RAK3172 development

adriano63 · November 22, 2024, 6:51am

I need to work with the RAK framework for the RAK3172 module.
I wanted to avoid the Arduino IDE.
Is it possible to manage this framework with Platform IO?

maxgerhardt · November 22, 2024, 12:00pm

That module seems to be just a STM32WLE5CC. Meaning, the platform-ststm32 platform and the Arduino_Core_STM32 will probably cover this device. There’s also a topic about LoRaWAN with that module here and a special board variant for it here.

There seems to be a more specific RAK3172 Arduino core available, do you mean this one? Or where do I find that “RAK framework”?

https://github.com/RAKWireless/RAK-STM32-RUI

https://github.com/RAKWireless/RAKwireless-Arduino-BSP-Index

adriano63 · November 22, 2024, 5:04pm

Ok so you tell me to use PlatformIO with the STM platform platform-ststm32 and then install the specific part for RAK.
In my application I use a RAK3172 module with the RUI3 libraries.
Do you think I can use the stm32duino code and then add the RUI3 libraries?
To do this I have to make changes to the Platform-IO configuration files?
bye thanks
Adriano

maxgerhardt · November 22, 2024, 5:42pm

If you already use the RUI3 libraries, then that will require the RAK-STM32-RUI Arduino core, too. When using the standard Arduino Core STM32, you would have to rewrite your application with the code and libraries available there.

Let me see if I can’t add build support for the RAK-STM32-RUI core into PlatformIO / platform-ststm32.

adriano63 · November 22, 2024, 6:01pm

Ok many thanks if you can do that that would be great!!

maxgerhardt · November 24, 2024, 9:02pm

Just FYI, I’m working on a PlatformIO integration, but it’s not finished yet. I can get a simple test sketch to compile for a RAK3172 Evaluation Board. I’ve also added the ymodem uploader.

Can you check if this compiles and can be uploaded to your board? (Upload + Monitor)

Works by adding a builder script and platform modifications.

adriano63 · November 25, 2024, 9:57am

I tried to compile the project.
It downloaded some archives then produced an error
of which I send you the log

adriano63 · November 25, 2024, 9:58am

*  Executing task: C:\Users\adria\.platformio\penv\Scripts\platformio.exe run --environment rak3172_evalboard 

Processing rak3172_evalboard (platform: https://github.com/maxgerhardt/platform-ststm32.git#rak3172; board: rak3172_evalboard; framework: arduino)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Tool Manager: Installing https://github.com/maxgerhardt/RAK-STM32-RUI/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
Unpacking  [#########################-----------]   71%  00:00:08
Unpacking...
FileNotFoundError: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\adria\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\platformio\package\manager\_install.py", line 37, in unpack
    return fu.unpack(dst, with_progress=with_progress)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\adria\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\platformio\package\unpack.py", line 200, in unpack
    self._archiver.extract_item(item, dest_dir)
  File "C:\Users\adria\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\platformio\package\unpack.py", line 49, in extract_item
    self._afo.extract(item, dest_dir)
  File "C:\Users\adria\.platformio\python3\Lib\zipfile.py", line 1664, in extract
    return self._extract_member(member, path, pwd)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\adria\.platformio\python3\Lib\zipfile.py", line 1735, in _extract_member
    open(targetpath, "wb") as target:
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\\Users\\adria\\.platformio\\.cache\\tmp\\pkg-installing-1a4j59j4\\RAK-STM32-RUI-main\\cores\\STM32WLE\\external\\STM32CubeWL\\Projects\\NUCLEO-WL55JC\\Examples_LL\\ADC\\ADC_ContinuousConversion_TriggerSW_LowPower_Init\\EWARM\\ADC_ContinuousConversion_TriggerSW_LowPower_Init.ewd'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\adria\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\platformio\__main__.py", line 103, in main
    cli()  # pylint: disable=no-value-for-parameter
    ^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\adria\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1157, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\adria\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1078, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\adria\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\platformio\cli.py", line 85, in invoke
    return super().invoke(ctx)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\adria\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1688, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\adria\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1434, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\adria\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 783, in invoke
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\adria\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\click\decorators.py", line 33, in new_func
    return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\adria\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\platformio\run\cli.py", line 145, in cli
    process_env(
  File "C:\Users\adria\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\platformio\run\cli.py", line 208, in process_env
    ).process()
      ^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\adria\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\platformio\run\processor.py", line 81, in process
    install_project_env_dependencies(
  File "C:\Users\adria\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\platformio\package\commands\install.py", line 132, in install_project_env_dependencies
    _install_project_env_platform(project_env, options),
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\adria\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\platformio\package\commands\install.py", line 149, in _install_project_env_platform
    PlatformPackageManager().install(
  File "C:\Users\adria\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\platformio\package\manager\platform.py", line 62, in install
    p.install_required_packages(force=force)
  File "C:\Users\adria\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\platformio\platform\_packages.py", line 76, in install_required_packages
    self.install_package(name, force=force)
  File "C:\Users\adria\.platformio\platforms\ststm32\platform.py", line 119, in install_package
    pkg = super().install_package(name, *args, **kwargs)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\adria\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\platformio\platform\_packages.py", line 70, in install_package
    return self.pm.install(spec or self.get_package_spec(name), force=force)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\adria\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\platformio\package\manager\_install.py", line 47, in install
    pkg = self._install(spec, skip_dependencies=skip_dependencies, force=force)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\adria\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\platformio\package\manager\_install.py", line 97, in _install
    pkg = self.install_from_uri(spec.uri, spec)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\adria\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\platformio\package\manager\_install.py", line 191, in install_from_uri
    self.unpack(dl_path, tmp_dir)
  File "C:\Users\adria\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\platformio\package\manager\_install.py", line 42, in unpack
    return fu.unpack(dst, with_progress=False)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\adria\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\platformio\package\unpack.py", line 178, in unpack
    self._archiver.extract_item(item, dest_dir)
  File "C:\Users\adria\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\platformio\package\unpack.py", line 49, in extract_item
    self._afo.extract(item, dest_dir)
  File "C:\Users\adria\.platformio\python3\Lib\zipfile.py", line 1664, in extract
    return self._extract_member(member, path, pwd)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\adria\.platformio\python3\Lib\zipfile.py", line 1735, in _extract_member
    open(targetpath, "wb") as target:
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\\Users\\adria\\.platformio\\.cache\\tmp\\pkg-installing-1a4j59j4\\RAK-STM32-RUI-main\\cores\\STM32WLE\\external\\STM32CubeWL\\Projects\\NUCLEO-WL55JC\\Examples_LL\\ADC\\ADC_ContinuousConversion_TriggerSW_LowPower_Init\\EWARM\\ADC_ContinuousConversion_TriggerSW_LowPower_Init.ewd'

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An unexpected error occurred. Further steps:

* Verify that you have the latest version of PlatformIO using
  `python -m pip install -U platformio` command

* Try to find answer in FAQ Troubleshooting section
  https://docs.platformio.org/page/faq/index.html

* Report this problem to the developers
  https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues

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maxgerhardt · November 25, 2024, 10:36am

The file paths are getting too long. You need to have Long NTFS filepaths enabled in Windows; It’s also good to have them enabled in git, too.

Try to follow Step 1,2 and 3 from this guide:

https://arduino-pico.readthedocs.io/en/latest/platformio.html#step-1-enabling-long-paths-in-git

adriano63 · November 25, 2024, 5:51pm

Ok . With the long names changed I compile and download the example correctly

maxgerhardt · November 25, 2024, 9:14pm

So the “Upload and Monitor” works? The expected output appears in the serial monitor?

github.com

maxgerhardt/pio-rak3172-demo/blob/8e6f0721639049f0ada032a82dfc4f8279c10e7f/src/main.cpp#L22-L23


      
          Serial.println("RAKwireless Arduino Digital Example");
          Serial.println("------------------------------------------------------");

adriano63 · November 26, 2024, 5:24am

Yes I tried the serial monitor and it prints the message correctly