Pushing the initial DEV board design into a custom PCB for the WFI32E01PC module with 3-axis IMU, CAN-FD and GLCD display output.

https://www.microchip.com/en-us/development-tool/ev12f11a

I've added the module footprint and connections to an existing wired PCB being used for MQTT as a replacement for the processor and wired networking module. Both can be built on the same board.
https://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/threads/choosing-an-iot-platform.196962/post-1862799

WFI module pads and antenna/modules test points.


PCB design for the chip using the supplied EAGLE device lib for a WFI32E01PC.

Checking the PCB design to the actual chip layout. Never trust those downloaded lib files. We have a usable match for all the pads and test point exclusions.
https://www.mouser.com/datasheet/2/...CU_and_WFI32E01_Module_with_Wi_Fi-3000277.pdf

I'll triple check it, then it's off to JCL for a REV 0.1 board.


99% auto-routed.


Software link for initial testing XC32 MPLABX code.
https://github.com/nsaspook/iot_wfi32e_scl3300/tree/wfiboard/apps/paho_mqtt_client

 

https://microchip.my.site.com/s/article/Range-and-Throughput-measurements-of-WFI32E01-PIC32MZ-W1
Module throughout data

 

JLCPCB rev 1 for the WFI module.



The original Ethernet board and the new Wireless.

Populated only the necessary components to run a quick programming and IMU functional test.
All looks good so far. I have accelerometer and tilt angle data publishing to the MQTT broker.

Time to finish load that board and make another.

 

Porting over my standard GLCD driver and few other functions. With DMA and a 15MHz SPI clock the screen buffer refresh time is 2ms.

https://github.com/nsaspook/iot_wfi32e_scl3300/tree/wfiboard/apps/paho_mqtt_client/firmware

 

Added a few data points to the debug/status screen.

Using the internal sensor for module temperature.

 

Installed and running my own local instance of the Grafana enterprise server on one of my local HP machines. This seems to be a fantastic open source visualization tool for MQTT and other data. The also have 'free' accounts on their servers.
https://grafana.com/products/cloud/

grafana, very little load on the local server with only two data sources.
The HEX prefix for JSON objects is the unique serial number of the IMU chip, so each MQTT data stream with have it's own ID's automatically traced to the data origin.

Instructions for installing and running a local copy.
https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/setup-grafana/

https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/panels-visualizations/visualizations/time-series/

Here we have two WFI devices publishing data and the object names for all the data points on the broker mateq84/data/imu topic. Each visualization can select the points needed.

This is only one of many data visualizations..
https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/panels-visualizations/visualizations/