PURR OS Developer Preview 7 (RUSHED RELEASE)
Pre-releaseThis release was a last minute thing and has NOT been soak tested, so i can not promise it wont crash, after 2 days of issues, and bugs being pointed out, i wanted to push this to get more feedback, as well as push a M5Stack Tab 5 release!
There will be a Second Developer Preview 7, with a more tested and debugged build!
There may be a delay with the next few updates while i deal with the forest fires in BC Canada, as well as some personal issues, bear with me, and any help is welcome with the project!
Big shoutout to @dmatking for helping get a proper tested build of the M5Stack Tab 5, as well as help with certian drivers!
This release brings a few bug fixes (after sending me on a loop for two whole days)
What this update covers:
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a SPI race condition causing issues on the T Deck Plus (fixed)
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a system driver recovery system, a misbehaving driver gets restarted when a crash is detected.
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Purrstrap fixes, causing issues with compiling, those were fixed last minute
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MSN fixes and additions (added icon support, and telemetry data, battery status etc, disabled for now, but its there, at least to read the data)
and my favourite part, Milkbar.
"where do kittens like to go after a long day? the milk bar!"
Milkbar is the UI app for remotely connecting to other PURR OS nodes(more that 2!), and running apps remotely, powered by ESP-NOW, with the ability to set a node as a "home base"
the concept idea is, you come home, and the nodes auto connect to each other, and your sending messages from that host node, your controlling it, running apps from it, a bit like Remote Desktop.
MSN out the gate has some support, its a work in progress, also need testers to see if meshcore works or is just broken (untested)
i do plan on expanding to Remote GPIO support, and a bunch more control in the future, but the main goal for now is meshtastic.
"ive seen those ESP32 powered drones, i do plan on adding support for that as more of a feature we can do, i think it would be funny as heck!"
I heard your complaints about build issues, please re-clone the repo and see if that helps, also open an issue if you have catastropic bugs!