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# ESP32-S3 Dashboard Plan
## Direction
The primary dashboard target is now a Waveshare 5 inch ESP32-S3 display.
The cargo ESP32 remains the source of truth. The dashboard is a WiFi client that connects to the cargo ESP32 AP and consumes the existing HTTP API.
## Architecture
Cargo ESP32 Controller
- AP / STA WiFi
- HTTP API
- WebUI
- Relays
- JBD/Xiaoxiang BMS
- DS18B20 sensors
Waveshare ESP32-S3 Dashboard
- Connects to cargo ESP32 AP
- Polls /status
- Renders LVGL dashboard
- Sends relay commands over HTTP
## Transport
Primary transport:
- WiFi
- HTTP JSON API
Not required for normal dashboard operation:
- MicroPython display drivers
- CAT5e UART data pair
UART JSON remains useful for diagnostics, alternate displays, or debug clients, but it is not part of the planned dashboard path.
## Power
Dashboard power path:
ACC switched 12V
-> fuse
-> Waveshare VIN
All grounds remain common.
## API endpoints consumed
Minimum dashboard MVP:
- GET /api/v1/health
- GET /api/v1/status
- POST /api/v1/relay/set
Potential later use:
- GET /api/v1/capabilities
- GET /api/v1/config
- GET /api/v1/config/export
- POST /api/v1/config/import
- POST /api/v1/config/save
- POST /api/v1/temps/scan
- POST /api/v1/temps/assign
- POST /api/v1/temps/clear
## MVP Display Goals
Read-only first:
- ESP32 connection status
- Battery SOC
- Voltage
- Current
- Runtime / time-to-full
- BMS state
- Temperature sensors
- Weather/outside temp badge
- Relay states
Then interactive:
- Relay ON/OFF buttons
- Alarm/details pages
- Settings/status pages
## Suggested LVGL screens
### Main Dashboard
- SOC gauge
- Voltage/current
- Runtime or time-to-full
- Outside temp/weather badge
- Fridge/freezer temps
- Relay state summary
### Battery Detail
- SOC
- Voltage
- Current
- Remaining Ah
- Capacity Ah
- Cell voltages
- Cell delta
- BMS temp
- Cycle count
### Relay Control
- Starlink relay
- Fridge relay
- Future accessory relays
- Clear ON/OFF touch targets
### Temperature Detail
- Freezer
- Fridge
- Outside/weather
- Cargo/ambient
- Online/offline status
### System Status
- Cargo ESP firmware version
- WiFi state
- API connectivity
- Uptime
- Alarm status
## Connection Flow
1. Dashboard boots.
2. Connects to cargo ESP32 AP.
3. Checks GET /api/v1/health.
4. Polls GET /api/v1/status.
5. Shows disconnected state until valid JSON is received.
6. Updates dashboard on a fixed interval.
7. Relay buttons call POST /api/v1/relay/set.
## Polling Guidance
Initial MVP:
- Poll /status every 1-2 seconds.
- Treat failed requests as dashboard disconnected.
- Avoid blocking UI rendering while waiting for HTTP.
Later:
- Add retry/backoff.
- Add cached last-known values.
- Add visual stale-data indicator.
## Important Constraints
- Do not move source-of-truth logic to the dashboard.
- Do not duplicate BMS parsing on the dashboard.
- Do not require internet access.
- Do not make dashboard config the primary setup workflow.
- WebUI Config tab remains the preferred setup workflow.
- Cargo ESP32 should continue to work without the dashboard powered on.
## Out of Scope
No Pico dashboard is planned. Existing Pico/UART material is legacy unless explicitly revived for diagnostics or alternate hardware.
## Current communications and GPIO decision
Active dashboard communication is WiFi/HTTP using `/api/v1`.
The old Pico/dashboard UART path is retired from active hardware use. USB Serial remains available for development, debug, and manual configuration from a computer.
Current Cargo ESP32 GPIO plan:
- GPIO 16: Relay 1 trigger output
- GPIO 17: Relay 2 trigger output
- GPIO 4: DS18B20 OneWire temperature bus
- GPIO 34: Ignition sense input
- GPIO 21: SSD1306 OLED I2C SDA
- GPIO 22: SSD1306 OLED I2C SCL
- GPIO 25: OLED setup/status button
## Not Dashboard Responsibilities
The Dashboard ESP32-S3 does not own:
- Relay state authority
- BMS connection/configuration
- Cargo ESP configuration
- Alarm authority
- Load-switching output ownership
It may display state and request changes through the Cargo ESP HTTP API, but the Cargo ESP remains the source of truth.
## Temperature Data Source
The ESP32-S3 dashboard should display temperature data from the Cargo ESP API.
DS18B20 sensors are already implemented on the Cargo ESP/WebUI/API side. For v1, the dashboard should not directly own cargo/fridge DS18B20 wiring or sensor reads.
## API Dependency
The ESP32-S3 dashboard depends on the Cargo ESP API contract documented in `docs/cargo-api-contract.md`.
For v1, the dashboard should consume:
- System status
- Battery/BMS telemetry
- DS18B20 temperature telemetry
- Relay/output state
- Alarm/fault state
The dashboard may request output changes through the Cargo ESP API, but the Cargo ESP remains the source of truth.