/assets near the bottom of this page are the asset bundles that I got
modern wing
Thanks 🙂
idle owl
Exactly!
fossil gorge
As I've heard it put before for another project, "We want to make it easy for people to fall into the pit of success"
gilded cradle
thanks everyone
thorny jay
Thank you.
modern wing
Thanks!
solar whale
👋
onyx hinge
Next week (Jan 11) is as usual. The following week will be a Tuesday, observing the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday on the 18th.
idle owl
@inland tusk I disconnected you from the chat so you weren't surprised by sound in the event that someone joined and began talking.
Why was bus_device removed from the Circuit Playground Express build? Is the process of moving it to the core already completed?
idle owl
If so, why isn't the CircuitPlayground library seeing it?
lone axle
I think it did get completed, but was disabled due to some issues that were noticed.
idle owl
This explains why the person doing this PR couldn't get it working on CPX.
manic glacierBOT
lone axle
I don't have any specific insight, but would guess it got removed when bus_device got merged into core, and maybe not put back when that was reverted?
idle owl
so.... When no code is running on this CPX, half the LEDs are lit up awkward colors. I have to put a pixels.fill(0) in a loop to get it to stop. Tried two CPXs. Same firmware.
Over half.
onyx hinge
@idle owl I saw something similar on a pygamer with 6.1.
onyx hinge
I didn't report it because I hoped it was just my hw but now ..
idle owl
Always report it. 😛
I always assume it's me, and it's almost never me.
@onyx hinge I'll file an issue.
And you can comment on it.
onyx hinge
thank you!
Belatedly dropping that link to the bdf to pcf font converter I promised during the meeting: http://adafruit.github.io/web-bdftopcf/
solar whale
@idle owl bus_device was in the core briefly, but was disabled and "should" have been restored to be "frozen" where needed. Did the CPX get missed? Looking for the PR.
idle owl
Yes, CPX must have been missed. It's not there in main. I'm building off of main.
idle owl
I'll submit a PR.
tulip sleet
@idle owl @onyx hinge I don't think we need bus device for CPX because the LIS3DH lib doesn't use bus device
onyx hinge
It was in 6.0.1 .. FROZEN_MPY_DIRS += $(TOP)/frozen/Adafruit_CircuitPython_BusDevice
git show 6.0.1:ports/atmel-samd/boards/circuitplayground_express/mpconfigboard.mk
idle owl
@tulip sleet CircuitPlayground lib wouldn't work without it building from main.
It was looking for it.
tulip sleet
ok, never mind
idle owl
I updated my submodules....
solar whale
@tulip sleet doesn't it?https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_LIS3DH/blob/master/adafruit_lis3dh.py#L328
onyx hinge
Committer: gamblor21 <mark.komus@gmail.com> 2020-11-11 10:24:33
Parent: 3c05a8c68cececcfb38eeefa6208afad2c56d215 (Merge pull request #3482 from cwalther/alloc)
Branches: remotes/jepler/update-ulab3, update-ulab3 and many more (24)
Follows: 6.1.0-alpha.0
Precedes: 6.1.0-beta.2
Removing from smaller builds
``` looks like it was removed in a separate commit from the one I revertedSo submit a PR? or?
idle owl
@onyx hinge It's simply adding the FROZEN line back in, correct? That's all I did to make it work.
Well... "work".
solar whale
np -- I thought it maybe it was doing something really sneaky 😉
tulip sleet
i don't see in "Blame" that it was ever there... still checking
onyx hinge
@idle owl yes, needs to be done in cpx, cpx_crickit, cpx_displayio by the look of it
idle owl
Oh hmm. Ok. Will do.
onyx hinge
@tulip sleet check out commit f61c4e62c14e52da83b17f740b5c5409ee4b05a5
some of it is disabling the built in module on constrained boards, but some was removing the frozen modules (probably unintentional or should have been in 23ed3ef971f8f38497337874da39273e5ae090d7 at any rate)
onyx hinge
deleted lines are hard to "blame"
idle owl
@onyx hinge ^^
onyx hinge
https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/commits/main/ports/atmel-samd/boards/circuitplayground_express/mpconfigboard.mk or just click that top commit listed on this page → https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/commit/f61c4e62c14e52da83b17f740b5c5409ee4b05a5#diff-1685ab12eb35d500910e28a2ea904bfbeb0c7723298fcfecfcaebe7b3dc18254
@idle owl are those LEDs supposed to be used as status LEDs or are they supposed to be unused except by your code?
idle owl
No status LEDs on CPX.
Only user code.
@onyx hinge Except for the bootloader. They are used in the bootloader.
onyx hinge
Here is the notes document for Monday’s CircuitPython Weekly meeting. It is at the normal time of 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern here on Discord. Everyone is encouraged to attend! Please add your hug reports and status updates even if you’ll be attending the meeting - it’s super helpful! If you are unable to attend but would still like to include updates, feel free to include them in the notes and we’ll read them off during the meeting. Hope to see you there! <@&356864093652516868> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vIZ25jUMQpIbGOrQvmhTIngbNziri30Yc9zPJQyPb2w/edit?usp=sharing
blissful pollen
Sorry guys for messing up a bunch of those commits in that PR 😐 didn't really get it the same as I do now
idle owl
No worries, @blissful pollen, it happens. This is how we find issues, and we work as a team to fix them, you included.
onyx hinge
@blissful pollen absolutely no reason to beat yourself up over it. Happy to have you working on the core with us!
idle owl
Is it normal for the CI on a PR to be queued for 30+ minutes?
manic glacierBOT
idle owl
In other news, black isn't in cookiecutter. So none of the new libs are using black. Also black in the existing repos is pinned to an October 2019 release and it's causing issues for folks who install Black as we suggest, and run it, because there have been changes.
Not entirely sure how we missed adding it to cookiecutter. But now we need to go through and add it to all the recently created libraries, run it, PR fixes since I'm certain that it will find issues, and then update black=versionnumber in all the existing libraries.
idle owl
@tulip sleet There won't be artifacts on a PR until the checks run, right? Or am I not understanding how the artifacts are built.
tulip sleet
right, the checks build the artifacts and upload them
idle owl
Ok thanks.
idle owl
@gilded cradle Are you around? I have a question about something you did a while ago, and I don't expect you to remember doing it, but you might be able to explain how you came to the conclusion.
gilded cradle
Sure @idle owl. I'm here.
idle owl
@gilded cradle What made you decide there's no latest on Black? https://github.com/adafruit/cookiecutter-adafruit-circuitpython/commit/6fe467a814945b00f5035e7a7cae5237afd225c0
idle owl
@gilded cradle Thanks. Because it looks to me like they have a Latest release, and I'm somewhat confused.
gilded cradle
idle owl
@gilded cradle Ahh hmm. Well done on finding that. Thank you.
gilded cradle
np
idle owl
Weird that stable works. Because they haven't released a stable either.
gilded cradle
Yeah, I'm not sure. Maybe it is having issues with pre-commit
idle owl
Could be.
Alright. I'll give it a try in the Test Repo and see what I get.
@gilded cradle Thank you again!
idle owl
@gilded cradle latest failed. stable passed. Good to know.
gilded cradle
🙂
main furnace
Adafruit CircuitPython 6.0.1 on 2020-12-28; FeatherS2 with ESP32S2
(Unexpected Labs) Now how to connect to wifi?
idle owl
@main furnace You might get better assistance in #help-with-circuitpython. This channel is more development discussions.
main furnace
ah, thanks
idle owl
@gilded cradle I don't think the pre-commit runs the check?
Maybe I'm missing something obvious.
gilded cradle
idle owl
Hmm
gilded cradle
Oh you meant the cookie cutter library, not the result of the cookie cutter
gilded cradle
Oh, ok
idle owl
We still need to update all the libraries that had Black manually added then.
But not the new ones.
idle owl
Yes. That is a requirement.
gilded cradle
Many are on 19.10b
idle owl
Yeah and typical users don't know how to do that.
It's making the workflow fail for folks.
I'll look into it this week. Adabot fix.
thorny jay
(Unexpected Labs) Now how to connect to wifi?
If you have an ESP32S2 board, you should use CircuitPython 6.1.0-beta3 (or above in the future) not 6.0.x.
gilded cradle
Thanks @idle owl
idle owl
Alright on that failed note, I'm heading off to 🌮 .
Or not. @gilded cradle You have an RPi setup and a BNO055, right? Not as in right this second, but as in, in general.
gilded cradle
I do @idle owl
gilded cradle
ok
manic glacierBOT
manic glacierBOT
pastel sky
Is this the right kind of Bluetooth BLE Keyboard that would work https://www.logitech.com/en-ca/product/k600-smart-tv-keyboard#specification-tabular was just watching the end of the weekly meeting where they were talking about it.
solar whale
@gilded cradle It comes up from time t to time that Blinka was originally targeted at Micropython - Is that still supported and if so , how would you do it? I've never seen any example using it on Micropython.
tacit gull
anyone have any experience with a brand new PyPortal running the Adafruit supplied "esp32spi_simpletest.py" and getting an error "ESP32 timed out on SPI select"? I installed CircuitPython and the libraries several times but I still get this error. It's like the host processor isn't talking to the ESP32 properly or the ESP32 is taking too long to respond. Anyone seen that on a brand new PyPortal board?
gilded cradle
@solar whale as far as I know it's still supported. I got a PyBoard right before my holiday break with the intention of testing it out, but never got a chance to yet.
solar whale
@gilded cradle OK -- I may give it a try as well --- any tips on where to start? Its not clear to me how to install it?
gilded cradle
@solar whale I'm not sure. I imagine there's some sort of mechanism to copy files onto the board.
solar whale
OK -- I'll do some digging -- Thanks!
gilded cradle
yw
solar whale
hmmm -- l may try to add support for the esp32, I have a few of them to work with.
solar whale
just browsing the repo -- have not looked at it much before --I think I see a path to doing it.... we'll see...
I also have some esp8266 -- so may start with those since it is already supported.
gilded cradle
ok
tacit gull
Should I ask questions about the PyPortal in a different topic/group?
solar whale
Probable best in #help-with-circuitpython -- this channel is more for the development of Circuitpython itself
tacit gull
Ok, thanks
idle owl
@gilded cradle Nevermind on that PR I tagged you on. Limor wants it done differently. Well, maybe not nevermind, but at least, not yet. 🙂
gilded cradle
Yeah, I saw that. Thanks @idle owl
tulip sleet
@slender iron I'm trying to fix a couple of probably-related time.sleep() issues. Would you be available for a video chat later?
slender iron
@tulip sleet yup, I'm at my desk now. thought someone was calling me at 10 but they are 10 min late now...
slender iron
k, call is done
quick siren
Hi @slender iron ,
could you confirm that on STM32F405 Express Board OneWire is working?
I posted my comment on GitHub regarding OneWire issue I discovered .
Do you thing a bug would be possible?
https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/issues/3822#issuecomment-752937196
slender iron
@quick siren I have no idea if it works
quick siren
@slender iron Thanks for your feedback.
Maybe you could update the labels on GitHub when possible.
Thanks
slender iron
sure! I haven't gone through my email yet
onyx hinge
@lone axle feel like doing a little font/displayio stuff? if so, a test of https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_Bitmap_Font/pull/34 would be helpful. Thanks in anticipation.
@quick siren If your testing shows a similar bug affecting the stm port, it would be helpful to file a fresh issue. The stm and esp32-s2 fixes will probably require different code, so having an issue to track each one would be useful. Thank you.
lone axle
@onyx hinge for sure. It'll be an hour or two before I can get to it. But I'll give it a try once I can and leave a review on the PR
tulip sleet
@onyx hinge Scott and I had a chat re the time.sleep() bug, but also ended up talking about releases. He thinks we're ready enough for 6.1.0. It could have an rc.0 or not. I don't see anything new from 6.1.0 that is not already broken in 6.0.1, mainly the weird time.sleep() bugs. So am trying to knock off any pending useful and easy PR's. I think there's just a weblate one left.
I am happy to do this release unless you want to. I can do an rc.0 or just a final. If a final, I would smoke test the two recent merges: fixing neopixel init and also frozen bus device.
onyx hinge
@quick siren thank you!
@tulip sleet okay, I don't have anything to the release, my work on the esp32-s2 i2s driver keeps slipping into the future and wasn't scheduled for 6.1.0 anyhow. I would not mind at all if you made the release.
quick siren
<@!789572838436372480> If your testing shows a similar bug affecting the stm por...
Thanks for your reply. Fresh issue is filed https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/issues/3935
tulip sleet
@onyx hinge do you have a process opinion about doing an rc or skipping it and going to final?
onyx hinge
@tulip sleet I think the ulab change is kinda big, the diffstat of the submodule is 101 files changed, 4465 insertions(+), 924 deletions(-). That makes me uneasy about going direct to a stable release, since that was subsequent to beta.3.
tulip sleet
no prob, I will do an rc.0
solar whale
@gilded cradle Not much progress getting Blinka to run on an ESP8266 -- It keeps running out of RAM when trying to load PlatformDetect.... It's clear this has not been tested... Just wanted to give you an update -- I'll keep working on it.
gilded cradle
Ok thanks @solar whale. Platform detect is MUCH bigger than it used to be.
solar whale
yes! I've converted most of it to .mpy --- gettin gcloser
gilded cradle
ok, good idea
solar whale
@gilded cradle WooHoo! I can import board -- Declaring victory for today....
tidal kiln
is the magtag accelo IRQ pin in here somewhere?
Adafruit CircuitPython 6.1.0-beta.3 on 2020-12-31; Adafruit MagTag with ESP32S2
>>> import board
>>> dir(board)
['__class__', 'A3', 'AD1', 'BATTERY', 'BUTTON_A', 'BUTTON_B', 'BUTTON_C', 'BUTTON_D', 'CS', 'D1', 'D10', 'D11', 'D12', 'D13', 'D14', 'D15', 'DISPLAY', 'EPD_BUSY', 'EPD_CS', 'EPD_DC', 'EPD_RESET', 'I2C', 'LIGHT', 'MISO', 'MOSI', 'NEOPIXEL', 'NEOPIXEL_POWER', 'SCK', 'SCL', 'SDA', 'SPEAKER', 'SPEAKER_ENABLE', 'SPI', 'VOLTAGE_MONITOR']
>>>
Excellent @solar whale
tidal kiln
@prime flower yep. just not seeing that exposed in CP.
idle owl
@slender iron Where do I find the artifacts following a merged PR? Same place on S3?
Nevermind, I found the artifacts button on GitHub.
slender iron
once it's merged then it should push to s3 too
idle owl
Ah ok. I saw that in the CI which is what confused me.
slender iron
S3 should be skipped for unmerged PRs
(we don't want to give un-reviewed code access to upload to s3)
idle owl
Right, makes sense.
thorny jay
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-magtag/pinouts#speaker-and-sensors-3077171-2...
Is there any of the guide that actually use the LIS3DH? I don't remember any... not one that display differently based on that, not one that react on tap. Maybe we wait for Wake on Pin and do that on GPIO9 ???
slender iron
Is there any of the guide that actually use the LIS3DH? I don't remember any... ...
wake on pin should be in main
PinAlarm
thorny jay
I had code to test that: https://gist.github.com/dglaude/3659888feb34321162939bb62ecbf0c3
But I was failing with:
#pin_alarm = alarm.pin.PinAlarm(board.IO0)
####Traceback (most recent call last):
File "code.py", line 37, in <module>
####TypeError: 'pin' argument required
But that was with beta3... maybe I need to download something else.
thorny jay
Also I wanted to use IO0 because there is a button... but that is boot so maybe very special indeed.
tidal kiln
@slender iron yep, but not seeing the LIS3DH IRQ pin in board, unless i'm missing something?
manic glacierBOT
@tannewt data sheet says 1-10k. I can build a second board up with 4.7k and verify.
<a href=“https://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/Atmel-9596-AT42-QTouch-BSW-AT42QT1070_Datasheet.pdf”>data sheet</a>
thorny jay
I thought it was in beta.3
It failed on me, but the status of it was unclear.
slender iron
@tidal kiln I doubt you are. i probably overlooked it
thorny jay
I had the impression that Touch made it but not Pin.
tidal kiln
@thorny jay fwiw, here's a simple button one i just cooked up:
import time
import board
import alarm
import digitalio
import neopixel
pix_power = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.NEOPIXEL_POWER)
pix_power.direction = digitalio.Direction.OUTPUT
pix_power.value = False
pixels = neopixel.NeoPixel(board.NEOPIXEL, 4)
pixels.fill(0)
alarm.sleep_memory[0] += 1
pixels[alarm.sleep_memory[0] % 4] = 0xADAF00
time.sleep(5)
pin_alarm = alarm.pin.PinAlarm(pin=board.BUTTON_A, value=False, pull=True)
alarm.exit_and_deep_sleep_until_alarms(pin_alarm)
@slender iron worth an issue to add pin?
slender iron
worth a PR 😉
tidal kiln
ha! fair enough. i'm totes rusty. but probably an easy one to shake off some cobwebs.
slender iron
🙂 an issue would be good if you don't have time for a PR
tidal kiln
what to call it?
slender iron
what are the regular pins for it called?
I'd match what the other boards call it NOT the schematics name
thorny jay
It think that this bug exist for FeatherS2: https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/issues/739
It goes into safe mode rather than upgrade mode.
thorny jay
And the real reason I tryied this is that I fail at double clicking the FeatherS2 to upgrade. There is a timing issue, and I don't get it.
slender iron
I think micro dev may have been looking into it
go ahead and file an issue if you can't find one for the s2
thorny jay
I am afraid I will go to sleep now... it's 1H30 AM and I lead a meeting tomorrow. 😦
slender iron
good night!
tidal kiln
Adafruit CircuitPython 6.0.1 on 2020-12-28; Adafruit Circuit Playground Bluefruit with nRF52840
>>> import board
>>> dir(board)
['__class__', 'A1', 'A2', 'A3', 'A4', 'A5', 'A6', 'A8', 'A9', 'ACCELEROMETER_INTERRUPT', 'ACCELEROMETER_SCL', 'ACCELEROMETER_SDA', 'AUDIO', 'BUTTON_A', 'BUTTON_B', 'D0', 'D1', 'D10', 'D12', 'D13', 'D2', 'D3', 'D35', 'D4', 'D5', 'D6', 'D7', 'D8', 'D9', 'I2C', 'L', 'LIGHT', 'MICROPHONE_CLOCK', 'MICROPHONE_DATA', 'MISO', 'MOSI', 'NEOPIXEL', 'POWER_SWITCH', 'RX', 'SCK', 'SCL', 'SDA', 'SLIDE_SWITCH', 'SPEAKER', 'SPEAKER_ENABLE', 'SPI', 'TEMPERATURE', 'TX', 'UART']
>>>
ACCELEROMETER_INTERRUPT
slender iron
👍
idle owl
@tidal kiln What is this getting added to?
tidal kiln
@idle owl magtag
idle owl
@tidal kiln Ah. Proceed, then. 🙂
lone axle
@onyx hinge a few other things popped up before I could get to it, but just got done reviewing out the Bitmap Font PR. It looked good to me, I can merge / release it tonight if you don't need it held back for any reason.
onyx hinge
I don't know a reason to hold it back but you can take your time. It only affects unreasonably big fonts
tidal kiln
@idle owl okie doke. what would the wrong answer have been? 🙂
idle owl
@tidal kiln Not sure. I was wondering whether it should specify LIS3DH, but no, follow the CPB.
For some reason I wasn't putting together what you were adding it to.
tidal kiln
ah. gotcha. yah, it's for the LIS3DH, but, yep, will follow CPB for naming.
idle owl
I concur with that.
@tidal kiln As a side note, you're tagged on a few PRs from right about when I think you went on holiday. If you could follow up on those at some point, it would be greatly appreciated. You may have already, if so, ignore this. 🙂
I started a PR sweep yesterday and noticed at least one anyway.
tidal kiln
was it this one?
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_ADS1x15/pull/62
i did a sweep this morning and that's all that popped up
tidal kiln
all others are for circuitpython_librarians
idle owl
Then I wouldn't have caught them. Yah I think that was it.
I didn't bug you during the sweep because it looked like it was right around you heading out, so I figured you'd get to it when you returned.
tidal kiln
if you find others, please ping me. i could be githubing poorly.
idle owl
@tidal kiln Will do. I was going alphabetically so that was probably all I caught. Sounds like you're githubbing fine 🙂
tulip sleet
@slender iron in your email pass, did you see anything not yet merged that you think should be in 6.1.0 rc?
slender iron
nope! I'm through it all and can't remember anything
tulip sleet
ok! I will branch 6.1.x
tidal kiln
getting this trying to install esp-idf via the ./esp-idf/install.sh script:
ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement bidict>=0.21.0
should i be running it with sudo?
crimson ferry
me
slender iron
how did you end up fixing it @crimson ferry ?
crimson ferry
Big Sur, first time install of esp-idf, finally got around it by starting over with https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/latest/esp32s2/get-started/macos-setup.html (but ended up with python 3.9)
slender iron
hrm
tidal kiln
i'm on ubuntu 18.04, fwiw
tidal kiln
i don't think so. it appears to be doing stuff with 2.7
tidal kiln
oh...for my setup...yah....it's pointing to 2.7
yah. gothca right as you were typing.
tulip sleet
it needs it to be 3, hope that doesn't mess up something else
tidal kiln
i've got muscle memory for just doing python3 for everything these days
tulip sleet
i wish they used a version name for python
tidal kiln
can i just change the sym link? or should i use that python-is-python3?
tulip sleet
python-is-python3 makes a symlink, it's just a clean way of doing it. I don't think ubuntu ships with a plain python.
it might use /etc/alternatives, I'm not sure
... nah, it's just a symlink
the advantage of a package is that it will get upgraded as necessary
tidal kiln
it griped about not finding the package. i just went ahead and changed the sym link. running again.....
it's def using 3.x this time
tulip sleet
I guess that package got added with 20.04
tidal kiln
and done. ran fine that time. thanks.
marble hornet
I've been working on a revision to an api where there is optional extensibility via passed functions / subclasses and wrote a small script to test call times of functions in circuitpython. thought other people might find it useful too:
tidal kiln
now test build failing.
i ran . esp-idf/export.sh
and then make BOARD=adafruit_magtag_2.9_grayscale
says CMake Error: The source directory "/home/username/repos/circuitpython/ports/esp32s2/build-adafruit_magtag_2.9_grayscale/esp-idf" does not appear to contain CMakeLists.txt.
slender iron
@tidal kiln try cleaning
tidal kiln
got same thing again
slender iron
slender iron
kk
tidal kiln
got much further, now getting:
CMake Error: CMake was unable to find a build program corresponding to "Ninja". CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM is not set. You probably need to select a different build tool.
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
installed ninja-build and got past that
tidal kiln
@slender iron @tulip sleet thanks for the help. looks like i'm building now.
Adafruit CircuitPython 6.1.0-beta.0-562-g7e59ff379 on 2021-01-05; Adafruit MagTag with ESP32S2
>>> print("hello world")
hello world
>>>
orchid basinBOT
tulip sleet
analog bridge
It goes into safe mode rather than upgrade mode.
This is a known issue https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/issues/3884.
manic glacierBOT
prisma pilot
Has anyone got circuit python working on the WIO Terminal?
analog bridge
Is there a CPY library to implement a FTP server?
lone axle
I don't think anything like that exists yet.
analog bridge
thanks @lone axle ...
lone axle
if you are simply looking to tranfer file over network, and aren't picky about protocol, I would guess that HTTP is probably a bit closer to working for that. I do believe there is an HTTP server already for circuitpython, not sure if it's intended to serve files by default though or just responses from memory.
analog bridge
I would like to present CIRCUITPY drive as a network drive... I found few MicroPython implementations which could be ported to CPY
This is basically related to OTA updates for user code.
lone axle
Ooh that sounds neat 😄 I've not seen anything like it for CircuitPython, but definitely am interested if/when it is possible
prime flower
@analog bridge That sounds really interesting, have you used ampy for MicroPython before? Might be interesting if we can interact with the "drive" over the network, and load files onto it.
tulip sleet
@slender iron I will get the issue reporters to test this tick fix too, after I get some artifacts
analog bridge
<@!747673663419187281> That sounds really interesting, have you used `ampy` for...
Hi @prime flower I haven't used ampy before... something similar to the following implementation seems ideal way for this.
https://github.com/robert-hh/FTP-Server-for-ESP8266-ESP32-and-PYBD
slender iron
sounds good @tulip sleet
tropic brook
Not sure how much you have completed? I actually completed the integration and software for a system that does all these things.
tropic brook
Here is the drawing. If you send me a note I will pipe you the code. This config uses the ESP32 wifi on top of the Itsy M4 thus it broadcasts the data to any computer or phone that is on the local wifi lan.
slender iron
anyone know if we have docs for building the core docs?
tulip sleet
anyone know if we have docs for building the core docs?
not that I know of, just make html at the top level dir
manic glacierBOT
Adds the ESP32S2 pin connected to the LIS3DH INT1 pin.
Crude test (still learning details on all the interrupt config), but note that IRQ pin state tracks bit 7 in the LIS3DH's IRQ status register.
import time
import board
import digitalio
import adafruit_lis3dh
irq_pin = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.ACCELEROMETER_INTERRUPT)
irq_pin.direction = digitalio.Dire...
ionic elk
@tulip sleet in the meeting on Monday I said I was going to help you with something but I have forgotten what issue it was specifically, could you link to it?
Magtag mac crash thing?
idle owl
Yeah that. @ionic elk
ionic elk
@idle owl sorry what's up? I know I need to help you with the neopixel thing too, sorry I've been trying to get my darn guide in and dealing with leftover holiday nonsense
idle owl
@ionic elk No worries. That was no rush on the LED thing, afaik. I was simply saying, it was a 2018 MacBook Pro issue that you said you could help with.
I think it's in the CircuitPython issues list.
@ionic elk No apologies needed. We're all getting caught up.
ionic elk
@idle owl @tulip sleet I searched the first and second pages of the issues list and looked at all the ESP32-S2 issues, is didn't see any that mentioned Mac OSX, so I was wondering whether it's older, or if the mac part of the issue isn't mentioned
ionic elk
wait what? I thought it was a deep sleep issue
ionic elk
Or am I doubly confused, I guess I don't understand yet which ports have what level of sleep support
I assumed it was ESP32S2 only
idle owl
I'm fuzzy on the entire sleep thing, tbh.
ionic elk
it can be tricky! I did a lot of it back before I was working on Circuitpython but mostly in the RTOS world
tulip sleet
it was a SAMD51 and SAMD21 time.sleep() issue, not a deep sleep issue
hearty tapir
@crimson ferry congratulations on #3903 🙂
idle owl
Pro tip: check the changelogs to see if the bug you didn't find in the issues list has already been addressed before writing up a thorough issue with screenshots and the like. 🤦♀️
At least I hadn't hit submit yet.
idle owl
@tulip sleet Do I remember some issue with the status LED on ItsyBitsy M4 being super dim for some reason? As in the LED isn't dim I don't think, but as a status LED it's super dim.
This is ringing a really faint bell for me.
tulip sleet
we got a different batch of them (DotStars, I think), and they were decidedly different in brightness
idle owl
Ah ok. Yeah this is from a while ago.
They're DotStars, yes.
That's right. We compared them, confused, thinking it was code, and realised it was hardware.
tulip sleet
some were really bright, and some were not. The color values we had chosen were too bright with some and kinda too dim with others
stuck elbow
I wonder if stuff like this should be saved in the bootloader's config
tulip sleet
we'd have to burn different params in different manufacturing runs
stuck elbow
also if you have different batches of displays, with different offsets
MakeCode Arcade does that
hearty tapir
🎉
idle owl
@hearty tapir Nice!
hearty tapir
Thanks, but I think there is a better/smarter way to do the strcpy ... I wish C would allow the string assignment as I've used it for a decade in Python 😄
manic glacierBOT
While this works fine, I'm not entirely confident with my change around the following, as I need an additional variable.
e.g.
strcpy(authmode, "OPEN");
Can I get around this? I've tried/attempted to directly strcpy into cstr, but this resulted in an unhappy compiler.
I'm planning to add pairwise_cipher & group_cipher, unless you'd prefer to be a separate PR (thus...
slender iron
@onyx hinge can you plug circuitpython2021 on show and tell as well?
marble hornet
@slender iron I know I keep on saying it but thanks for all the work you put into displayio! and thank you to everyone who worked on the libraries and testing!
onyx hinge
@slender iron shoot, I didn't see your request in time.
manic glacierBOT
hearty tapir
@slender iron This looks cool in my opinion 🙂 https://www.st.com/en/microcontrollers-microprocessors/stm32wb5mmg.html I received this today in a newsletter from ST
onyx hinge
Good morning!
tulip sleet
likewise!
onyx hinge
Looks like you had a fruitful discussion with hatach but not a full resolution of that variable-smashing bug?
tulip sleet
yes, there is a buffer that's overflowing, and it only happens on certain hosts. I am trying some sentinel bytes stuff to see how much it is overflowing. I also have one idea to check (order of operations).
this is a second-order bug causing time.sleep() to be erratic
onyx hinge
I don't suppose that at the time of the overwrite you can use the $lr register to reliably see the calling instruction to memcpy ..
tulip sleet
it's DMA
onyx hinge
oh I thought some of it was memcpy
tulip sleet
i have a watchpoint set, and it's not catching the smash. There was another bug that was also smashing!
tulip sleet
i know, this is one of the most layered bugs I've seen
timber mango
Hi! How can I change the color text and the background of MU for CircuitPython?
prime flower
I'm not sure how but I feel the examples within requests need to be reorganized https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_Requests/tree/master/examples
there's no example for use with native sockets, that's on the magtag guide, base example uses esp32spi, and some examples for some network ifaces dont match examples for other ifaces
timber mango
the one with a crescent moon
Yeah but there are just 3 possibilities, I would like to have more freedom to choose colours
prime flower
@timber mango you could put in an request over on the Mu repository for more themes or dig thru their source to see how they "do" themes.
that's it tho :\
timber mango
<@456226577798135808> you could put in an request over on the Mu repository for...
I’m a very early beginner so I will try🤞🏼 thanks
orchid basinBOT
stuck elbow
@timber mango there isn't any way to customize the colors further. Mu is supposed to be simple. You can use more advanced editors if Mu is not enough.
slender iron
@hearty tapir you around? you could make your circuitpython .md and github will render it nicer
hearty tapir
<@!586300798980587537> you around? you could make your circuitpython .md and git...
Let me check on this - was wondering if gist couldn't look any nicer.
slender iron
here is an example: https://gist.github.com/FoamyGuy/29f09a9542fae0cc7bf74ab54bfcbbc3
hearty tapir
Thank you, I'll ping you once I changed it - still caught up on work. 🙂
slender iron
np!
slender iron
@tulip sleet I think we should just move the 6.1.x branch forward on main until the tcp server pr goes in
tulip sleet
<@!329766224093249548> I think we should just move the 6.1.x branch forward on m...
Sounds good. I think that is rebasing the branch (which I haven't done before).
tulip sleet
@slender iron nope, no additional commits yet.
hearty tapir
np!
I've updated the gist to be markdown. Thanks for the suggestion! I didn't see a button and then assumed it can just handle plain text. 😂
I'll now try the suggested code and update the PR if successful 🙂
south hinge
I'm really loving the MagTag and learning from the guides. Like I never knew you could tilegrid your icons. Took a quantum leap in understanding after deep diving into the code for the weather magtag guide
prime flower
@onyx hinge you wrote https://emergent.unpythonic.net/01595021837 right?
The code I'm writing requires a "RFC3339 timestamp with mandatory time zone offset", Python has .isotime(), do you have any ideas on doing this, in CircuitPython
simple pulsar
Hi. I just bought a FeatherS2 and its serial console doesn't show up. I was just trying to install the 2.5.0.0 usb drivers on my trusty old Windows 8.1 host but they don't seem to "bite". I've got rid of the old 2.4 drivers ok. Is there some secret to installing these?
tulip sleet
@simple pulsar the feather s2 is not our board so we didn't add drivers in the drivers package for it, assuming it's not a 0x239A VID.
oh, wait it is, so it should work
simple pulsar
I don't even see my Feather nRF52840 when I try and install the 2.5.0.0
tulip sleet
239a/80ac
simple pulsar
Yeah, the 80ac sounds familiar
It whizzes through doing all the normal stuff but they don't seem to install.
tulip sleet
do you have a yellow triangle? Try the USB cleanup tool without it connected: https://www.uwe-sieber.de/misc_tools_e.html
"Device Cleanup Tool"
you can upgrade 8.1 to 10 for free, i know, some people don't want to
simple pulsar
Oh, is that offer on again?
tulip sleet
it has never been off; it's just not advertised. I have upgraded a dozen machines with no trouble
make a backup, of course
simple pulsar
Indeed. I'll give that a go when i repatriate my laptop as a standby.
hearty tapir
I have a git related question: I now have done all my work on the "wifi-authmode" branch, but if I switch back to "main" (checkout main) obviously the changes I've done in the wifi-authmode branch are not there. If I'd want to work on another feature/enhancement (that may be in the same files), I'd probably branch from "wifi-authmode" and not from "main" to avoid that OR do I create a new branch (e.g. wifi-cipher) and merge "wifi-authmode" there?
slender iron
@hearty tapir is it merged in?
hearty tapir
No, I haven't merged anything - but I pushed the changes you suggested to the PR (that is done). My question was more one of the open git miracles to me 🙂
slender iron
I'd probably just make another branch off the authmode one
or if it's independent then just off main
simple pulsar
@tulip sleet Turns out the 2.5.0.0 usb driver installation was silently failing. Windows has a fairly sensible default setting to prohibit installing unsigned drivers and that needs to be overriden which can be done on a one-off reboot basis. I wasn't getting that red dialgoue box before. It all works now. But when I've got some time to deal with any fallout I'll try the upgrade, thanks.
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hearty tapir
Ok, so this is the way that commits/branches got to depend on each other.
simple pulsar
Btw, general ESP32-S2 question, do any of the boards (current or planned) have BLE or are these WiFi only?
slender iron
Ok, so this is the way that commits/branches got to depend on each other.
Yup, you'll likely want to rebase it once the authmode stuff is merged
hearty tapir
ESP32-S2 is Wi-Fi only, but the ESP32-S3 will have Wi-Fi + BLE again 🙂
slender iron
but not classic bluetooth
simple pulsar
Thanks. I'm not sure I need both at the moment but it sounds nice to have.
hearty tapir
Thanks. I'm not sure I need both at the moment but it sounds nice to have.
This sounds exactly like my pattern to shop at Digikey .. 😄
lone axle
@onyx hinge I am working on implementing the fallback option for this PR to work on the builtin font. https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_Display_Text/pull/102 Do you have a preference how I share the result? I can push to that branch and get it reviewed? or make a PR of of yours?
onyx hinge
Feel free to push to my PR branch if github lets you do that, and thanks for working on it!
tulip sleet
<@!329766224093249548> Turns out the 2.5.0.0 usb driver installation was silentl...
I only tested the driver package installation on Windows 7, which always prompts with a warning. Could you point me to something I could add to the guide about installing on 8.1? Thanks.
simple pulsar
@tulip sleet It's possible I'm the only one on 8.1! This is what I found useful and the source is reasonable if not optimal https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/disabling-driver-signature-on-windows-8/all covers it. I see things like https://superuser.com/questions/372725/install-unsigned-drivers-in-windows-7 and https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/install/installing-an-unsigned-driver-during-development-and-test which suggest that perhaps there's a non uniform story on Windows 7?
simple pulsar
Are all CircuitPython boards supposed to have sys.platform available? My new FeatherS2 with 6.0.0 (as shipped) doesn't seem to have it. ```Adafruit CircuitPython 6.0.0 on 2020-11-16; FeatherS2 with ESP32S2
import sys
dir(sys)
['class', 'name', 'argv', 'byteorder', 'exit', 'implementation', 'maxsize', 'modules', 'path', 'print_exception', 'stderr', 'stdin', 'stdout', 'version', 'version_info']
sys.version
'3.4.0'
sys.platform
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'platform'
@simple pulsar it looks like this is missing because the port doesn't define a macro. It would need to be similar to nrf: ports/nrf/mpconfigport.h:#define MICROPY_PY_SYS_PLATFORM "nRF52840". Please file a PR to add it, or file an Issue if you're not comfortable doing it.
(please use 6.1.0-rc.0 or later with the esp32s2 platform)
simple pulsar
Thanks. Yes, I saw some pin tweaks in release notes, I was just using it out of the box and keeping an eye on 6.1.0
onyx hinge
ports/nrf/common-hal/os/__init__.c: MP_QSTR_sysname, MP_QSTR_nodename, there may also be os.sysname which would also need attention.
simple pulsar
I get os.sysname: esp32s2
onyx hinge
OK good
simple pulsar
'esp32s2'
thanks for looking into it @simple pulsar
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onyx hinge
@slender iron @tulip sleet I am a bit surprised to see that, at least on esp32s2, sleep() EITHER is blocking other freertos tasks, OR is deferring background tasks scheduled by my i2s_event_task. As a result I have to enable background ticks when playing i2s audio on esp32s2, in addition to doing a background_callback_add from the i2s_event_task. I'll put in calls to turn on ticks in this situation, but should I pursue it as a bug (at least entering an issue about it) too?
simple pulsar
I put an issue ticket in for that. This would affect all ESP32-S2 boards, then?
onyx hinge
the background callback was supposed to be an alternative to ticks, but it was pre-deep-sleep
@simple pulsar looks like.
Sure you don't want to help us out by making a pull request? I am pretty sure it's as simple as adding that one line in the mpconfigport.h file.
(and testing, but you are great at testing!)
tulip sleet
Recording a possible problem in an issue is a good idea. We can always close it if it turns out not to be a problem after investigation. I have not been looking at the ESP32S2 time.sleep() code in my recent bug hunt.
simple pulsar
I've resisted compiling CircuitPython so far, I've got a few other things on the go at the moment. I just wanted to get some Enviro+ stuff working properly for some friends' children. They have Feather nRF52840 Express boards but the FeatherS2 is a tempting option after that and my benchmark program prints out sys.platform, hence the query.
While I'm here, does anyone know if the nRF52833 has same FP performance as nRF52840? They sounds very similar but the micro:bit V2 is about half the speed of the CLUE for crude floating point tests. Could also be a MicroPython vs CircuitPython difference?
onyx hinge
@simple pulsar I don't know, the only info I could find is that the nRF52833 is also a "64MHz Arm Cortex-M4 with FPU", same as 52840.
onyx hinge
OK hope that makes sense
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slender iron
<@!252717193496756235> <@!329766224093249548> I am a bit surprised to see that, ...
What priority is your task?
onyx hinge
@slender iron CONFIG_PTHREAD_TASK_PRIO_DEFAULT
night perch
@slender iron I'm the worst and didn't get to this yesterday, but should have more time for it today/tomorrow.
night perch
Yeah I saw
slender iron
it's slated for 6.2.x anyway
night perch
Still, I like to poke at things
slender iron
🙂 it's appreciated
night perch
This change will cut out ~$15 from my per-device costs and allow me to slim down the device a ton, so I'm super excited about it. Currently using an M4+Airlift to do the same stuff.
slender iron
ya, the esps are very cost efficient
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idle wharf
I'm on vacation, but I wanted to drop a few links for CP2021. Really just some notes and thoughts:
idle wharf
Will do, thanks !
slender iron
(that way I'll leave them as an unread todo in my inbox)
slender iron
@onyx hinge ☝️
onyx hinge
@slender iron where was the second link supposed to go? I found xTaskNotifyGive(sleeping_circuitpython_task) somewhere by grep.
slender iron
ah sorry
slender iron
I'm fingers get confused between mac copy and linux copy
line 279
xTaskNotifyGive(circuitpython_task);
onyx hinge
OK
onyx hinge
I'd like to fix it for any "freertos task needs to schedule a background task", not just i2s. What would the function be called that calls xTaskNotifyGive on esp32s2 and does nothing on the other platforms?
slender iron
thinks
onyx hinge
.. background_callback_add_core() would get a call to port_idle_interrupt() or whatever it's called at the end, after it actually adds a new cb.
slender iron
port_wake_main_task?
onyx hinge
Thanks! Sounds fine to me.
slender iron
for the empty ones you could put a comment to say that all interrupts wake automatically
onyx hinge
at least there's nothing subtle about i2s when it's not working right in this way
so I can test it easily
slender iron
👍
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manic glacierBOT
@dhalbert Tested the .uf2 on an oft-failing project with a Feather M4 Express. It worked from the get-go.
FYI, using the old .uf2, I was able to reliably force a failure by editing a line in code.py and saving it using mu while the serial window was open. The new .uf2 was not affected by that test scenario.
crimson ferry
what's the use case for this:mp_raise_msg_varg(&mp_type_MemoryError, translate("Failed to allocate RX buffer of %d bytes"), maxlen * sizeof(uint16_t));vs. this:mp_raise_OSError_msg_varg(translate("twai_driver_install returned esp-idf error #%d"), (int)result);
the 1st is used b/c there's no mp_raise_MemoryError? (why not, it's a built-ni CPython exception type?)
also, can _msg_varg be freely appended to any raise, and somehow it gets parsed?
simple pulsar
On my new FeatherS2 I've noticed a peculiarity on REPL that occurs with 6.0.0 that came with it but not so far on 6.1.0-rc.0. Recalling previous lines on REPL by pressing up arrow sometimes gives an unwarranted SyntaxError: invalid syntax. I'm not sure of the exact conditions to cause that. I had a quick look in GitHub to see if this had been fixed but haven't found a likely ticket yet? Does this sound familiar?
solar whale
I've had issues with cut/paste to the REPL... not sure if I've seen what you describe.
simple pulsar
First time i've ever seen it, up arrow a few time to find a previous command which failed because I hadn't done import and then that command gave error despite looking fine
lone axle
is this issue worthy? I found out that if you have adafruit-circuitpython-bitmap_font installed in your python interpreter it seems to cause an error for building circuitpython:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "../../tools/gen_display_resources.py", line 59, in <module>
f.load_glyphs(set(ord(c) for c in all_characters))
File "/home/timc/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/adafruit_bitmap_font/bdf.py", line 189, in load_glyphs
current_info["bitmap"][start + x] = bit
TypeError: 'BitmapStub' object does not support item assignment
make: *** [../../supervisor/supervisor.mk:225: build-pyportal/autogen_display_resources.c] Error 1
make: *** Deleting file 'build-pyportal/autogen_display_resources.c'
Were there any general or ESP32-S2 specific performance changes from 6.0.0 to 6.1.0-rc0? My benchmarks have sped up on a FeatherS2. I suppose this could also be caused by bugs being fixed in time functions or something else weird?
stuck elbow
there was a fix for timekeeping functions
cursive condor
so it's not fastest, it's more accurate in benchmarking ?
stuck elbow
possibly
simple pulsar
@stuck elbow Do you know ticket for that? I see lots of sleep stuff mentioned in release notes but those and a quick search and nothing's jumping out at me
thorny jay
IGNORE, it is back: I have got 502 Gateway error on the blog post about #CircuitPyhton2021: https://blog.adafruit.com/2021/01/01/where-should-circuitpython-go-in-2021-circuitpython2021-circuitpython/
stuck elbow
My CircuitPython in 2021 article: http://dopieralski.pl/posts/2021-01-09-circuitpython/