TheAlchemist

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• Port of Espruino to Pi Zero - native - no Linux

  in Porting to new Devices • 8 years, 7 months

  

  Thanks for all the nitty-gritty details, @Gordon!

  About the timer: are we sure this isn't doable? I'm not familiar with the terminology, so I'm not sure what to even Google. The Broadcom datasheet implies there's a timer, but I don't know enough to see if it's the "right kind" of timer.

• Port of Espruino to Pi Zero - native - no Linux

  in Porting to new Devices • 8 years, 7 months

  

  I was wondering if there was any more work done on this issue.

  As someone just starting out in the embedded space, I can testify that the Pico has a much better beginner experience than a Raspberry Pi, especially for JavaScript.

  I can put some work in on this issue... I like the idea of DietPI that boots directly into a Espruino prompt that can be programmed using the Web IDE.

  Besides the timer issue (BTW, here's the Broadcom datasheet for the Zero), anyone foresee any problems?

• weird CC3000 library behavior: .connect() works but .connect(SPI1, B6, B7, B8) hangs

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• weird CC3000 library behavior: .connect() works but .connect(SPI1, B6, B7, B8) hangs

  in General • 8 years, 7 months

  

  Yeah, works great! I'm using custom pins and everything.

  Thank you, you're awesome.

• weird CC3000 library behavior: .connect() works but .connect(SPI1, B6, B7, B8) hangs

  in General • 8 years, 7 months

  

  espruino_1v85.139_pico_1r3_bootloader.bi­n successfully flashed this time, yay!

  I tried almost everything I could think of, including:

  1. B3-B8
     
  2. B3-B7, A8
     
  3. B13-B15, A5-A7
     
     

  Just for the record, what's the proper syntax for .connect():

  var wlan = require("CC3000").connect(SPI2, A7, A6, A5);
  

  ....or....

  var wlan = require("CC3000").connect(SPI2, {cs:A7, en:A6, irq:A5});
  

  Thanks so much, @Gordon! :)

• weird CC3000 library behavior: .connect() works but .connect(SPI1, B6, B7, B8) hangs

  in General • 8 years, 7 months

  

  Sorry, @Gordon, no luck with espruino_1v8­5.139_pico_1r3_bootloader.bin either. Same result: red LED stays on.

  Any ideas? I don't think my Pico is busted, because I just flashed it back with the regular firmware, and works fine.

• weird CC3000 library behavior: .connect() works but .connect(SPI1, B6, B7, B8) hangs

  in General • 8 years, 7 months

  

  There's a weird non-printable character in the URLs above. (To give credit where credit is due, I used https://hexed.it/ to inspect the URLs.)

  But, anyway, http://www.espruino.com/tmp/espruino_1v85.139_pico_1r3.bin doesn't seem to work on my Pico. :( The red LED is on when I plug it in after uploading the firmware, and the Web IDE can't connect to it (the Ports list is missing the Pico, even).

  Any ideas? Perhaps I flashed it wrong? I can upload a screencast, if that would help.

• weird CC3000 library behavior: .connect() works but .connect(SPI1, B6, B7, B8) hangs

  in General • 8 years, 7 months

  

  Wow, you're awesome, @Gordon! Unfortunately, http://www.espruino.com/tmp/espruino_1v8­5.139_pico_1r3.bin doesn't seem to exist (I get a 404).

  I can't wait to try it on pins other than B3-B8. :)

• weird CC3000 library behavior: .connect() works but .connect(SPI1, B6, B7, B8) hangs

  in General • 8 years, 7 months

  

  Thanks for the quick reply, @Gordon!

  Unfortunately, setting up SPI1 doesn't fix it (that would be too easy). A .connect() call with no args always works, but .connect(SPI1, B6, B7, B8) always hangs, whether I set up SPI or not.

  At least now I know I'm not going crazy, and this is actually weird.

  I'm thinking of just getting an ESP8266, unless there's WiFi module folks recommend.

• weird CC3000 library behavior: .connect() works but .connect(SPI1, B6, B7, B8) hangs

  in General • 8 years, 7 months

  

  Hi everyone!

  I'm trying to use my Pico + CC3000 using non-default pins (not B6-B8).

  In failing to do this, I tried just this:

  var wlan = require("CC3000").connect(SPI1, B6, B7, B8);
  

  ...which hangs!

  But this:

  var wlan = require("CC3000").connect();
  

  ...works great! Takes about four seconds.

  Am I using the API incorrectly?

  Thanks everyone!

  P.S. I tried this too:

  var wlan = require("CC3000").connect(SPI1, {cs:B6, en:B7, irq:B8});
  

  Also hangs.