Thursday, June 10, 2021

Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect example: read onboard LSM6DSOX IMU module (accelerometer and gyroscope)

Examples to read Nano RP2040 Connect onboard LSM6DSOX IMU module (accelerometer and gyroscope), in Arduino framework.

Install LSM6DSOX library:

- Open Library Manager in Arduino IDE:
Click on Menu Sketch > Include Library > Manager Libraries...

- Search and install Arduino_LSM6DSOX library.


LSM6DSOX examples:

Now you can try LSM6DSOX examples to read accelerometer and gyroscope data from Nano RP2040 Connect onboard LSM6DSOX IMU module.


with graphical view using Menu > Tools > Serial Plotter.

SimpleAccelerometer

SimpleGyroscope




Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect

Just receive Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect:





Install Nano RP2040 Connect to Arduino IDE and fix "An error occurred while uploading the sketch":
 

Install Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect board to Arduino IDE.

- Open Board Manager in Arduino IDE.
- Search and install Arduino Mbed OS Nano Boards by Arduino. It's version 2.1.0 currently.


- Once installed, Arduino Mbed OS Nano Boards > Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect will available in board selection list.

If you have XIAO BLE Sense also, check Remark on "Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect" of "Arduino Mbed OS Boards" vs "Arduino Mbed OS Nano Boards".


Fix "An error occurred while uploading the sketch".

In my case on Raspberry Pi, sketch cannot be uploaded; with "An error occurred while uploading the sketch".

To fix it:
- Switch to mbed_rp2040 installed folder:
/home/pi/.arduino15/packages/arduino/hardware/mbed_rp2040/2.1.0
- Run post_install.sh:
$ sudo ./post_install.sh

- Then, you can upload the sketch again.


More exercise:
read onboard LSM6DSOX IMU module (accelerometer and gyroscope)

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

ESP32/Arduino BLE UART Client connect to Raspberry Pi Pico/CircuitPython + ESP32/nina-fw

It's a BLE UART Client exercise run on ESP2-DevKitC using arduino-esp32 framework. Connect to cpyPico_ESP32_BLE.py in Raspberry Pi Pico/CircuitPython + ESP32/adafruit nina-fw (act as WiFi/BLE Co-Processor).


It search BLE device with specified service UUID, and characteristics for TX and RX. Then sending something every 5 seconds. In the Pico/CircuitPython +ESP32/nina-fw server side, receive and echo back every bytes. This client then print the received byte on Terminal.

ESP32_BLE_client.ino
/*
Modify from Arduino Examples for ESP32 Dev Module:
>  ESP32 BLE Arduino > BLE_client
 */

#include "BLEDevice.h"
//#include "BLEScan.h"

#define SERVICE_UUID           "6E400001-B5A3-F393-E0A9-E50E24DCCA9E" // UART service UUID
#define CHARACTERISTIC_UUID_RX "6E400002-B5A3-F393-E0A9-E50E24DCCA9E" // RX Characteristic
#define CHARACTERISTIC_UUID_TX "6E400003-B5A3-F393-E0A9-E50E24DCCA9E" // TX Characteristic
static BLEUUID serviceUUID(SERVICE_UUID);
static BLEUUID charUUID_RX(CHARACTERISTIC_UUID_RX);   
static BLEUUID charUUID_TX(CHARACTERISTIC_UUID_TX);  

static boolean doConnect = false;
static boolean connected = false;
static boolean doScan = false;
static BLERemoteCharacteristic* pTXCharacteristic;
static BLERemoteCharacteristic* pRXCharacteristic;
static BLEAdvertisedDevice* myDevice;

static void notifyCallback(
  BLERemoteCharacteristic* pBLERemoteCharacteristic,
  uint8_t* pData,
  size_t length,
  bool isNotify) {
    /*
    Serial.print("Notify callback for characteristic ");
    Serial.print(pBLERemoteCharacteristic->getUUID().toString().c_str());
    Serial.print(" of data length ");
    Serial.println(length);
    Serial.print("data: ");
    Serial.println((char*)pData);
    */
    Serial.print((char*)pData);
}

class MyClientCallback : public BLEClientCallbacks {
  void onConnect(BLEClient* pclient) {
  }

  void onDisconnect(BLEClient* pclient) {
    connected = false;
    Serial.println("onDisconnect");
  }
};

bool connectToServer() {
    Serial.print("Forming a connection to ");
    Serial.println(myDevice->getAddress().toString().c_str());
    
    BLEClient*  pClient  = BLEDevice::createClient();
    Serial.println(" - Created client");

    pClient->setClientCallbacks(new MyClientCallback());

    // Connect to the remove BLE Server.
    pClient->connect(myDevice);  
    // if you pass BLEAdvertisedDevice instead of address, 
    // it will be recognized type of peer device address (public or private)
    Serial.println(" - Connected to server");

    // Obtain a reference to the service we are after in the remote BLE server.
    BLERemoteService* pRemoteService = pClient->getService(serviceUUID);
    if (pRemoteService == nullptr) {
      Serial.print("Failed to find our service UUID: ");
      Serial.println(serviceUUID.toString().c_str());
      pClient->disconnect();
      return false;
    }
    Serial.println(" - Found our service");

    // =================================================================================
    // Obtain a reference to the characteristic in the service of the remote BLE server.
    // charUUID_TX
    pTXCharacteristic = pRemoteService->getCharacteristic(charUUID_TX);
    if (pTXCharacteristic == nullptr) {
      Serial.print("Failed to find our characteristic UUID: ");
      Serial.println(charUUID_TX.toString().c_str());
      pClient->disconnect();
      return false;
    }
    Serial.println(" - Found charUUID_TX characteristic");

    // Read the value of the characteristic.
    if(pTXCharacteristic->canRead()) {
      std::string value = pTXCharacteristic->readValue();
      Serial.print("The characteristic value was: ");
      Serial.println(value.c_str());
    }

    if(pTXCharacteristic->canNotify())
      pTXCharacteristic->registerForNotify(notifyCallback);

    // =================================================================================
    // Obtain a reference to the characteristic in the service of the remote BLE server.
    // charUUID_RX
    pRXCharacteristic = pRemoteService->getCharacteristic(charUUID_RX);
    if (pRXCharacteristic == nullptr) {
      Serial.print("Failed to find our characteristic UUID: ");
      Serial.println(charUUID_RX.toString().c_str());
      pClient->disconnect();
      return false;
    }
    Serial.println(" - Found charUUID_RX characteristic");

    String helloValue = "Hello Remote Server";
    pRXCharacteristic->writeValue(helloValue.c_str(), helloValue.length());

    

    // =================================================================================
    connected = true;
    return true;
}
/**
 * Scan for BLE servers and find the first one that 
 * advertises the service we are looking for.
 */
class MyAdvertisedDeviceCallbacks: public BLEAdvertisedDeviceCallbacks {
 /**
   * Called for each advertising BLE server.
   */
  void onResult(BLEAdvertisedDevice advertisedDevice) {
    Serial.print("BLE Advertised Device found: ");
    Serial.println(advertisedDevice.toString().c_str());

    // We have found a device, 
    // let us now see if it contains the service we are looking for.
    if (advertisedDevice.haveServiceUUID() && 
    	advertisedDevice.isAdvertisingService(serviceUUID)) {

      BLEDevice::getScan()->stop();
      myDevice = new BLEAdvertisedDevice(advertisedDevice);
      doConnect = true;
      doScan = true;

    } // Found our server
  } // onResult
}; // MyAdvertisedDeviceCallbacks


void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  Serial.println("Starting Arduino BLE Client application...");
  BLEDevice::init("");

  // Retrieve a Scanner and set the callback we want to use to be informed when we
  // have detected a new device.  Specify that we want active scanning and start the
  // scan to run for 5 seconds.
  BLEScan* pBLEScan = BLEDevice::getScan();
  pBLEScan->setAdvertisedDeviceCallbacks(new MyAdvertisedDeviceCallbacks());
  pBLEScan->setInterval(1349);
  pBLEScan->setWindow(449);
  pBLEScan->setActiveScan(true);
  pBLEScan->start(5, false);
} // End of setup.


// This is the Arduino main loop function.
void loop() {

  // If the flag "doConnect" is true then we have scanned for and found the desired
  // BLE Server with which we wish to connect.  Now we connect to it.  Once we are 
  // connected we set the connected flag to be true.
  if (doConnect == true) {
    if (connectToServer()) {
      Serial.println("We are now connected to the BLE Server.");
    } else {
      Serial.println("We have failed to connect to the server; there is nothin more we will do.");
    }
    doConnect = false;
  }

  // If we are connected to a peer BLE Server, 
  // update the characteristic each time we are reached
  // with the current time since boot.
  if (connected) {
    //String newValue = "Time since boot: " + String(millis()/1000 + "\n");
    //Serial.println("Setting new characteristic value to \"" + newValue + "\"");

    String newValue = " " + String(millis()/1000);
    // Set the characteristic's value to be the array of bytes that is actually a string.
    pRXCharacteristic->writeValue(newValue.c_str(), newValue.length());
  }else if(doScan){
    BLEDevice::getScan()->start(0);  
    // this is just example to start scan after disconnect, 
    // most likely there is better way to do it in arduino
  }
  
  delay(5000); // Delay a second between loops.
} // End of loop