Implemented config files

[Alandlt15]

commandsConfig.py: holds dictionary of commands

config.json: holds other configuration data (eg. cubesat name, radio callsign, jokes, etc)

[Mikefly123]

Looks like a good start to me! I think that these init variables from pysquared.py should be next up to be added to the config files:

        """
        Big init routine as the whole board is brought up. Starting with config variables.
        """
        self.debug = True  # Define verbose output here. True or False
        self.legacy = False  # Define if the board is used with legacy or not
        self.heating = False  # Currently not used
        self.orpheus = True  # Define if the board is used with Orpheus or not
        self.is_licensed = True

        """
        Define the normal power modes
        """
        self.NORMAL_TEMP = 20
        self.NORMAL_BATT_TEMP = 1  # Set to 0 BEFORE FLIGHT!!!!!
        self.NORMAL_MICRO_TEMP = 20
        self.NORMAL_CHARGE_CURRENT = 0.5
        self.NORMAL_BATTERY_VOLTAGE = 6.9  # 6.9
        self.CRITICAL_BATTERY_VOLTAGE = 6.6  # 6.6
        self.vlowbatt = 6.0
        self.battery_voltage = 3.3  # default value for testing REPLACE WITH REAL VALUE
        self.current_draw = 255  # default value for testing REPLACE WITH REAL VALUE
        self.REBOOT_TIME = 3600  # 1 hour
        self.turbo_clock = False

You may also want to take a look at how CircuitPython has tried to natively introduce the use of a settings.toml:
https://docs.circuitpython.org/en/latest/docs/environment.html

[Alandlt15]

Ended up finishing the toml file for configuration. But when I connect to the board and the countdown starts, I get a "module named 'tomllib' not found" error.

I did some digging and found that tomllib, which is a library I need to parse data from the config file, was introduced in Python 3.11, which I know the actual board is about 6 versions behind.

My question is, would I be able to use a third party library called 'toml' I would simply need to run the command pip install toml I think, and parse exactly how I was attempting with the 'tomllib'. But I'm not too sure if that's a valid solution to this.

Otherwise, I believe my only option is to keep using json.

[Mikefly123]

Hey @Alandlt15 I think this one of those things that is a mismatch between mainstream Python and CircuitPython.

It would appear from the CircuitPython docs that they only natively support accessing a settings.toml using the os module. This is the example that they give:

import os

print(os.getenv("test_variable"))

I'm not sure if this allows us to actually write values to the settings.toml during runtime or if it treats these variables as static. You may want to do some tests with your own board! If the implementation ends up being too clunky compared to using a .json then we can just go back to doing that.