v1.5.0: VCD-Tool v1.5 (Public Release)

[Kukun7610]

This update came with an automatic system theme, That follows the device or browser's appearance:

• Light mode: when the user's system is set to Light.
• Dark mode: when the user's system is set to Dark.
• Live switching: if the system theme changes while the dashboard is open, the UI changes automatically without refreshing.
• Consistent styling: the home screen, telemetry cards, cell tables, detail pages, navigation menus, and status panels all adapt automatically not just the page background.
• Fixed the min max soc bug on Cell details

✨ Highlights

• 📶 Built-in Wi-Fi hotspot: join VCD-Tool, open http://192.168.4.1. No app, router or internet needed.
• 📱 Mobile-friendly dashboard with eight categories: Vehicle, Cell Details, BMS, Motor & Controller, Charger, Firmware & Software, Thermals, About.
• 🔋 Per-cell data for all 14 cells: voltage, SoC and SoH.
• 🌡️ Detailed thermals: cell probes, BMS chip, FET, ambient, humidity, motor, controller and MCU.
• ⚡ Charger insights: input/output voltage, current, calculated power, fan speeds, charge SoC limit and grid-support level.
• 💾 Firmware versions for BMS, BCM, gateway and motor, plus CAN health counters.
• 🟢🟡🔴 Live status bar based on CAN frame freshness (online / intermittent / offline).
• 🧵 Dual-task firmware: CAN decoding runs separately from the web server so frames aren't dropped.
• 🏷️ Confidence tags on uncertain values: Estimated, Hypothesis, Rarely seen.
• 🚫 No cloud, telemetry or tracking.

Flashing the ESP

1. Connect your ESP module to your PC/Laptop via USB.
2. Open the ESP Flasher application.
3. Select the correct COM / Serial port your ESP32 is connected to.
4. Select the proper .bin file provided in this folder for you selected hardware and click Flash.
5. Wait a minute for the process to complete, then disconnect and reconnect the ESP32 to restart it.
6. Check the Wi-Fi networks on your phone or laptop. If you see a network named VCD-Tool, the flashing was successful! (If it doesn't appear, try flashing again).

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