LaBoate

Micropython version of LaBoite (https://github.com/redgick/Redgick_Laboite)

Required hardware

• An ESP8266 or ESP32 board
• An SSD1306 OLED screen

Setup

• Clone the repository
• Depending on your board export TARGET=esp8266 or export TARGET=esp32
• Run make flash to download the appropriate Micropython firmware and flash your board with it
• Create laboate/config.py file based on laboate/config.py.sample
• Run make upload to upload the required files to the board
• Reset the board
• Profit!

Makefile variables

Depending on your setup, you can override these environment variables:

• MICROPYTHON_VERSION: version of Micropython you want to use, default is 1.9.4
• TARGET: type of your board, can be esp8266 or esp32 (case sensitive!)
• PORT: port on which your board is connected to your computer, default is /dev/ttyUSB0
• BAUDRATE: baud rate used to communicate with your board, default is 115200

Configuration file

You will find a ready to use config file in laboate folder named config.py.sample. Here are the available options and sections

SSD1306

Configuration related to the SSD1306 screen:

• address: address used to communicate with the screen, can be 0x3c or 0x3d (this should be written on the screen)
• sda: GPIO pin (number required, not D1 for example) connected to the SDA pin on the screen
• scl: GPIO pin (number required, not D2 for example) connected to the SCL pin on the screen
• width: width (in pixels) of the screen
• height: height (in pixels) of the screen
• scale: as LeNuage (http://github.com/laboiteproject/lenuage/) is made for smaller screens, upscale the rendering with this factor (int)

WIFI

Configuration about your Wifi network

• ssid: name of the SSID of the network
• password: password used to connect to the network

LeNuage

Configuration about LeNuage

• base_url: URL of LeNuage instance
• api_key: API key of your Boite object