My thoughts on this, bugs, and suggestions.

[XanCraft21]

Hello, i would like to share my thoughts on this software package. I am so glad you made this, i was struggling to find an Arduino package for the W806 controllers, the only one i could find was abandoned after only 3 basic functions were implemented. But when i found this one i was immediately shocked, this one may be incomplete but it has all the most common functions completed, with only 3 extra functions to go.

There are some bugs i need to discuss, i found about 2. The first bug is the set_loop function in SPI.cpp doesn’t seem to exist, so i had to manually comment it out. Looking at the files on this page it appears to be already commented out, but i did not receive that when i downloaded it.

The second bug is with the compiler tools, specifically the way functions are handled. It appears that this software runs in c++, but a bug breaks the automatic function wrapping within Arduino, so the functions need to be made as if this were using pure c.

There are a few things I disagree with in the design choices of the software, like the SPI and Wire libraries. The ones here are programmed in a nonstandard way, which causes compatibility issues with most libraries like Adafruit display and graphics libraries. Surprisingly u8g2 still works fine. I was wondering if it were possible for you to reprogram the SPI and Wire libraries to make them like the other ones in other boards packages.

I’m really glad i found this package, i thought all the winner micro chips were all junk, but now i can get a small amount of use out of them. Thank you for making this package, you finally made useless electronics become useful.

[board707]

Hi, @XanCraft21 !
First of all, thank you very much for your feedback and reporting problems. This information is very important to us, as interest in this package is still modest and we are in need of bug reports.
As for the set_loop function, this bug has already been fixed in the development branch, but is not yet included in the master release of the project.
The next problem, the C and C++ function mix - it is an issue for us too, but that's how Winner Micro's SDK was originally written, we can't do much with it.

SPI and Wire libraries. The ones here are programmed in a nonstandard way, which causes compatibility issues with most libraries like Adafruit display and graphics libraries.

Could you please explain your opinion in more detail? What does non-standard mean and how would you suggest changing them? If possible, please provide an example of a library that is experiencing compatibility issues due to the non-standard design of our package.

Thank you again. If you have more bugs to describe - please feel free to let us know.
We will be grateful if you rate our work on github.

[board707]

@erikbower65
It seems to me that your message is off-topic for this discussion.

[XanCraft21]

I think he accidentally sent that in the wrong discussion wall, no worries.

Anyways I really like the extended optimization settings added in the latest update of this repo. I no longer need to open the boards txt file to edit that value.

Also board707 do you have plans to make a W600 boards package for Arduino? The only one that exists has broken links and is entirely bugged and cannot finish even the verify compile option.

[board707]

do you have plans to make a W600 boards package for Arduino?

Honesty speaking, no. At least at the nearest future. I haven't w600 boards for testing. Also I don't see it in the market now, so I think the w600 package have lost most of actuality now.

[AnatolSher]

https://aliexpress.ru/item/32978979389.html?sku_id=66800812387&spm=a2g2w.productlist.search_results.2.504a6a8dvqVfcZ
У этой модификации чипа w600 - 2 M флеша на борту, а периферия как у w80x

[XanCraft21]

Ahh, that sucks. But there are very few boards with w600 out there, and the official support is slightly lacking. There may be an SDK but no good tools for uploading.

AnatolSher posted a link to a w600 product on AliExpress. I have also found one that looks like an esp-01, originally from the esp8266. (Note esp8266 is way better, and also try the esp32-c3 version by lilygo.)

https://a.aliexpress.com/_mOl2n1s