Features wish list

[livius]

i see that this is still not fixed then i add this to the list it is about ADC:
We're working with the ESP32 manufacturer on enabling 12 bits plus the internal attenuation (will enable measurements of up to 4.4V).

https://forum.pycom.io/topic/226/lopy-adcs/8#

[cfaessler]

Some additional wishes from my side:

• Allow to specify port (FPort) for LoRaWAN packages
• Allow confirmed and unconfirmed LoRaWAN packages

[bmarkus]

@cfaessler said in Features wish list:

Some additional wishes from my side:

• Allow to specify port (FPort) for LoRaWAN packages

Is it really missing, port can't be specified per today? In such case I can't use it, as in our network ports allocated to services :(

[daniel]

@bmarkus No, this is already supported. Use the bind() method on a LoRa socket to select the port. For instance s.bind(1) will select port #1 for the socket.

Cheers,
Daniel

[daniel]

Allow confirmed and unconfirmed LoRaWAN packages

This is already supported via socket options.

We are releasing new docs in around 2 hours which will show all this. We'll make an announcement shortly.

[cfaessler]

@daniel Cool thanks!

[cfaessler]

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[Meide]

A 'read_timed' command as the one in the following link can be interesting:
http://docs.micropython.org/en/v1.8.6/pyboard/library/pyb.ADC.html

[mohpor]

@daniel
Currently, WiFi is initialized at boot (WiPy 2.0) and this feature cannot be disabled to be initialized later on (in boot.py) for example. I know it might be useful in some use cases, but it increases boot time and occupies memory and consumes battery power before we as developers get to disable it. I wish no extra features would be started before boot and we get to enable them as we wish, afterwards.

Cheers,
M.

[livius]

@mohpor
yes, somewhere someone wirite good point about this
i suppose that all features like wifi, blootooth, lora, ... should be disabled at start
maybe this can be achived by e.g. file existence on the flash.
like boot.config

if it does not exist - then all go same as is now
but if it exists then it should be parsed

[cfaessler]

Just read that the ESP32 shall have a built in Hall effect sensor and CAN bus Interface.
We needed both of it and used external peripherals until now. Is this something on your roadmap to implement?

[Colateral]

@daniel Wifi rssi() is important in IOT.

[livius]

@daniel
Will be good to have built in DTMF generator :)

[beyonlo]

@alexander said in Features wish list:

Direct hardware access (similar to the examples on Micropython speed), i.e. the Viper code emitter or some other approach to allow high speed digital IO

I agree.

[beyonlo]

@Roosted said in Features wish list:

@jasonriedy said in Features wish list:

• Enterprise WPA support

802.11X is the feature i'm really waiting for!
I've seen Wi-Fi marked as 'done' somewhere, but it is not usable in enterprise/educational environments...

For as far as I know 802.11X is supported in the ESP-IDF, so it would 'just' need to be implemented in python - right?

Thanks for steady development pace! :)

I think you are talking about 802.1x, correct?

Thanks.

[gertjanvanhethof]

@daniel One important feature to bring the xxPy devices to a higher enterprise ready plan is to add functionality to do firmware updates and software updates over-the-air.
Are there plans to add this?

[daniel]

@gertjanvanhethof yes, there are plans for this.

[Colateral]

@daniel BLE multipoint it is a MUST.

[beyonlo]

@Colateral said in Features wish list:

@daniel BLE multipoint it it MUST.

Yes, that is a very good feature.

[guy]

Must have:

• Encryption of login details on the module - currently I have to hard-code login details (eg. so WiFi on the LoPy can get in to my home network) in plain text. I imagine it's similar situation with any other login details on the device - unless I'm missing something? I can 1-way encrypt, but then can't use the encrypted details to log in to my wifi router.

Should have:

• Remotely update modules (firmware and scripts) via internet, and also suggest a best practice blueprint for doing updates offline (eg. via USB, SD and maybe even BT?)
• Number the pins on the module and the headers on the expansion board the same - very confusing currently

Nice to have:

• Some easy way for end-user to put their wifi login details on to the module (a good example is electric imp), ideally from mobile phone or USB.
• Possibly some way to kill threads when a script exists (currently they seem to linger)