This is a consolidation of my changes for BME680 on RAK4631 nodes.
I will close my other PRs related to this and link back to this one.
*Background on change:*
This change replaces the Adafruit BME680 driver on RAK4631 with the
Bosch BSEC library. Other boards continue to use the existing
Adafruit path via ENV_INCLUDE_BME680.
This makes the IAQ portion of the sensor functional, and more accurate.
It also contains the math and/or CayenneLPP fixes from my other PRs.
The Bosch code also appears to handle calibrating sensor aging as well,
whereas the Adafruit code is just looking at blind values that can drift
with time. Pretty cool to see this shooting out useful data!
RAK4631 platform.io is set to override to ENV_INCLUDE_BME680_BSEC while
leaving the Adafruit code for other node types. (If this becomes applicable
for other node types in future, awesome! I just don't have hardware
to test against.)
Using the BSEC library introduces IAQ sensor calibration, and saves
the calibration state periodically so it does not have to calibrate
again later.
At startup the IAQ sensor takes 30 minutes to heat and to hit a baseline,
then starts calibrating. Once calibrated, it will save those settings
and will only write settings again if calibration falls back and restores
back to state 3.
This fix also has the gas resistance math fix that was in
[pull 2146](https://github.com/meshcore-dev/MeshCore/pull/2146) so
the adafruit path also can at least show accurate values instead
of looping negative.
Also includes the fix from [pull 2149](https://github.com/meshcore-dev/MeshCore/pull/2149) so the pressure output isn't truncated to 1hPa steps.
*Fixes/Changes:*
- Add bsec_config_iaq[] with the 3.3V/3s-LP/28d calibration profile
- BSEC init applies setConfig() for voltage-correct heater targeting
- IAQ, heat-compensated temperature/humidity, pressure, and altitude
reported over CayenneLPP
- IAQ accuracy reported as analog input over CayenneLPP (0,1,2,3)
- Calibration state persisted to /bsec_state.bin on nRF52 internal
flash; written only when iaqAccuracy improves to >= 2, should
keep write frequency well within flash endurance over device lifetime
- Fix non-BSEC query_bme680: float pressure division, addGenericSensor
for gas resistance (was addAnalogInput, overflows at > 327 Ohm)
- loop() correctly gated for both GPS and BSEC-only builds
- Add fix_bsec_lib.py extra_script to resolve nRF52840 hard-float ABI
mismatch in Bosch's PlatformIO packaging, silly Bosch
One general note outside of this code change: I noticed while BME680
_functions_ in companion nodes, since companion nodes run Bluetooth,
BLE preempts the CPU, and can do so mid-I2C-transaction.
This can cause the BME680 to see an anomaly and drop calibration and
start a recalibrate. This is behavior that will exist (and has existed)
regardless of using the Adafruit or Bosch paths.
This particular companion behavior does not seem to occur in sensor
or repeater nodes since their BLE is off. Probably affects other
I2C devices as well.
*Tests:*
- RAK19003
- RAK19007
- RAK19001
- repeater, sensor, companion
- Trigger noise floor calibration every 2s and AGC reset every 30s in main loop.
- Reorder loop to match Dispatcher: calibrate + radio.loop() before AGC reset
and recvRaw() so RSSI is never sampled right after startReceive().
- Update protocol doc with calibration intervals and typical noise floor range.
- Variant platformio.ini updates (heltec_v3, rak4631).
Added NRF52840 power management core functionality:
- Boot‑voltage lockout
- Initial support for shutdown/reset reason storage and capture (via RESETREAS/GPREGRET2)
- LPCOMP wake (for voltage-driven shutdowns)
- VBUS wake (for voltage-driven shutdowns)
- Per-board shutdown handler for board-specific tasks
- Exposed CLI queries for power‑management status in CommonCLI.cpp
- Added documentation in docs/nrf52_power_management.md.
- Enabled power management support in Xiao nRF52840, RAK4631, Heltec T114 boards
-Added RAK_4631 define back
-Added includes for common RAK sensors that are currently supported in ESM
-Set global variables to static
-Reduced delay time within the RAK gps init sequence
Changes to migrate sensor code to the ESM.
Added a separate GPS init sequence for the RAK that scans I2C and Serial1 on the various sockets of the various base boards to find the RAK12500. (and soon the RAK12501)
Removed the GPS specific envs from platformio.ini and enabled GPS for all envs.
Verified working with RAK12500 on RAK19007 sockets A and D, as well as RAK19003.
repeaters do not typically have user buttons and
there is only one analog pin available on most, if
not all, base boards. so this allows repeaters to
add custom peripherals or alternate battery signals
- Added the BME680 environment sensor functionality
- Added the GPS Repeater env for those wanting it
- Cleaned up the GPS and other RAK4631SensorManager code
Verified build and functionality on normal and GPS repeater and companion envs.
IAQ readout is still a work in progress, but a placeholder can be seen on Channel 2 of the app telemetry.
Added RAK12500 GPS support
Added socket scan capability to determine which socket the GPS is connected to
T-beam supreme: added conditional to displaying location data to only when gps is active
