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<p id="92fd" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">In the <a
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener"
href="https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/get-started-with-nb-iot-and-quectel-modules">previous
article</a> we learnt the AT commands for sending sensor data to a <a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constrained_Application_Protocol"
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">CoAP</a> Server via a Quectel
NB-IoT module. Now lets build an <strong class="gm hc">IoT sensor</strong> with a real
microcontroller — <a
href="https://wiki.stm32duino.com/index.php?title=Blue_Pill"
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow"><strong class="gm hc">STM32 Blue
Pill </strong></a>— and a real NB-IoT module — <a
href="https://www.quectel.com/product/bc95g.htm"
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow"><strong class="gm hc">Quectel
BC95-G</strong></a>!</p>
<p id="f3ab" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu"><em class="hd">Why are we
building it with </em><a
href="https://mynewt.apache.org/"
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow"><strong class="gm hc">Apache
Mynewt</strong></a><em class="hd"> realtime operating system?</em></p>
<p id="f3ff" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">Because handling the AT
commands for the Quectel module is a little complicated… Imagine were polling the temperature sensor
every 10 seconds and transmitting the sensor data via NB-IoT. But the Quectel module hasnt responded
to our AT command yet. <em class="hd">Do we give up and crash the application?</em></p>
<p id="4535" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">Fortunately Mynewt is fully
capable of <strong class="gm hc">multitasking</strong> — it will wait for the AT command to complete
(or cancel it in case of timeout). It has a built-in <strong class="gm hc">CoAP library</strong> for
composing CoAP messages. And <strong class="gm hc">drivers for many sensors</strong>. So Mynewt is
perfect for building NB-IoT devices!</p>
<p id="cf7b" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">Heres what well be building
today…</p>
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breakout board with antenna, NB-IoT SIM</em></p></figcaption>
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<p id="2382" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">Well need the following
hardware…</p>
<p id="018a" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">1<a
href="https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&amp;initiative_id=SB_20180924131057&amp;SearchText=stm32f103c8t6+development+board"
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow"><strong class="gm hc">STM32 Blue
Pill</strong></a></p>
<p id="0051" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">2<a
href="https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&amp;initiative_id=SB_20180924134644&amp;SearchText=st-link+v2"
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow"><strong class="gm hc">ST-Link V2
USB Adapter</strong></a></p>
<p id="7ed8" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">3<a
href="https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&amp;initiative_id=SB_20190725022150&amp;SearchText=bc95-g+nb101&amp;switch_new_app=y"
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow"><strong class="gm hc">Quectel
BC95-G Global NB-IoT Module</strong></a> (breakout board with antenna). I ordered mine <a
href="https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=577310122904"
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">here</a>. The manual in Chinese is
<a href="http://rs.iotxx.com/uploads/doc/%E8%B0%B7%E9%9B%A8NB10x%E4%BD%BF%E7%94%A8%E8%AF%B4%E6%98%8E%E4%B9%A6-V1.3.pdf"
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">here</a>.</p>
<p id="d9b5" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">4<strong
class="gm hc">NB-IoT SIM</strong> from your local NB-IoT network operator</p>
<p id="6520" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">Many thanks to <a
href="https://www.starhub.com/" class="at cg gy gz ha hb"
target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow"><strong class="gm hc">StarHub</strong></a> for sponsoring
the NB-IoT SIM that I used for this tutorial!</p>
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<h1 id="dfec" class="is it dv bk bj hw dx jv dz jw iw jx iy jy ja jz jc">Connect Blue Pill to Quectel
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<p id="07e3" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn ka gp kb gr kc gt kd gv ke gx cu">Connect Blue Pill to Quectel
BC95-G and ST-Link as follows…</p>
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<p id="b8e9" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">Both yellow jumpers on Blue
Pill should be set to the <code class="dm kg kh ki kj b">0</code> position, as shown in the above
photo.</p>
<p id="7114" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">Note that we are powering the
Quectel module with<strong class="gm hc"> 5V from ST-Link instead of 3.3V from Blue Pill</strong>.
Thats because the module requires more power than Blue Pill can provide. (How did I find out? Because
the module kept restarting when I powered it from Blue Pill.)</p>
<p id="e180" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu"><strong class="gm hc">Check
the documentation for your Quectel breakout board to confirm that it supports 5V.</strong> (<a
href="http://rs.iotxx.com/uploads/doc/%E8%B0%B7%E9%9B%A8NB10x%E4%BD%BF%E7%94%A8%E8%AF%B4%E6%98%8E%E4%B9%A6-V1.3.pdf"
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Mine does</a>)</p>
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<p id="f95d" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu"><strong class="gm hc">Insert
the NB-IoT SIM</strong> according to the orientation shown in the photo. (Yes the SIM notch faces
outward, not inward)</p>
<p id="0bd3" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu"><strong class="gm hc"><em
class="hd">Remember: Always connect the antenna before powering up the NB-IoT
module!</em></strong></p>
<p id="d37c" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu"><strong class="gm hc">Dont
connect ST-Link to your computer yet,</strong> well need to install the ST-Link driver in a while.
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<p id="d3d0" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn ka gp kb gr kc gt kd gv ke gx cu">Follow the instructions below
to install the Mynewt build and application files on Windows…</p>
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<p id="e671" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">We have just installed a
simple program that <strong class="gm hc">reads Blue Pills </strong><a
href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/tree/nbiot/libs/temp_stm32"
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow"><strong class="gm hc">internal
temperature sensor</strong></a> every 10 seconds and <strong class="gm hc">sends the data to a
CoAP Server</strong> (thethings.io) over the NB-IoT network.</p>
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href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/apps/my_sensor_app/src/main.c"
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank"
rel="noopener nofollow">https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/apps/my_sensor_app/src/main.c</a>
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<p id="b90b" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu"><code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">main()</code> in <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b"><a href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/apps/my_sensor_app/src/main.c" class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">apps/my_sensor_app/src/main.c</a></code>
is the function called upon device startup. Mynewt applications are required to call <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">sysinit()</code> to start the system services and drivers, including the
drivers for the internal temperature sensor and the NB-IoT module.</p>
<p id="9905" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu"><code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">start_sensor_listener()</code> is called next to set up the polling
schedule for the temperature sensor. Well study this in a while.</p>
<p id="6e64" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu"><code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b"><a href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/libs/sensor_network/src/sensor_network.c#L134-L142" class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">start_server_transport</a>()</code>
is called to connect the NB-IoT module to the NB-IoT network. This may take a few seconds to complete,
so <code class="dm kg kh ki kj b">start_server_transport()</code> will perform the connection as a <a
href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/libs/sensor_network/src/sensor_network.c#L152-L194"
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">background task</a>. <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">start_server_transport()</code> is part of the <a
href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/tree/nbiot/libs/sensor_network"
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Sensor Network Library</a>.</p>
<p id="6b88" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">The main event loop appears at
the end of the <code class="dm kg kh ki kj b">main()</code> function. This is required by Mynewt for
processing system events.</p>
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<figcaption><p><em>From <a
href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/apps/my_sensor_app/src/sensor.c#L37-L62"
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank"
rel="noopener nofollow">https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/apps/my_sensor_app/src/sensor.c#L37-L62</a>
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<p id="b8bb" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu"><code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">start_sensor_listener()</code> in <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b"><a href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/apps/my_sensor_app/src/sensor.c#L37-L62" class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">apps/my_sensor_app/src/sensor.c</a></code>
is called by <code class="dm kg kh ki kj b">main()</code> to set the polling schedule for the
temperature sensor.</p>
<p id="350b" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu"><code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b"><a href="https://mynewt.apache.org/latest/os/modules/sensor_framework/sensor_mgr_api.html#c.sensor_set_poll_rate_ms" class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">sensor_set_poll_rate_ms</a>()</code>
is the Mynewt system function thats called to set the temperature sensor (<code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b"><a href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/tree/nbiot/libs/temp_stm32" class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">temp_stm32_0</a></code>)
to be polled every 10,000 milliseconds (or 10 seconds)</p>
<p id="ea66" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu"><em class="hd">What happens
when Mynewt has polled the sensor data?</em></p>
<p id="aa8b" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">In the call to <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b"><a href="https://mynewt.apache.org/latest/os/modules/sensor_framework/sensor_listener_api.html#c.sensor_register_listener" class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">sensor_register_listener</a>() </code>(another
Mynewt system function), we instruct Mynewt to call our function <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">handle_sensor_data()</code> whenever it has polled for new sensor data.</p>
<div class="figure he hf hg hh hi cz cl cm paragraph-image">
<p><img src="https://lupyuen.github.io/images/legacy2/h0.png" /></p>
</div>
<div class="figure js cz dr je cd jf jg jh ji jj ba jk lg lh li lj jp">
<p><script src="https://gist.github.com/lupyuen/6c35aa0f59ed91b37192601f4f21a0e0.js"></script></p>
<figcaption><p><em>From <a
href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/apps/my_sensor_app/src/sensor.c#L63-L89"
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank"
rel="noopener nofollow">https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/apps/my_sensor_app/src/sensor.c#L63-L89</a>
</em></p></figcaption>
</div>
<p id="b846" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">Every 10 seconds after Mynewt
has obtained the raw sensor data from the temperature sensor, Mynewt calls <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">handle_sensor_data()</code> in <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b"><a href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/apps/my_sensor_app/src/sensor.c#L63-L89" class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">apps/my_sensor_app/src/sensor.c</a></code>
to work on the raw sensor data.</p>
<p id="0b15" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu"><code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">handle_sensor_data()</code> wraps the raw sensor data into a <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">sensor_value</code>. Here we specify that the raw sensor data should be
transmitted as an integer with field name <code class="dm kg kh ki kj b">t</code>. It then calls <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">send_sensor_data()</code> to transmit the sensor value.</p>
<p id="1bdf" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu"><em class="hd">Why do we
transmit the raw sensor data as an integer value (like </em><code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">1715</code><em class="hd">) instead of a floating-point value (like
</em><code class="dm kg kh ki kj b">32.1</code><em class="hd"> degrees Celsius)?</em></p>
<p id="9264" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">Remember that we are creating
an embedded application for a <strong class="gm hc">constrained, low-power microcontroller with little
ROM and RAM</strong>. On constrained devices, it takes a lot of ROM and RAM to convert temperature
values from integer to floating-point.</p>
<p id="e9b1" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">Hence we <strong
class="gm hc">conserve device resources when we transmit sensor values in their raw, integer
forms</strong> and let the IoT cloud (thethings.io) convert the values into floating-point.</p>
</div>
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<p><img src="https://lupyuen.github.io/images/legacy2/h0.png" /></p>
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<blockquote class="kn">
<div id="7a02" class="ko kp kq bk dw b kr ks kt ku kv kw gx">
<p class="dw b kx ky bo">Function send_sensor_data()</p>
</div>
</blockquote>
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<p><img src="https://lupyuen.github.io/images/legacy2/a8.png" /></p>
</div>
<div class="figure da cz dr je cd jf jg jh ji jj ba jk lg lh li lj jp">
<p><script src="https://gist.github.com/lupyuen/7a1fc4b8873e6c9d9cc436b5553c04d0.js"></script></p>
<figcaption><p><em>From <a
href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/apps/my_sensor_app/src/network.c"
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank"
rel="noopener nofollow">https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/apps/my_sensor_app/src/network.c</a>
</em></p></figcaption>
</div>
<p id="e846" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu"><code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">send_sensor_data()</code> in <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b"><a href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/apps/my_sensor_app/src/network.c" class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">apps/my_sensor_app/src/network.c</a></code>
is called by <code class="dm kg kh ki kj b">handle_sensor_data()</code> to transmit sensor data. In
this program were transmitting sensor data to the CoAP server at thethings.io.</p>
<p id="3bb1" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">thethings.io requires our
sensor data to be in this JSON format…</p>
<pre
class="he hf hg hh hi lq lr ls"><span id="88dc" class="lt it dv bk kj b ff lu lv r lw">{&quot;values&quot;:[<br/> {&quot;key&quot;:&quot;device&quot;,<br/> &quot;value&quot;:&quot;010203&quot;},<br/> {&quot;key&quot;:&quot;t&quot;, <br/> &quot;value&quot;:1715}<br/>]}</span></pre>
<p id="96d8" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">By calling the macros <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b"><a href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/libs/sensor_coap/include/sensor_coap/sensor_coap.h#L223-L229" class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">CP_ROOT</a></code>,
<code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b"><a href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/libs/sensor_coap/include/sensor_coap/sensor_coap.h#L274-L280" class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">CP_ARRAY</a></code>,
<code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b"><a href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/libs/sensor_coap/include/sensor_coap/sensor_coap.h#L316-L324" class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">CP_ITEM_STR</a></code>
and <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b"><a href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/libs/sensor_coap/include/sensor_coap/sensor_coap.h#L262-L267" class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">CP_ITEM_INT_VAL</a></code>,
the program composes a JSON message in the above format based on our raw temperature value <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">t</code>.</p>
<p id="6c48" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">When <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b"><a href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/libs/sensor_network/src/sensor_network.c#L284-L293" class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">do_server_post</a>()</code>
is called, the JSON message is encoded as the payload of a CoAP message. The CoAP message is
transmitted as a UDP packet to thethings.io over the NB-IoT network.</p>
<p id="e2a1" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">Whats <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">device</code> in the JSON message? Well find out in a while.</p>
</div>
</div>
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<div class="figure he hf hg hh hi cz ak paragraph-image">
<p><img src="https://lupyuen.github.io/images/legacy2/h0.png" /></p>
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<div class="ac ae af ag ah ds aj ak">
<h1 id="530f" class="is it dv bk bj hw dx jv dz jw iw jx iy jy ja jz jc"><strong class="az">Run The
Program</strong></h1>
<p id="5d91" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn ka gp kb gr kc gt kd gv ke gx cu">1⃣ Click <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">Debug → Start Debugging</code></p>
<div class="figure he hf hg hh hi cz dr je cd jf jg jh ji jj ba jk jl jm jn jo jp paragraph-image">
<p><img src="https://lupyuen.github.io/images/legacy2/a9.png" /></p>
</div>
<p id="d587" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">2⃣ Click <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">View → Output</code></p>
<p id="de7e" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">Select <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">Adapter Output</code> to see the Blue Pill log</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="cz ak">
<div class="figure he hf hg hh hi cz ak paragraph-image">
<p><img src="https://lupyuen.github.io/images/legacy2/h0.png" /></p>
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<p><img src="https://lupyuen.github.io/images/legacy2/a10.png" /></p>
</div>
<p id="35d0" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">3⃣ The debugger pauses at the
line with <code class="dm kg kh ki kj b">LoopCopyDataInit</code></p>
<p id="330a" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">Click <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">Continue</code> or press <code class="dm kg kh ki kj b">F5</code></p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="cz ak">
<div class="figure he hf hg hh hi cz ak paragraph-image">
<p><img src="https://lupyuen.github.io/images/legacy2/h0.png" /></p>
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<p><img src="https://lupyuen.github.io/images/legacy2/a11.png" /></p>
</div>
<p id="797f" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">4⃣ The debugger pauses next
at the <code class="dm kg kh ki kj b">main()</code> function.</p>
<p id="9af7" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">Click <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">Continue</code> or press <code class="dm kg kh ki kj b">F5</code></p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="cz ak">
<div class="figure he hf hg hh hi cz ak paragraph-image">
<p><img src="https://lupyuen.github.io/images/legacy2/h0.png" /></p>
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<div class="ac ae af ag ah ds aj ak">
<p id="451e" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">The program should now poll
the internal temperature sensor every 10 seconds and transmit to thethings.io. Lets study the Blue
Pill execution log…</p>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<hr class="ii fe ij ik il im in io ip iq ir" />
<section class="cu cv cw cx cy">
<div class="n p">
<div class="ac ae af ag ah ds aj ak">
<h1 id="ea16" class="is it dv bk bj hw dx iu dz iv iw ix iy iz ja jb jc">Check The Log</h1>
<p id="8fc8" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn ka gp kb gr kc gt kd gv ke gx cu">The log from our Blue Pill
should <a
href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/logs/standalone-node.log"
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">look like this</a>. When we see
this in the log…</p>
<pre
class="he hf hg hh hi lq lr ls"><span id="051e" class="lt it dv bk kj b ff lu lv r lw">AT&gt; NCONFIG=AUTOCONNECT,FALSE<br/>AT= OK</span></pre>
<p id="40f2" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">It means that the program has
sent this AT command to the NB-IoT module…</p>
<pre
class="he hf hg hh hi lq lr ls"><span id="f4a3" class="lt it dv bk kj b ff lu lv r lw">AT+NCONFIG=AUTOCONNECT,FALSE</span></pre>
<p id="c1ef" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">Followed by Carriage Return
<code class="dm kg kh ki kj b">CR</code> <code class="dm kg kh ki kj b">0x0d</code> and Line Feed
<code class="dm kg kh ki kj b">LF</code> <code class="dm kg kh ki kj b">0x0a</code> characters. Then
the NB-IoT module responded with…</p>
<pre
class="he hf hg hh hi lq lr ls"><span id="559f" class="lt it dv bk kj b ff lu lv r lw">OK</span></pre>
<p id="eaf1" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">Since <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">AT+</code> is present in all AT commands, we wont show the prefix <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">AT+</code> in the log. All the AT commands below are explained in <a
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener"
href="https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/get-started-with-nb-iot-and-quectel-modules">my
previous article</a>.</p>
<div class="figure he hf hg hh hi cz dr je cd jf jg jh ji jj ba jk lg lh li lj jp">
<p><script src="https://gist.github.com/lupyuen/0bcaf1aba24538acae14c044636bb6af.js"></script></p>
<figcaption><p><em>From <a
href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/logs/standalone-node.log#L61-L89"
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank"
rel="noopener nofollow">https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/logs/standalone-node.log#L61-L89</a>
</em></p></figcaption>
</div>
<p id="9a33" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">When the program starts, it
disables NB-IoT modules auto-connection (<code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">NCONFIG=AUTOCONNECT,FALSE</code>) and reboots the NB-IoT module (<code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">NRB</code>).</p>
<p id="01df" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">It selects <strong
class="gm hc">NB-IoT Frequency Band 8</strong> (<code class="dm kg kh ki kj b">NBAND=8</code>),
enables the NB-IoT radio transceiver (<code class="dm kg kh ki kj b">CFUN=1</code>) and starts
attaching to the NB-IoT network (<code class="dm kg kh ki kj b">CGATT=1</code>)</p>
<p id="4b45" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu"><em class="hd">The </em><a
href="http://www.techplayon.com/nb-iot-frequency-bands-as-per-3gpp-rel-13-14-and-15/"
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow"><em class="hd">NB-IoT Frequency
Band</em></a><em class="hd"> depends on your country and your NB-IoT network operator. Check with
your NB-IoT network operator for the Frequency Band to use.</em></p>
<p id="e731" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">The NB-IoT Band is configured
here: <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b"><a href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/targets/bluepill_my_sensor/syscfg.yml" class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">targets/bluepill_my_sensor/syscfg.yml</a></code>
</p>
<p id="9ab1" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">The program queries the NB-IoT
registration status (<code class="dm kg kh ki kj b">CEREG?</code>). The response <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">+CEREG:0,2</code> means that the NB-IoT module is still registering with
the NB-IoT network.</p>
</div>
</div>
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<div class="figure he hf hg hh hi cz ak paragraph-image">
<p><img src="https://lupyuen.github.io/images/legacy2/h0.png" /></p>
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<div class="ac ae af ag ah ds aj ak">
<div class="figure la lb lc ld le cz dr je cd jf jg jh ji jj ba jk lg lh li lj jp">
<p><script src="https://gist.github.com/lupyuen/31b0a00891a795a6973850d0157eaf68.js"></script></p>
<figcaption><p><em>From <a
href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/logs/standalone-node.log#L102-L109"
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank"
rel="noopener nofollow">https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/logs/standalone-node.log#L102-L109</a>
</em></p></figcaption>
</div>
<p id="3c4d" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">The program continues to query
the registration status (<code class="dm kg kh ki kj b">CEREG?</code>). In a few seconds, we get the
response <code class="dm kg kh ki kj b">+CEREG:0,1</code> which means that the NB-IoT module has
registered with the NB-IoT network.</p>
<p id="9ded" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">We send <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">CGATT?</code> to check whether we have been attached to the NB-IoT network.
The response <code class="dm kg kh ki kj b">+CGATT:1</code> means that we have been successfully
attached to the NB-IoT network. We may start transmitting data to the network.</p>
<p id="fb52" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">Before transmitting, we ask
the NB-IoT module to allocate a local UDP port (<code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">NSOCR=DGRAM,17,0,1</code>). The module returns local port <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">1</code>.</p>
</div>
</div>
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<div class="figure he hf hg hh hi cz ak paragraph-image">
<p><img src="https://lupyuen.github.io/images/legacy2/h0.png" /></p>
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<div class="ac ae af ag ah ds aj ak">
<div class="figure la lb lc ld le cz dr je cd jf jg jh ji jj ba jk lg lh li lj jp">
<p><script src="https://gist.github.com/lupyuen/72ff3872d4cfa166fdc1da407d2cafa9.js"></script></p>
<figcaption><p><em>From <a
href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/logs/standalone-node.log#L113-L127"
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank"
rel="noopener nofollow">https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/logs/standalone-node.log#L113-L127</a>
</em></p></figcaption>
</div>
<p id="6d79" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">Next the program reads the
Blue Pills internal temperature sensor (every 10 seconds) and obtains the raw temperature value <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">1757</code>.</p>
<p id="c0ac" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">The program composes the CoAP
message with JSON payload (described earlier)…</p>
<pre
class="he hf hg hh hi lq lr ls"><span id="e710" class="lt it dv bk kj b ff lu lv r lw">{&quot;values&quot;: [<br/> {&quot;key&quot;: &quot;device&quot;,<br/> &quot;value&quot;: &quot;ac913c...&quot;},<br/> {&quot;key&quot;: &quot;t&quot;,<br/> &quot;value&quot;: 1757}<br/>]}</span></pre>
<p id="bd91" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">…And transmits the CoAP
message via the AT command <code class="dm kg kh ki kj b">NSOST=…</code> (not shown in the log).</p>
<p id="a3fa" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">The hex numbers <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">58 02 00 01 ...</code> are the bytes of the <strong class="gm hc">encoded
CoAP message</strong>. You may decode the CoAP message with Wireshark as explained in the <a
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener"
href="https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/get-started-with-nb-iot-and-quectel-modules">previous
article</a>.</p>
<p id="403e" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">The CoAP message is
transmitted by the NB-IoT module to the CoAP server at thethings.io. Notice that the message includes
a device ID <code class="dm kg kh ki kj b">ac913c...</code> This is a <strong class="gm hc">random
number thats transmitted in every CoAP message</strong>.</p>
<p id="951a" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">When we Ctrl-Click the URL in
the log…</p>
<pre
class="he hf hg hh hi lq lr ls"><span id="ad81" class="lt it dv bk kj b ff lu lv r lw"><a href="https://blue-pill-geolocate.appspot.com/?device=ac913c504b27e00bc8b68dfe843b297c" class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">https://blue-pill-geolocate.appspot.com?device=ac913c</a></span></pre>
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<p><img src="https://lupyuen.github.io/images/legacy2/a12.png" /></p>
</div>
<figcaption><p><em>Web page with computed temperature
</em></p></figcaption>
</div>
<p id="038e" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">…We see a web page with the
computed temperature value in degrees Celsius. Thats because <strong class="gm hc">thethings.io has
converted the raw temperature into the actual temperature</strong> (in degrees Celsius). We have
installed a <a
href="https://github.com/lupyuen/thethingsio-wifi-geolocation"
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">script at thethings.io</a> that
pushes the computed temperature to <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">blue-pill-geolocate.appspot.com</code>, so that we could see the computed
temperature.</p>
<p id="794e" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">The URL (and the random
number) <strong class="gm hc">changes each time we restart the program</strong>. More details about
the setup for thethings.io may be found in the <a class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank"
rel="noopener"
href="https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/get-started-with-nb-iot-and-quectel-modules">previous
article</a>.</p>
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<div class="ac ae af ag ah ds aj ak">
<h1 id="5447" class="is it dv bk bj hw dx iu dz iv iw ix iy iz ja jb jc">Whats Next?</h1>
<p id="dfe8" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn ka gp kb gr kc gt kd gv ke gx cu">In the next article well
create more NB-IoT devices… this time with <a class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener"
href="https://web.archive.org/https://medium.com/@ly.lee/visual-programming-with-embedded-rust-yes-we-can-with-apache-mynewt-and-google-blockly-8b67ef7412d7"><strong
class="gm hc">Visual Rust</strong></a>!</p>
<div class="hk hl hm hn ho hp"><a rel="noopener"
href="https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/rust-rocks-nb-iot-stm32-blue-pill-with-quectel-bc95-g-on-apache-mynewt">
<div class="hs n ar">
<div class="ht n co p hu hv">
<h2 class="bj hw hx bl dv">
<div class="di hq fh fi hr fk">Rust Rocks NB-IoT! STM32 Blue Pill with Quectel BC95-G on
Apache Mynewt</div>
</h2>
</div>
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</a></div>
<p id="d769" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">Also well be checking out
these exciting NB-IoT developer kits with <strong class="gm hc">onboard low-power STM32
microcontrollers and Quectel NB-IoT modules</strong>. Stay tuned!</p>
<div class="figure he hf hg hh hi cz cl cm paragraph-image">
<p><img src="https://lupyuen.github.io/images/legacy2/a13.jpeg" /></p>
<figcaption><p><em>NB-IoT developer kit with onboard Quectel
BC35-G Global NB-IoT module and STM32L431RCT6 microcontroller. From <a
href="https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.27.67a75d82e8brCe&amp;id=577708190839&amp;ns=1&amp;abbucket=15#detail"
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank"
rel="noopener nofollow">https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.27.67a75d82e8brCe&amp;id=577708190839&amp;ns=1&amp;abbucket=15#detail</a>
</em></p></figcaption>
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<h1 id="72f5" class="is it dv bk bj hw dx iu dz iv iw ix iy iz ja jb jc">References</h1>
<p id="59cd" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn ka gp kb gr kc gt kd gv ke gx cu">The following Quectel
documents were very useful for understanding the AT commands. Download them from (free registration
required) <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b"><a href="https://www.quectel.com/support/downloadb/TechnicalDocuments.htm" class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">https://www.quectel.com/support/downloadb/TechnicalDocuments.htm</a></code>
</p>
<ol class="">
<li id="c054" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx mq mr ms"><strong
class="gm hc"><em class="hd">Quectel BC95-G Hardware Design V1.3</em></strong>: Details of the
BC95-G pins</li>
<li id="abc5" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn mt gp mu gr mv gt mw gv mx gx mq mr ms"><strong
class="gm hc"><em class="hd">Quectel BC95 &amp; BC95-G &amp; BC68 Application Design Guide
V1.1</em></strong>: Designing applications for BC68</li>
<li id="7399" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn mt gp mu gr mv gt mw gv mx gx mq mr ms"><strong
class="gm hc"><em class="hd">Quectel BC95-G &amp; BC68 AT Commands Manual V1.4</em></strong>: AT
commands</li>
<li id="57dc" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn mt gp mu gr mv gt mw gv mx gx mq mr ms"><strong
class="gm hc"><em class="hd">Quectel BC95-G &amp; BC68 CoAP Application Note V1.0</em></strong>:
AT commands for CoAP. Unfortunately I was not able to use the AT commands here to transmit the
payload correctly (the transmitted payload was always empty). So I decided to encode the CoAP
messages myself.</li>
</ol>
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<h1 id="f6cf" class="is it dv bk bj hw dx iu dz iv iw ix iy iz ja jb jc">💎 Advanced Topic: Quectel
BC95-G Driver for Mynewt</h1>
<p id="fcc6" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn ka gp kb gr kc gt kd gv ke gx cu">The Mynewt driver I have
created for Quectel BC95-G is located here…</p>
<p id="42e8" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu"><code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b"><a href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/tree/nbiot/libs/bc95g" class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/tree/nbiot/libs/bc95g</a></code>
</p>
<p id="0922" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu"><code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b"><a href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/libs/bc95g/src/driver.cpp" class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">driver.cpp</a></code>
contains the main logic for the driver. It sends AT commands and handles responses and timeouts.</p>
<p id="2b3e" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu"><code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b"><a href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/libs/bc95g/src/ATParser.cpp" class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">ATParser</a></code>
and <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b"><a href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/libs/bc95g/src/BufferedSerial.cpp" class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">BufferedSerial</a></code>
libraries (ported from mbed) are called by <code class="dm kg kh ki kj b">driver.cpp</code> to parse
the AT responses from the Quectel module. The dynamic heap memory allocation in the original mbed
version has been replaced by static memory buffers, to reduce RAM and ROM size.</p>
<p id="8e78" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu"><code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b"><a href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/libs/bc95g/src/creator.cpp" class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">creator.cpp</a></code>
contains the driver creation code required by Mynewt</p>
<p id="3878" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu"><code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b"><a href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/libs/bc95g/src/transport.cpp" class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">transport.cpp</a></code>
provides the OIC (Open Interconnect Consortium) network transport required for transmitting CoAP
messages via Mynewts OIC framework</p>
<p id="6e51" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu"><code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b"><a href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/libs/bc95g/syscfg.yml" class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">syscfg.yml</a></code>
defines one configuration setting: <code class="dm kg kh ki kj b">NBIOT_BAND</code>, the NB-IoT band
(defaults to <code class="dm kg kh ki kj b">8</code>)</p>
<p id="aaca" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu"><code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b"><a href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/libs/bc95g/pkg.yml" class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">pkg.yml</a></code>
instructs Mynewt to call <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b"><a href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/libs/bc95g/src/creator.cpp#L35-L64" class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">bc95g_create</a>()</code>
to initialise the driver during startup</p>
<p id="7df8" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu"><em class="hd">Why do we use
</em><code class="dm kg kh ki kj b">mbufs</code><em class="hd"> when transmitting sensor data? Like in
</em><code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b"><a href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/libs/bc95g/src/driver.cpp#L553-L557" class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">bc95g_socket_tx_mbuf</a>()</code>?
</p>
<p id="990e" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">An <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b"><a href="https://mynewt.apache.org/latest/os/core_os/mbuf/mbuf.html" class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">mbuf</a></code>
(“<a
href="https://mynewt.apache.org/latest/os/core_os/mbuf/mbuf.html"
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">memory buffer</a>”) is a chain of
memory blocks thats optimised for transmitting network messages. Recall the structure of our CoAP
message from the <a class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener"
href="https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/get-started-with-nb-iot-and-quectel-modules">previous
article</a>… Every CoAP message has a <strong class="gm hc">Preamble and an Options Header</strong>
that are usually <strong class="gm hc">fixed in length</strong> for the session. But the Payload of
the message may vary, depending on the sensor data.</p>
<p id="4107" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu"><em class="hd">Shall we keep
reallocating and deallocating the memory blocks for the Preamble, Options and Payload every time we
transmit a CoAP message?</em></p>
<p id="3ec5" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">No, we may actually <strong
class="gm hc">reuse the same </strong><code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b"><strong class="gm hc">mbuf</strong></code> to hold the fixed-length
Preamble and Options. But depending on the sensor data, well attach one or more <code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b">mbufs</code> to the chain to hold the entire Payload. This speeds up the
composition of CoAP messages.</p>
<p id="7446" class="gk gl dv bk gm b gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx cu">Thats why in the driver code
we see the program <a
href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/libs/bc95g/src/driver.cpp#L512-L527"
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">walking through each </a><code
class="dm kg kh ki kj b"><a href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/libs/bc95g/src/driver.cpp#L512-L527" class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">mbuf</a></code><a
href="https://github.com/lupyuen/stm32bluepill-mynewt-sensor/blob/nbiot/libs/bc95g/src/driver.cpp#L512-L527"
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow"> in the chain</a> and transmitting
each <code class="dm kg kh ki kj b">mbuf</code>. This keeps the networking code highly efficient, just
like <a
href="https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mbuf&amp;sektion=9&amp;manpath=FreeBSD+6.0-stable"
class="at cg gy gz ha hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">early versions of the Unix
operating system</a>.</p>
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