PlatformIO

RAK WisBlock modules in PlatformIO

A small script that installs or updates RAKwireless WisBlock modules in PlatformIO BSP's This script does not install the required BSP's (platform and package), it only patches already installed BSP's.

REMARK Tested only on Windows 10 and Ubuntu!

• First install
• Update
• Download

First install

Before you can use the WisBlock Core modules with PlatformIO you need to install the original platforms:

• RAK4631 => install nRF52 platform

- RAK11200 => install ESP32 platform

- RAK11300 => install Raspberry Pi RP2040 platform

After the required platforms are installed, follow the steps as shown in Update

Update

After updating or installing the nRF52, ESP32 or Raspberry Pi RP2040 package do the following steps:

1. Open a project that uses the updated platform

2. Compile the project so that PlatformIO is installing the packages belonging to the platform

• Ignore the Unknown board ID or variant.h: No such file or directory errors until the following patch has been applied

3. Patch the platform and package

Unzip the contents of RAK_PATCH.zip into folder RAK_PATCH in your PlatformIO installation folder.

Paths on different OS:
Windows	%USER%\.platformio\
Linux	~/.platformio/
MacOS	/Users/{Your_User_id}/.platformio/

Example (Windows 10):

Install the patch

Open a terminal in the .platformio folder and execute python ./rak_patch.py

Example (Windows 10 terminal):

Example (Linux terminal):

Download

Download the complete package from RAK_PATCH.zip