mitigate crashing && code refactor

.gitignore

@@ -25,3 +25,41 @@
 
 # IDEA files
 .idea/
+cmake-build-*/
+
+# Results for the checking of the Python coding style and static analysis
+.mypy_cache
+flake8_output.txt
+
+# ESP-IDF default build directory name
+build
+
+# lock files for examples and components
+dependencies.lock
+
+# managed_components for examples
+managed_components
+
+# pytest log
+pytest_embedded_log/
+list_job*.txt
+size_info*.txt
+XUNIT_RESULT*.xml
+
+# clang config (for LSP)
+.clangd
+
+# Vale
+.vale/styles/*
+
+# pio
+.pio
+
+# sqlite
+*.db
+
+.env
+
+# vinscant
+key.txt
+webrepl_cli.py

vinscant/README.md

@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ RST: 16
 - connect to serial
 - connect to wifi and setup webrepl (see https://docs.micropython.org/en/latest/esp8266/tutorial/repl.html)
 - get `webrepl_cli.py` from https://github.com/micropython/webrepl
-- copy `boot.py`, `main.py` and `key.txt` (with the correct key set on vingo) to the microcontroller using `upload_file.sh`
-- download https://github.com/danjperron/micropython-mfrc522/blob/master/mfrc522.py and copy it to the microcontroller as well
+- copy all the files in `mpfiles` and `key.txt` (with the correct key set on vingo) to the microcontroller using `upload_file.sh`
 - beep boop
 
 # Future additions

vinscant/mpfiles/boot.py

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import gc
+import machine
+import network
+import time
+import webrepl
+
+network.hostname("vinscant")
+wlan = network.WLAN(network.STA_IF)
+wlan.active(True)
+print("Connecting to WiFi...")
+wlan.connect('Zeus WPI', 'zeusisdemax')
+while not wlan.isconnected():
+    pass
+print("Connected to WiFi with ifconfig:", wlan.ifconfig())
+
+print("Starting webrepl...")
+webrepl.start()
+print("Webrepl started")
+
+print("Heap bytes used before GC:", gc.mem_alloc())
+gc.collect()
+print("Heap bytes used after GC:", gc.mem_alloc())
+
+print("Boot done")
+
+print("Starting watchdog in 1s, interupt now with Ctrl+C")
+time.sleep(1)
+watchdog = machine.WDT(timeout=10 * 1000)
+print("Watchdog started")