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swaits 8b549d49a9 feat: add ELECROW ThinkNode-M2 board support
ESP32-S3 + SX1262 + 1.3" SH1106 OLED + CP2102 UART bridge +
1000 mAh Li-Po. Pin map verified against Meshtastic's
variants/esp32s3/ELECROW-ThinkNode-M2. DIO3 TCXO at 3.3 V (vs 1.8 V
on Heltec), VEXT_ENABLE active HIGH (opposite polarity), dedicated
LORA_POWER_EN on GPIO48 sequenced before SPI init. Reuses the
existing async SH1106 driver at I2C address 0x3C.

Refactors hal::esp32s3::{init_spi,init_i2c} and board::esp32s3::init_radio
to accept generic GPIO bounds so ESP32-S3 boards with different pin
assignments can share the helpers. init_radio now takes a
TcxoCtrlVoltage parameter instead of hardcoding Ctrl1V8.

Incidental cleanups needed to make `just check-all` green:

- Replace the core::mem::forget(output) pattern with let _foo = ...;
  current esp-hal makes Output non-Drop, so forget is a no-op that
  trips clippy's forget_non_drop lint.

- Switch justfile xtensa builds from `cargo +nightly` with a RUSTC
  override to `cargo +esp` so the compiler and rust-src versions stay
  aligned. Public nightly's rust-src had drifted two months ahead of
  the esp fork and broke -Zbuild-std on core.
2026-04-11 22:29:04 -06:00

2.3 KiB

DongLoRa Firmware

Embedded Rust firmware for DongLoRa boards. Exposes the LoRa radio over USB CDC-ACM using a COBS-framed binary protocol.

Building

just setup              # one-time toolchain install
just build heltec_v4    # build for a specific board
just flash heltec_v4    # build + flash
just check-all          # compile-check all boards
just clippy heltec_v4   # lint
just test               # host-side protocol unit tests

All commands are run from the firmware/ directory.

Supported Boards

Board Feature MCU Radio USB Target
Heltec V3 heltec_v3 ESP32-S3 SX1262 Native CDC-ACM xtensa-esp32s3-none-elf
Heltec V3 (UART) heltec_v3_uart ESP32-S3 SX1262 CP2102 bridge xtensa-esp32s3-none-elf
Heltec V4 heltec_v4 ESP32-S3 SX1262 Native CDC-ACM xtensa-esp32s3-none-elf
ELECROW ThinkNode-M2 elecrow_thinknode_m2 ESP32-S3 SX1262 CP2102 bridge xtensa-esp32s3-none-elf
RAK WisBlock 4631 rak_wisblock_4631 nRF52840 SX1262 Native CDC-ACM thumbv7em-none-eabihf
Waveshare RP2040-LoRa waveshare_rp2040_lora RP2040 SX1262 Native CDC-ACM thumbv6m-none-eabi
Wio Tracker L1 wio_tracker_l1 nRF52840 SX1262 Native CDC-ACM thumbv7em-none-eabihf

Heltec V3 USB Note

The default heltec_v3 build uses native USB CDC-ACM, which requires a hardware modification to your board. Stock Heltec V3 boards route USB through a CP2102 bridge chip to UART — the ESP32-S3's native USB pins (GPIO19/GPIO20) are routed to header pins but not connected to the USB connector.

To enable native USB on a Heltec V3:

  1. Solder 0-ohm (or 22-ohm) resistors at pads R29 (D+) and R3 (D-)
  2. Disconnect the CP2102 from the USB connector's D+/D- lines (cut traces or remove the CP2102 bridge resistors)

After this mod, the board appears as /dev/ttyACM0 with the DongLoRa VID:PID (1209:5741), just like the V4 and nRF boards.

If you have a stock (unmodified) V3, use heltec_v3_uart instead:

just build heltec_v3_uart
just flash heltec_v3_uart

This builds firmware that communicates via the CP2102 bridge (appears as /dev/ttyUSB0).

Adding a Board

See src/board/PORTING.md.

Protocol

See PROTOCOL.md for the complete wire format specification.