ESP32 Light Device

Light devices either run off an esp8266 or an ESP32, the code should be mostly the same

Configuration

network.txt

Description:

Contains network configuration information

Content:

ssid
password

lights.txt

Description

Contains information about the light setup

Content

light strip length (int)
light strip pin (int)

service.txt

Description

Contains config information related to the connection to external services ex) the light registry we should be hitting with our information ip or address

Content

registry address

Network Communication Description

For lower overhead all of our communication will be done via UDP, either through UDP network wide broadcasts (discovery), heartbeat to registry server, or actual light state messages from any application

Message Description

broadcast discovery message:

{
    "hwid": "<the hardware id of the esp device>",
    "lights": {
        "length": "<the length of the light strip>",
        "state": "<an array of integer values representing rgb state>",
    },
    "service": {
        "registry": "<ip of registry server>",
        "comm_state": "MANUAL_CONTROL, SERVER_CONTROL",
    }
}