feat(display): OLED dims a few seconds after last activity

Splash holds bright for 10 s on (re-)entry, then drops to dim while
LearnMore/Info keep alternating. The dashboard stays bright for 3 s
after the last packet or mode change, then dims in place without
disturbing the Listening/Transmitting state or the 1 s sparkline
timer. Cross-leaf TX↔RX hops stay bright throughout — `set_dim` is
fired by the 3 s timer handler as an action rather than as a sibling
`exit:` action, so mode-change leaf-crossings no longer flash
dim→bright on every swap.

Two driver families (`ssd1306::Ssd1306Async` and the in-tree
`Sh1106`) wrapped behind a single `DisplayBrightness` trait in
`src/driver/mod.rs`; the board trait's `DisplayDriver` associated
type now requires it. Dim/bright contrast values centralized as
`CONTRAST_BRIGHT` / `CONTRAST_DIM` constants — tune in one place.

`On.on(CmdReset)` now targets `LearnMore` directly rather than the
ancestor `Splash`. Under hsmc 0.2 up-transition semantics, targeting
an already-active ancestor unwinds only below it without re-descent;
the USB-disconnect reset path was previously relying on the old
re-enter-and-descend behavior and would have parked at `Splash`
with a dead alternation timer.

Bumps `hsmc` 0.1.0 → 0.2 for the up-transition semantic fix.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,62 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- **OLED auto-dim after inactivity.** The display is bright on any
+  activity — splash entry, mode change into a dashboard leaf, packet
+  RX/TX — and dims after a short idle window. Splash holds bright for
+  10 s, then drops to dim while the LearnMore / Info carousel keeps
+  alternating. The dashboard stays bright for 3 s after the last
+  packet or mode change, then dims in place without changing
+  Listening/Transmitting state. Cross-leaf TX↔RX hops transition
+  bright→bright with no intermediate dim — `set_dim` is fired as an
+  action by the 3 s timer handler rather than as a sibling `exit:`
+  action, so mode-change leaf-crossings never see a flash.
+- `DisplayBrightness` trait in `src/driver/mod.rs` unifies the
+  two-level backlight API across the `ssd1306` crate's `Ssd1306Async`
+  and the in-tree `Sh1106` driver. Contrast values centralized as
+  `CONTRAST_BRIGHT` (`0xFF`) and `CONTRAST_DIM` (`0x08`) constants so
+  the two levels can be tuned in one place.
+
+### Changed
+
+- `src/display.rs` statechart restructured:
+  - `Splash` gains `entry: set_bright` plus an action-only
+    `on(after 10s) => set_dim` handler so the splash bright window
+    is time-scoped without disturbing the LM↔Info alternation.
+  - `Dashboard` `Listening` and `Transmitting` each gain a nested
+    `*Bright` substate owning the `entry: set_bright` action. Packet
+    handlers moved into the leaves and target the leaf's `*Bright` —
+    sibling-to-sibling within the leaf restarts the 3 s timer without
+    re-entering the leaf itself (paint / 1 s sparkline timer
+    preserved). The 3 s timeout handler fires `set_dim` as an action
+    and up-transitions to the leaf, parking the machine at the leaf
+    with no active child.
+- `On.on(CmdReset)` now targets `LearnMore` directly rather than
+  `Splash`. Under hsmc 0.2 up-transition semantics, targeting
+  `Splash` from within `Splash.LearnMore` (USB-disconnect race path)
+  would only unwind below `Splash` and park with no active child,
+  leaving the LM↔Info alternation timer dead and the QR frozen on
+  screen.
+- `LoRaBoard::DisplayDriver` trait bound extended with
+  `+ DisplayBrightness` so brightness is part of the board contract
+  alongside `DrawTarget<Color = BinaryColor>`.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Elecrow ThinkNode-M2 board doc corrected: the shipping revision
+  carries a WCH CH340K USB-UART bridge (USB `1a86:7522`), not a
+  Silicon Labs CP2102. `just flash elecrow_thinknode_m2` now matches
+  the CH340K / CH340 VID:PIDs directly instead of falling through
+  to espflash auto-detect.
+
+### Dependencies
+
+- `hsmc` bumped to `0.2` to pick up the up-transition fix (transition
+  to an already-active ancestor unwinds only the subtree strictly
+  below the target; no exit/entry on the target; no default descent).
+
 ## [1.1.0] - 2026-04-22
 
 Small but high-value behavior change: `SET_CONFIG` issued while the

Cargo.lock

@@ -1404,9 +1404,9 @@ checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hsmc"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2d8cb8820e7ff5fa4fa4b5dbb78b9f59d26ccc8e3bcf69d8f4c4ce29ee01b93a"
+checksum = "960effec6ded897c013d5cde8fb7f09bf0137e783efc4c2e0346092a2941c46e"
 dependencies = [
  "embassy-futures",
  "embassy-sync 0.8.0",
@@ -1417,9 +1417,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hsmc-macros"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c4fa4dad2c05309fae4f6d15b74d9b37c1fd7325a96701972fdad89637635160"
+checksum = "3e1933eea1e95edb4fa03688f969f0a1ffabc4f16fc396b40ead6bedd5c4bdff"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",

Cargo.toml

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ embassy-usb-driver = "0.2"
 ucobs = { version = "0.3", features = ["legacy-msrv"] }
 heapless = "0.9"
 donglora-protocol = "1.1.0"
-hsmc = { version = "0.1.0", default-features = false, features = ["embassy"] }
+hsmc = { version = "0.2", default-features = false, features = ["embassy"] }
 lora-phy = "3.0"
 portable-atomic = { version = "1", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["critical-section"] }
 static_cell = "2.1"

src/board/traits.rs

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 use embedded_graphics::draw_target::DrawTarget;
 use embedded_graphics::pixelcolor::BinaryColor;
 
+use crate::driver::DisplayBrightness;
+
 /// Async RGB LED control. Boards without an LED use `()` which is a no-op.
 pub trait RgbLed {
     fn set_rgb(&mut self, r: u8, g: u8, b: u8) -> impl core::future::Future<Output = ()>;
@@ -35,8 +37,9 @@ pub trait LoRaBoard: Sized {
     /// Display peripheral bundle (I2C bus for display init).
     type DisplayParts;
 
-    /// Concrete display driver type (must implement DrawTarget for rendering).
-    type DisplayDriver: DrawTarget<Color = BinaryColor>;
+    /// Concrete display driver type (must implement DrawTarget for rendering
+    /// and DisplayBrightness for the two-level dim control).
+    type DisplayDriver: DrawTarget<Color = BinaryColor> + DisplayBrightness;
 
     /// RGB LED driver. Boards without an LED use `()`.
     type LedDriver: RgbLed;

src/display.rs

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ use embassy_time::Timer;
 use hsmc::statechart;
 
 use crate::board::{self, Board, DisplayDriver, DisplayParts, LedDriver, LoRaBoard, RgbLed};
+use crate::driver::DisplayBrightness;
 use crate::channel::{DisplayCommand, DisplayCommandChannel, RadioEvent, RadioEventChannel};
 use crate::protocol::LoRaConfig;
 
@@ -220,6 +221,14 @@ impl DisplayContext {
         Timer::after_millis(50).await;
         self.peripherals.led.set_rgb(0, 0, 0).await;
     }
+
+    async fn oled_bright(&mut self) {
+        self.peripherals.display.set_bright().await;
+    }
+
+    async fn oled_dim(&mut self) {
+        self.peripherals.display.set_dim().await;
+    }
 }
 
 // ── Statechart ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -243,16 +252,26 @@ statechart! {
             on(CmdOff) => Off;
             // `CmdReset` + `RadioIdle` race on USB disconnect; this handler
             // makes either ordering land in the same place. Reset the run
-            // state, turn off any blink-in-progress, and re-enter Splash —
-            // descend_defaults lands us in LearnMore with a fresh 5 s timer.
-            on(CmdReset) => reset_run_state, turn_led_off, Splash;
+            // state, turn off any blink-in-progress, and land in LearnMore
+            // with a fresh 5 s timer. We target `LearnMore` (not `Splash`)
+            // because under hsmc 0.2 up-transition semantics, targeting a
+            // state that's already on the active path would only unwind
+            // below it — we'd park at `Splash` with no active child and
+            // the alternation timer would never restart.
+            on(CmdReset) => reset_run_state, turn_led_off, LearnMore;
             // Config can arrive before the dashboard is up; cache it anywhere.
             on(ConfigChanged(cfg: LoRaConfig)) => save_new_config;
 
+            // Splash is bright for the first 10 s of (re-)entry, then the
+            // action-only `on(after 10s)` handler drops the OLED to dim.
+            // LearnMore ↔ Info keep alternating underneath — their own
+            // timers are independent of the 10 s window.
             state Splash {
+                entry: set_bright;
                 default(LearnMore);
                 on(EnteredRx) => Listening;
                 on(EnteredTx) => Transmitting;
+                on(after Duration::from_secs(10)) => set_dim;
 
                 state LearnMore {
                     entry: paint_learn_more;
@@ -265,24 +284,56 @@ statechart! {
                 }
             }
 
+            // Dashboard brightness pattern: each mode-leaf holds a `Bright`
+            // substate. `entry: set_bright` owns the backlight going on;
+            // `set_dim` is fired **as an action** by the 3 s timeout
+            // handler, immediately before the up-transition that parks
+            // the machine at the leaf. The symmetric `exit: set_dim`
+            // would also fire on mode-change leaf-crossings (e.g.
+            // ListeningBright → TransmittingBright via EnteredTx), and
+            // the subsequent default descent would fire `set_bright`
+            // again — producing a visible dim/bright flash on every
+            // TX↔RX swap. Anchoring dim to the *timer* handler instead
+            // means leaf-crossings go bright→bright with no intermediate
+            // dim action. CmdOff/CmdReset exit paths don't fire set_dim
+            // either, which is fine — the display is blanked or walked
+            // back to Splash, which re-asserts its own brightness.
             state Dashboard {
                 default(Listening);
                 on(RadioIdle) => Splash;
 
-                // Packet events are pure data + one-shot LED feedback.
-                on(PacketRx { rssi: i16, snr: Option<i16> }) => record_rx_packet, blink_rx_led;
-                on(PacketTx) => record_tx_packet, blink_tx_led;
-
                 state Listening {
                     entry: paint_listening;
+                    default(ListeningBright);
                     on(EnteredTx) => Transmitting;
                     on(every Duration::from_millis(1000)) => advance_sparkline, paint_listening;
+                    // Split from the transition below because hsmc rejects
+                    // payload bindings on transition-bearing handlers.
+                    on(PacketRx { rssi: i16, snr: Option<i16> }) => record_rx_packet, blink_rx_led;
+                    on(PacketRx) => ListeningBright;
+                    on(PacketTx) => record_tx_packet, blink_tx_led;
+                    on(PacketTx) => ListeningBright;
+
+                    state ListeningBright {
+                        entry: set_bright;
+                        on(after Duration::from_secs(3)) => set_dim, Listening;
+                    }
                 }
 
                 state Transmitting {
                     entry: paint_transmitting;
+                    default(TransmittingBright);
                     on(EnteredRx) => Listening;
                     on(every Duration::from_millis(1000)) => advance_sparkline, paint_transmitting;
+                    on(PacketRx { rssi: i16, snr: Option<i16> }) => record_rx_packet, blink_rx_led;
+                    on(PacketRx) => TransmittingBright;
+                    on(PacketTx) => record_tx_packet, blink_tx_led;
+                    on(PacketTx) => TransmittingBright;
+
+                    state TransmittingBright {
+                        entry: set_bright;
+                        on(after Duration::from_secs(3)) => set_dim, Transmitting;
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -355,6 +406,14 @@ impl DisplayActions for DisplayActionContext<'_> {
     async fn advance_sparkline(&mut self) {
         self.run.advance_slot();
     }
+
+    async fn set_bright(&mut self) {
+        self.oled_bright().await;
+    }
+
+    async fn set_dim(&mut self) {
+        self.oled_dim().await;
+    }
 }
 
 // ── Task entry point ───────────────────────────────────────────────

src/driver/mod.rs

@@ -10,3 +10,56 @@ pub mod sh1106;
     feature = "waveshare_rp2040_lora"
 ))]
 pub mod simple_led;
+
+// ── Display brightness ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+//
+// The display statechart dims the OLED a few seconds after the last
+// activity. Our two driver families (`ssd1306` crate and our in-tree
+// `sh1106`) expose incompatible brightness APIs, so we wrap them in a
+// single async trait that the state-machine actions can call uniformly.
+
+/// Two-level backlight control used by the display dashboard.
+pub trait DisplayBrightness {
+    fn set_bright(&mut self) -> impl core::future::Future<Output = ()>;
+    fn set_dim(&mut self) -> impl core::future::Future<Output = ()>;
+}
+
+// Contrast values for the two brightness levels, picked to be common across
+// both driver families. `0xFF` is the SSD1306/SH1106 maximum; `0x08` is ~3%
+// of max — visible in a dim room, barely noticeable in daylight. Tune here.
+const CONTRAST_BRIGHT: u8 = 0xFF;
+const CONTRAST_DIM: u8 = 0x08;
+
+impl<DI, SIZE, MODE> DisplayBrightness for ssd1306::Ssd1306Async<DI, SIZE, MODE>
+where
+    DI: display_interface::AsyncWriteOnlyDataCommand,
+    SIZE: ssd1306::size::DisplaySizeAsync,
+{
+    async fn set_bright(&mut self) {
+        // `Brightness::custom(precharge, contrast)`. Matches the shape of
+        // the crate's BRIGHTEST preset (precharge 0x2) at max contrast.
+        let _ = self
+            .set_brightness(ssd1306::prelude::Brightness::custom(0x2, CONTRAST_BRIGHT))
+            .await;
+    }
+    async fn set_dim(&mut self) {
+        // Low precharge pairs with low contrast — same combination the
+        // crate's DIMMEST preset uses.
+        let _ = self
+            .set_brightness(ssd1306::prelude::Brightness::custom(0x1, CONTRAST_DIM))
+            .await;
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(any(feature = "wio_tracker_l1", feature = "elecrow_thinknode_m2"))]
+impl<I> DisplayBrightness for sh1106::Sh1106<I>
+where
+    I: embedded_hal_async::i2c::I2c,
+{
+    async fn set_bright(&mut self) {
+        let _ = self.set_brightness(CONTRAST_BRIGHT).await;
+    }
+    async fn set_dim(&mut self) {
+        let _ = self.set_brightness(CONTRAST_DIM).await;
+    }
+}