Cada guest es un proceso QEMU con su propia RAM (1-2 GB segun placa) y
sus hilos de vCPU, asi que el limite lo pone la maquina, no el codigo.
No habia ningun tope: el usuario N simplemente empujaba la caja a swap y
la sesion de TODOS se volvia lenta, que es peor que decirle al usuario N
que espere un minuto.
VELXIO_PI_MAX_INSTANCES (6) guests simultaneos en la maquina
VELXIO_PI_MAX_PER_OWNER (2) guests por persona
El "owner" es el hash de la cookie de sesion: sirve solo para contar, no
se guarda ni se lee de vuelta, y cae al host del cliente cuando no hay
cookie (sidecar de escritorio, tests). Sin identidad solo aplica el tope
global.
El rechazo llega como un mensaje que dice que hacer ("prueba en un
minuto" / "para una de tus sesiones"), no como un fallo mudo, y se
comprueba ANTES de lanzar el proceso.
La placa QEMU-Linux tiene DOS flujos serie y hasta ahora el cableado
usaba el equivocado: el enrutado entregaba los bytes del vecino a la
consola (el shell) y sacaba al cable la cháchara del arranque. El
header, que es lo que el usuario cablea, no existia.
Ahora el canal de protocolo lleva dos ops nuevas:
UARTTX <b64> el guest transmitio por el header -> al canvas
UARTRX el guest pregunta que le llego -> UART_RXQ <b64>
El backend guarda una cola por instancia (acotada a 64 KB, que un script
que no lee nunca no la haga crecer) y el websocket acepta `pi_uart_rx`
con los bytes que el vecino manda. En el frontend el bridge gana
onUartTx / sendUartBytes y el Interconnect engancha ESE flujo en vez de
la consola para las placas Pi.
Con esto el mismo script -- import serial, escribir, dormir, leer --
funciona en los dos motores.
A profile's extra_drive is the same file for everyone; an overlay may
need a disk built for THIS session (what the project declared). New
seam set_pi_extra_drive_resolver(fn) receives the client id, the board
and the start_pi payload and returns raw images, mounted read-only after
the profile's own. The WS route forwards msg_data and the bridge gained
startPayload so a client can declare it. Generic: no package manager,
no OS knowledge in the OSS tree.
- profile key extra_drive: optional read-only second virtio-blk so an
overlay can ship guest-side shim libraries (/dev/vdb)
- SENS <name> protocol op: canvas-fed named values (built-in sensors /
buttons) served from PiInstance.sensor_state, pushed by the frontend
via the new pi_sensor_state WS message
- DISP <b64> protocol op: guest display commands forwarded to the
frontend as 'display' events (built-in screens)
- RaspberryPi3Bridge: onDisplay / onGpioPwm callbacks + setSensorState
- SimulatorCanvas hands piFamily boards their Pi bridge in
attachBuiltins (was ESP32-only)
Move the CYW43439 (Pico W) WiFi emulation out of the open-source tree so it
can ship as a paid feature in a private overlay. OSS keeps a plain Pico W
(no WiFi); the overlay registers the cyw43 protocol + backend network stack
at runtime via generic seams.
Frontend:
- Add simulation/PioPeripheral.ts: a generic "PIO bus peripheral" seam
(feedWord / inDiscardableWriteData / resetFraming / hostWakeLevel /
onHostWake / onSimulationStart). No factory is installed in OSS, so
createPioPeripheral() returns null and a Pico W simulates as a plain Pico.
- RP2040Simulator: keep the fragile PIO-FIFO plumbing (it must re-run after
loadMicroPython swaps the chip) but drive it through PioPeripheral instead
of an inlined cyw43 import (attachCyw43 -> attachPioPeripheral, etc.).
- useSimulatorStore: generic attach/detach + setBoardWifiStatus; drop the
cyw43 bridge map.
- MicroPythonLoader: add registerFirmwareVariant() so an overlay can add the
RPI_PICO_W build; remove the OSS pico-w config + bundled .uf2.
- Delete simulation/cyw43/ (moved to the overlay).
Backend:
- core/hooks.py: add generic register_ws_sim_handler / dispatch_ws_sim_message
and register_gateway_proxy / dispatch_gateway_proxy seams.
- simulation.py: route start_picow / stop_picow / picow_packet_out through the
ws_sim_handler hook (the overlay handles + gates them).
- iot_gateway.py: resolve the Pico W gateway through the gateway_proxy hook.
- Delete services/picow_net/ + picow_net_bridge.py (moved to the overlay).
Tests: move the cyw43/picow suites to the overlay; update RP2040Simulator
mock stubs to attachPioPeripheral.
Add a working microSD card part backed by a FAT16 image, following the
Wokwi storage model: the project's own workspace files are auto-copied
onto the card (free), and an optional "SD Card" panel uploads extra
files (gated as a paid feature by the velxio.dev overlay; OSS default
allows it).
Frontend (in-browser AVR / RP2040):
- ProtocolParts.ts: rewrite the microsd-card part from a handshake stub
into a real SD-over-SPI device (reply-first Ncr timing, SDSC byte
addressing, single/multi-block read+write, CSD/CID, full CMD set).
- utils/fatImage.ts: dependency-free FAT16 super-floppy builder (8.3 + LFN).
- utils/sdCardFiles.ts: assemble the card image from workspace files plus
uploaded files; base64 helpers.
- components/simulator/SdCardPanel.tsx + ComponentPropertyDialog: upload UI.
- DynamicComponent + useSimulatorStore: build and inject the image on run.
- lib/proSdCardGate.ts: overlay-installable gate for the upload action.
- data/examples-storage-microsd.ts: Arduino Uno + ESP32 gallery examples.
Backend (ESP32 via QEMU):
- services/esp32_sd_slave.py: synchronous SD-over-SPI slave (Python port of
the browser part) with a sparse backing store, idle-state R1 tracking and
real CRC16 on data blocks when the host enables CRC (CMD59) -- both
required by ESP-IDF's sdspi driver.
- esp32_worker.py: route SPI bytes to the slave (returns MISO synchronously)
and feed write-only bulk transfers.
- esp32_lib_manager.py + routes/simulation.py: forward the FAT image
(sd_card.image_b64) from the start config into the worker.
Tested:
- frontend: protocol-parts, fat-image, sd-card-gate and microsd-real-firmware
(real Arduino SD.h on avr8js) -- 86 passing.
- backend: test_esp32_sd_slave (10) covering the ESP-IDF init sequence and
CRC16; validated end to end by running a real SD.h sketch in libqemu-xtensa
(mount, directory listing, read and write-readback).
STM32 emulation (open-core, runs via libqemu-arm in the backend worker):
- backend: stm32_lib_manager + stm32_worker (GPIO, USART, I2C/SPI device models
reusing the ESP32 slaves, live sensor updates), arduino_cli STM32 branch,
start_stm32 simulation route.
- frontend: Stm32Bridge + Stm32BluePill(/BlackPill) web components (Wokwi SVGs),
board kinds, Interconnect/boardPinMapping/boardProtocols wiring, example
projects (blink, serial, I2C BMP280/MPU6050/DS1307/SSD1306/weather, 7-seg,
RGB, button, switch, stepper, cross-board interconnect).
- Raspberry Pi 4/5 board elements + thumbnails.
Pro board gating (generic OSS->Pro seam; entitlement logic lives in the overlay):
- lib/proBoardGate.ts: isProBoardKind (STM32 + every QEMU Raspberry Pi),
installBoardGateImpl/boardGateDecision, triggerProUpgradePrompt.
- PRO badge on those boards in the component picker; gate at the picker add +
the run backstop (startBoard).
- backend/app/services/board_access.py: server-side enforcement seam for the
simulation WebSocket; STM32/Pi unavailable -> Pro-framed message.
- desktop: generic QemuDownloadPrompt + Stm32QemuPrompt (download-behind-license,
mirrors the ESP32 prompt).
- .gitignore: never ship libqemu-* binaries in the public image.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Adds the public extension points the velxio-prod overlay uses to bind
real canvas-side I2C/SPI/UART models (BME280, future MCP23017, etc.)
to a running Pi guest's protocol shims:
- qemu_manager: set_pi_slave_handler(fn) / get_pi_slave_handler() for
pi_attach_slave + pi_detach_slave WebSocket messages. OSS image
leaves the hook unset so the messages are silently dropped.
- simulation route: parses the two new WS message types and forwards
them to the registered handler when present.
- RaspberryPi3Bridge: attachSlave(spec) / detachSlave(spec) frontend
side of the protocol.
- piSlaveScanner: at simulation start walks components + wires,
identifies I2C/SPI/UART peers wired to Pi protocol pins (40-pin
header physical-pin numbering), and emits one attach per
bus/address pair (deduped across SDA+SCL wires).
- RaspberryPiWorkspace: invokes the scanner once the bridge is open,
with retries to ride out the WS-still-connecting race.
- integration test: pi3_bme280_attach.py boots the Pi, pre-attaches a
BME280 via the slave handler, runs a host-side proto loop, runs
guest python smbus2.read_byte_data(0x76, 0xD0) and asserts the
console reads back CHIP=0x60.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Implemented `i2c-esp32-real-firmware.test.ts` to test ESP32 I2C communication via backend and WebSocket.
- Created `load-example-transitions.test.ts` to ensure proper loading of examples between board-less and board-based contexts.
- Added `CircuitVerificationModal.tsx` to display circuit verification results before running simulations.
- Developed `circuitVerifier.ts` to perform pre-flight checks for circuit safety, identifying potential issues like short circuits and component overloads.
- Introduced minimal ESP32 I2C master sketch `esp32_i2c_writer.ino` for testing I2C transactions.
First open-source end-to-end emulation of the AI-Thinker ESP32-CAM
in QEMU, paired with a browser webcam → firmware bridge so users can
develop camera sketches without hardware. Status: esp_camera_init()
returns ESP_OK; OV2640 chip-id verifies (PID/VER/MIDH/MIDL exactly
match the datasheet); GPIO 25 VSYNC NEGEDGE interrupt enabled by
the upstream driver. Final piece (cam_task accepting frames) is in
progress — descriptor walker fix landed in this commit.
Backend (Python/FastAPI):
- simulation.py: camera_attach/frame/detach WS handlers
- esp32_worker.py: ctypes binding to velxio_push_camera_frame +
feature-detection fallback for older DLLs
- esp32_lib_manager.py: forward camera commands to the worker stdin
- esp-idf-template/main/CMakeLists.txt: esp32-camera headers added
via add_prebuilt_library + REQUIRES driver (resolves i2c_master_*
symbols). LED_BUILTIN=2 fallback for sketches that hardcode it.
Frontend (React/TS):
- EditorToolbar.tsx: ESP32-CAM (and the rest of the ESP32 family)
added to isQemuBoard list — Run button now starts the QEMU bridge
for these boards instead of falling through to the AVR path
- useWebcamFrames.ts: getUserMedia → OffscreenCanvas →
toBlob('image/jpeg') → base64 → WS at ~10 fps
- CameraToggle.tsx: header button with status colors + frame counter
- SimulatorCanvas.tsx: render CameraToggle for esp32-cam boards
- Esp32Bridge.ts: sendCameraAttach/Frame/Detach + chunked btoa
- useSimulatorStore.ts: diagnostic log on compileBoardProgram
- components-metadata.json: regen including esp32-cam component
Submodule pointer:
- wokwi-libs/qemu-lcgamboa → ff8eee0 (camera devices commit on
davidmonterocrespo24/qemu-lcgamboa branch picsimlab-esp32)
Investigation + tests in test/test-esp32-cam/:
- 13 autosearch markdown docs (overview, SOTA, OV2640 spec, DVP/I2S
spec, build blueprint, blockers resolved, descriptor walker fix)
- 5 sketches (camera_init, sccb_probe, dma_smoke, frame_roundtrip,
webcam_demo) + 8 live + WS regression tests
- README with the user-facing flow
.gitignore:
- libqemu-*.dll.{pre-camera,new,bak} (rollback points, regenerated)
- wokwi-libs/esp32-camera/ (clone consumed by arduino-esp32 path,
not part of this repo)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Introduced SVG layout dimensions for Phase 1 (B/W mono) and Phase 2 (colour) ePaper panels, detailing active areas, bezels, and pin layouts.
- Developed a phased emulation plan outlining the architecture and deliverables for different panel types, including SSD168x and UC81xx.
- Created a canonical "Hello, World!" sketch for the 1.54" ePaper panel, ensuring compatibility across ESP32, Raspberry Pi Pico, and Arduino Uno.
- Implemented a pure Python SSD168x decoder to validate SPI command sets and framebuffers against specifications.
- Added tests for compiling the hello-world sketch across supported boards and for the SSD168x protocol to ensure correct framebuffer behavior.
- Implement `ammeter-waveform.test.ts` to validate AC readings from a sine wave source.
- Create `capacitor-charge-transient.test.ts` to test the charging response of an RC circuit driven by a microcontroller pin.
- Introduce `esp32-rectifier-integration.test.ts` for testing rectifier behavior using QEMU and ESP32.
- Add helper functions in `esp32RectifierE2E.ts` for the rectifier test harness.
- Develop `voltmeter-waveform.test.ts` to ensure correct AC and DC readings from a sine wave source.
- Implement unit tests for waveform statistics in `waveform-stats.test.ts` to validate RMS, mean, peak, and interpolation functions.
- Create `waveformStats.ts` to provide statistical functions for time-domain waveform analysis.
Replace arduino-cli with ESP-IDF 4.4.7 for ESP32 compilation — Arduino-compiled
firmware crashes in QEMU (9-28 reboots) while ESP-IDF boots cleanly (0 reboots).
The new espidf_compiler translates Arduino WiFi/WebServer sketches to native
ESP-IDF C code, compiles with cmake+ninja, and merges into 4MB flash images.
Key changes:
- ESP-IDF compiler: translates WiFi.begin/WebServer to esp_wifi/esp_http_server
- ESP-IDF project template with QEMU-optimized sdkconfig (DIO, 40MHz, no WDT)
- WiFi status parser for ESP-IDF serial logs (wifi_status, ble_status events)
- IoT Gateway HTTP reverse proxy for ESP32 web servers
- WiFi/BLE auto-detection from sketch content + visual status icons
- Static IP 192.168.4.15 matching slirp DHCP first-client range
- Docker: new espidf-builder stage with ESP-IDF 4.4.7 toolchain
- 157 tests covering WiFi/BLE for both ESP32 (Xtensa) and ESP32-C3 (RISC-V)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Added board-agnostic sensor registration methods in RP2040Simulator.
- Enhanced ComplexParts to handle LEDC PWM duty updates for ESP32.
- Updated ProtocolParts to check if the simulator handles sensor protocols natively, delegating to backend if applicable.
- Introduced pre-registration of sensors in useSimulatorStore for ESP32 to prevent race conditions.
- Added tests for ESP32 DHT22 sensor registration flow, ensuring proper delegation and fallback mechanisms.
- Created tests for ESP32 Servo and Potentiometer interactions, verifying PWM subscriptions and ADC handling.
- Updated components-metadata.json with new generated timestamp.
- Refactored Esp32C3Simulator.ts to remove unnecessary debug variables and logging, and added support for additional ROM functions.
- Modified useSimulatorStore.ts to clarify bridge usage for ESP32 boards.
- Updated submodules for QEMU and other libraries to indicate dirty state.
- Added test_esp32c3_emulation.py for end-to-end testing of ESP32-C3 emulation, including compilation, flash image merging, and GPIO event checking.
- Added detailed logging for GPIO changes, system events, and errors in simulation websocket.
- Improved ESP32 firmware handling by merging individual binaries into a single 4MB flash image.
- Updated ESP32 bridge to handle serial output and GPIO changes with appropriate logging.
- Introduced integration test for ESP32 emulation, covering compilation, WebSocket connection, and event handling.
- Enhanced examples to include ESP32 projects and updated the examples gallery to reflect new board types.
- Refactored simulator store to manage ESP32 bridge and simulator instances more effectively.
- Updated requirements to include esptool for ESP32 firmware management.
- Added ESP32 emulation plan and architecture documentation.
- Created `esp_qemu_manager.py` for managing ESP32 QEMU instances.
- Modified backend API routes to support ESP32 firmware loading and GPIO handling.
- Introduced `Esp32Bridge.ts` for frontend communication with ESP32 instances.
- Refactored simulator store to support multiple boards, including Raspberry Pi and Arduino.
- Created `RaspberryPi3Bridge.ts` for WebSocket communication between frontend and backend for Raspberry Pi.
- Updated QEMU manager to handle multiple serial ports for Raspberry Pi GPIO communication.
- Enhanced SimulatorCanvas to render multiple boards and manage wire routing between them.
- Implemented board picker modal for selecting and adding boards to the canvas.
- Updated editor to support multiple file groups per board.
- Added migration logic for loading old project formats into the new multi-board structure.
- Ensured backward compatibility with existing components and functionality.
- Introduced new BoardKind types for Raspberry Pi 3B and updated BoardInstance interface.
- Added BOARD_KIND_LABELS and BOARD_KIND_FQBN mappings for new board types.
- Implemented physical to BCM GPIO mapping for Raspberry Pi 3B in boardPinMapping utility.
- Updated BOARD_COMPONENT_IDS to include Raspberry Pi 3B.
- Enhanced isBoardComponent function to support new board type.
- Modified boardPinToNumber function to handle pin mapping for Raspberry Pi 3B.
- Created a new DocsPage component for project documentation with links to GitHub and Discord.
- Added Arduino sketch for serial communication test between Raspberry Pi and Arduino.
- Implemented avr_runner.js to emulate ATmega328P and bridge serial communication over TCP.
- Developed a Python test script to validate the serial integration between the emulated Raspberry Pi and Arduino.
David Montero Crespo