feat: dual-board architecture — ESP8266 camera bridge + ESP32 MQTT bridge
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Complete rewrite of firmware into two dedicated boards per camera node:

ESP8266 (Camera Bridge):
- Connects ONLY to GoPro AP — polls status, sends over UART
- Zero network switching, zero MQTT
- HTTP GET /bacpac/SH for status, start/stop
- JSON-per-line UART protocol to ESP32

ESP32 (MQTT Bridge):
- Connects ONLY to travel router — MQTT to Pi hub
- Reads status from ESP8266 over UART2 (RX16/TX17)
- Auto-registration, heartbeat, command forwarding
- Zero camera communication

UART Protocol: JSON-per-line at 115200 8N1
  ESP8266→ESP32: status/ack/pong/error
  ESP32→ESP8266: cmd (start_recording/stop_recording/ping)

Hardware updates:
- BOM now includes both boards (~4/node)
- 3D case has stacked dual-board compartment
- UART wire channel between board recesses
- Shared 3.3V power rail for both boards
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2026-05-22 00:49:06 +00:00
parent 324402f268
commit b3d4226b1c
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; RemoteRig — ESP32 + ESP8266 Camera Node Firmware
; PlatformIO project with dual-target support.
; RemoteRig — Dual-Board Camera Node Firmware
; ============================================
; Each camera node has TWO boards connected via UART:
;
; ESP8266 (Camera Bridge): Connects to GoPro AP → HTTP status/control
; ESP32 (MQTT Bridge): Connects to travel router → MQTT to hub
;
; ESP8266 ←──UART──→ ESP32
; (TX/RX) (RX16/TX17)
;
; Build:
; pio run -e esp32dev (ESP32 Dev Board — dual-STA, recommended)
; pio run -e esp8266dev (ESP8266 D1 Mini — time-shared STA)
; pio run -e esp8266-camera (ESP8266 D1 Mini — camera bridge)
; pio run -e esp32-mqtt (ESP32 Dev Board — MQTT bridge)
;
; Upload:
; pio run -e esp32dev --target upload
; pio run -e esp8266dev --target upload
; pio run -e esp8266-camera --target upload
; pio run -e esp32-mqtt --target upload
;
; SPIFFS/LittleFS:
; pio run -e esp32dev --target uploadfs
; pio run -e esp8266dev --target uploadfs
; Filesystem:
; pio run -e esp8266-camera --target uploadfs
; pio run -e esp32-mqtt --target uploadfs
[common]
lib_deps =
@@ -20,17 +27,11 @@ lib_deps =
build_flags =
-D CORE_DEBUG_LEVEL=0
[env:esp32dev]
platform = espressif32
board = esp32dev
framework = arduino
monitor_speed = 115200
upload_speed = 921600
lib_deps = ${common.lib_deps}
build_flags = ${common.build_flags}
-D CONFIG_ARDUINO_LOOP_STACK_SIZE=8192
; ── ESP8266: Camera Bridge ──────────────────────────────────
; Flashed onto D1 Mini. Talks to GoPro over Wi-Fi, relays to
; ESP32 over UART (TX/RX pins). No MQTT, no router connection.
[env:esp8266dev]
[env:esp8266-camera]
platform = espressif8266
board = d1_mini
framework = arduino
@@ -39,6 +40,28 @@ upload_speed = 921600
lib_deps = ${common.lib_deps}
build_flags = ${common.build_flags}
-D PIO_FRAMEWORK_ARDUINO_MMU_CACHE16_IRAM48_SECHEAP_SHARED
-D CONFIG_ARDUINO_LOOP_STACK_SIZE=8192
board_build.flash_mode = dio
board_build.f_cpu = 160000000L
build_src_filter =
+<../lib/>
+<esp8266-camera-bridge.cpp>
-<*.cpp>
; ── ESP32: MQTT Bridge ─────────────────────────────────────
; Flashed onto ESP32 Dev Board. Connects to travel router,
; publishes MQTT to Pi hub. Reads camera status from ESP8266
; over UART2 (RX16/TX17). No direct camera communication.
[env:esp32-mqtt]
platform = espressif32
board = esp32dev
framework = arduino
monitor_speed = 115200
upload_speed = 921600
lib_deps = ${common.lib_deps}
build_flags = ${common.build_flags}
-D CONFIG_ARDUINO_LOOP_STACK_SIZE=8192
build_src_filter =
+<../lib/>
+<esp32-mqtt-bridge.cpp>
-<*.cpp>