Documention of mcsim

[wilberforce]

I have worked out how to launch:

iot-product-dev-book\ch10-piu\host>mcconfig -d -m -p sim/moddable_two

It appears you can then load new mods:
iot-product-dev-book\ch10-piu\wifi-status>mcrun -d -m -p sim/moddable_two

It does not seem to be part of the main documentation and I see there is a new M5paper target PR recently. I'm considering doing a M5StickC target.

[phoddie]

In terms of building and launching, mcsim is the same as the classic Screen Test simulator. It is not the default for builds at the moment, so you need to use -p sim or -p simulator to build, as you noted. When we change the default from Screen Test to mcsim that will not be necessary, unless you want to specify the device target (e.g. -p simulator/modddable_two).

One of the reasons we are moving to mcsim is because it supports much more powerful device simulators. Where Screen Test is mostly about a device skin, mcsim makes it possible to simulate much more of the device. The details of that are currently undocumented. It is a big topic! If you are familiar with Piu and follow the examples, it is pretty straightforward to do though, as @FWeinb shows with his excellent M5Paper simulator.

I'm considering doing a M5StickC target

Cool!

[wilberforce]

M5 stick C simulator:
#856

[phoddie]

(Delayed response!) This looks good. We'll pick it up in the next Moddable SDK push, probably tomorrow (Friday in California).