Possible compatibility with the RP2040 platform ?

[messiasv]

Hi and thank you for your contribution. (I searched to contact you, but couldn't find a way, so I'm asking here)

This repository looks very cool and wanted to try it out. Currently I own a Raspberry Pi Pico W (with WiFi/BLE support) [RP2040]. This hardware is supported by ESPHome: https://esphome.io/components/rp2040.html

I'm reaching out to you to ask if it would be possible to port your code to support the RP2040 Platform ? What would be required ? It would have to be in a different repository ? Or am I better off getting an esp32 chip ?

Regards.

[aronsky]

Contacting here is fine :)

What happens when you use the current code? Does the build fail? If so, what's the error?

[messiasv]

Thank you! I get 2 errors right inside ESPHome editor:

• Component esp32_ble requires component esp32.

• Component light.lampsmart_pro_light requires component esp32.

My configuration:

esphome:
  name: picow
  friendly_name: picow

rp2040:
  board: rpipicow
  framework:
    # Required until https://github.com/platformio/platform-raspberrypi/pull/36 is merged
    platform_version: https://github.com/maxgerhardt/platform-raspberrypi.git

# I omitted: logger, api, ota, wifi, ap

external_components:
  # use lampsmart_pro_light from aronsky/esphome-components's main branch in GitHub
  - source:
      type: git
      url: https://github.com/aronsky/esphome-components
      ref: main
    components: [ lampsmart_pro_light ]

light:
  - platform: lampsmart_pro_light
    name: Kitchen Light
    duration: 1000
    default_transition_length: 0s

I did manage to run other code on this raspberry pi pico W (RP2040 Platform). But I'm guessing it can't run ESP32 code.. For example, this is the code to blink the onboard led:

Blinking the built-in LED
output:
  - platform: gpio
    pin: 32
    id: led

interval:
  - interval: 1000ms
    then:
      - output.turn_on: led
      - delay: 500ms
      - output.turn_off: led

[aronsky]

Yep - it doesn't seem to support BLE on RP2040. The BLE support used by this project is specific to ESP32. While developing support for RP2040 would be possible in theory, it would require a lot of time and changes. Getting an ESP32 chip will be much easier.

[messiasv]

Thank you for the clarification. My easy choice is to buy an ESP32 chip.

But because I already had 1 of those lights die on me completely, and my 2 remaining lights are halfway dead: only the candle color LED's working. Buying IR lights would probably be better in the long run, as I already have an IR controller.

I'm closing this issue as the matter was discussed.

[messiasv]

Hi @aronsky again. There's no problem in picking any esp32 board ? As long as it supports wifi and BLE ? Thanks in advance.

[aronsky]

I haven't tested it, but I believe any board should work.

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Hi @aronsky https://github.com/aronsky again. There's no problem in picking any esp32 board ? As long as it supports wifi and BLE ? Thanks in advance.

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