Devlog #7

While I am waiting for my ship to be reviewed, I have made huge progress. This is mainly because I finally managed to get a Raspberry Pi Pico W, and with that, I was finally able to connect PicoOS to the internet.

What have I actually done?

• WiFi driver I built this driver on top of the built-in network library.
  These are the functions it currently supports:
  - Auto connect
  - Network configuration
  - Network scanning
  - Status checking
  - Disconnecting

• Ping Yes, you guessed it right — PicoOS can now ping websites and IP addresses.

• Download system Because I have my own domain, “https://picoos.dev”, and now an internet connection, I created a system where system files and apps are stored online at:
  “https://picoos.dev/download/”

• System updates I created a system updater because it is much easier to download only the updated files using the internet.
  You can access it by typing the command: “update”
  After that, it downloads manifest.json, which contains every system file with its SHA-256 hash.

  PicoOS compares the local files with the online version and downloads only the files that are different.

  The manifest is stored here: “https://picoos.dev/download/system/manifest.json”

• App installation and updatesThis works almost the same way as the system updater, but it uses: “https://picoos.dev/download/apps/”
  When you install an app, PicoOS downloads it and installs it directly into the system.

• Update installer PicoOS already has its own installer that can install and update the system.
  However, now that I added support for both the classic Raspberry Pi Pico and Pico W, I need to improve the installer so it can detect the device and install only compatible packages.

What I want to do next:

• I want to improve the code structure and make the interface look better because the current version was mainly just a test to see if everything works — and it does! :)

• I also want to add image-to-ASCII rendering, so maybe I can try running some interesting things on it. But that will be a surprise.

• I want to create something like an SSH / remote access system. This will probably be another project and will work as a downloadable app.

  However, before that, I need to create a system that can properly handle input and collect terminal output, so it doesn’t rely only on serial communication.

I think that is everything for this devlog.

Below you can see a preview of the system with some of the new commands.

I also want to ask: does anyone know how long I usually have to wait for a project review?

I reshiped this project about 5 days ago and still haven’t received any feedback.

If anyone knows, please comment on this devlog.

Thank you!

Love you guys :3