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Shadow MQTT BLE

The code is exactly similar as the previous example. However, we have enabled the golain BLE setting in menuconfig, as shown below.

State diagram:​

Shadow definition​

syntax = "proto3";
message Shadow {
    int32 red = 1;
    int32 green = 2;
    int32 blue = 3;
    bool on = 4;
}
note

This shadow can be used to control an RGB LED or strip

Includes​

#include "nvs_flash.h" //Required to initialise nvs memory
#include "golain.h" // Golain header
#include "shadow.pb.h" //Compiled device shadow protobuffer

MQTT Certificates​

Use the following to get the pointers to your certificate binaries:

    
extern const char mqtt_device_cert_pem_start[] asm("_binary_device_cert_pem_start");
extern const char mqtt_device_cert_pem_end[] asm("_binary_device_cert_pem_end");

extern const char mqtt_device_key_pem_start[] asm("_binary_device_private_key_pem_start");
extern const char mqtt_device_key_pem_end[] asm("_binary_device_private_key_pem_end");

extern const char mqtt_ca_cert_pem_start[] asm("_binary_root_ca_cert_pem_start");
extern const char mqtt_ca_cert_pem_end[] asm("_binary_root_ca_cert_pem_end");

extern const char mqtt_broker_cert_pem_start[] asm("_binary_mqtt_broker_cert_pem_start");
extern const char mqtt_broker_cert_pem_end[] asm("_binary_mqtt_broker_cert_pem_end");

Create user shadow struct​

Shadow shadow = Shadow_init_zero;

Initialising NVS​

    nvs_flash_init();

Creating a golain config structure​

The following is called inside app_main() in this example;

 golain_config_t golain_config = {

        .shadow_struct = &shadow,
        .shadow_size = Shadow_size,
        .shadow_fields = Shadow_fields,

        .device_cert = mqtt_device_cert_pem_start, //Device certificate
        .device_pvt_key = mqtt_device_key_pem_start, //Device private key 
        .root_ca_cert_start = mqtt_ca_cert_pem_start, //Root CA certificate
        .root_ca_cert_len = mqtt_ca_cert_pem_end-mqtt_ca_cert_pem_start, //Root CA Length
    };

  • Here, we have added members that we need for device shadow and mqtt.
  • Please refer to golain_config_t for further information about this structure.

Initialising golain​

    golain_t golain = {};

    golain_init(&golain, &golain_config);

  • You can find more information about golain_init() by clicking on it.
  • The golain_t object can also be defined outside app_main() .

Keep alive loop​

    while (1) {
        vTaskDelay(1); //FreeRTOS function
    }

A necessary inclusion to avoid watch dog resets.

Programming your device:​

  • Running through command line :
idf.py build
idf.py flash