Two fixes from live testing feedback:
1. Adding a programmable chip (Z80/8080) from the gallery created NO program
group — only the chip(s) from the example had one. Root cause: 'programmable'
was detected by a non-empty programFile, but a fresh chip's programFile is
empty until the user writes one. Now detection uses the canonical signal —
chip.json's programTargets — via isProgrammableChip(). When such a chip
lands with no program yet, the file explorer seeds an editable program.c
(DEFAULT_CHIP_PROGRAM_C, a working walking-LED skeleton) into its own group
and stamps programFile/programTarget onto the component so Compile/Run can
build it. Behaviour/driver and predefined chips (no programTargets) still
get no group — edited in the chip designer.
2. z80-led-chaser-c now runs board-less on a regulated power supply (no Arduino,
mirroring z80-larson-no-board) — the Arduino only ever supplied 5V and added
confusion. chaser.c stays the chip's editable program in its own section.
- romCompileService: isProgrammableChip(), DEFAULT_CHIP_PROGRAM_FILE/_C.
- FileExplorer: detect by programTargets; auto-seed program.c + persist
programFile/programTarget for fresh chips.
- examples-retro-intel: chaser-c -> board-less (psu + 8 resistors + 8 LEDs),
drop the now-unused Arduino sketch const; fix a stale sdcc --code-loc comment.
- Tests: board+chip case moved to z80-larson-scanner (still board-based);
isProgrammableChip unit tests.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
A programmable custom-chip (a CPU emulator that runs a ROM/program, e.g. the
Z80 or 8080) now keeps its program (larson.s, chaser.c, ...) in a dedicated
editor file group — group-chip-<chipId> — rendered as its own collapsible
section in the file explorer, exactly like each board owns its sketch group.
Behaviour/driver chips and predefined chips carry no programFile and get no
group; they stay editable only in the chip designer.
Fixes two reported issues on the Z80 examples:
- /example/z80-larson-no-board: the board-less chip example now opens its
program (larson.s) as the active group, editable on the left — previously
the editor showed but no file appeared.
- /example/z80-led-chaser-c: the chip program (chaser.c) no longer shows as
a sibling tab inside the Arduino sketch group; it sits in its own chip
section instead. The board group shows only sketch.ino.
Details:
- useEditorStore: chipFileGroupId()/CHIP_GROUP_PREFIX helpers.
- loadExample: seedChipProgramGroups() routes each chip's programFile into its
own group (seeded from the example files), sweeps stale chip groups, keeps
the program OUT of the board group, and for a board-less chip example makes
the chip group active so the program is the editable file shown.
- EditorToolbar.prepareCustomChips: resolves the program from the chip's own
group (falls back to board files for older projects) before assembling ROM.
- FileExplorer: renders one collapsible section per programmable chip with an
IC icon; clicking switches the editor to the chip group. Lazy-creates a
group for chips dropped on the canvas.
- projectPayload + vlxFile: serialise chip groups alongside board groups and
include them in the dirty-check hash, so chip-program edits persist on
save / autosave / .vlx export and round-trip via replaceFileGroups on load.
- Regression tests for board-less + board+chip routing and stale-group sweep.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Implemented `i2c-esp32-real-firmware.test.ts` to test ESP32 I2C communication via backend and WebSocket.
- Created `load-example-transitions.test.ts` to ensure proper loading of examples between board-less and board-based contexts.
- Added `CircuitVerificationModal.tsx` to display circuit verification results before running simulations.
- Developed `circuitVerifier.ts` to perform pre-flight checks for circuit safety, identifying potential issues like short circuits and component overloads.
- Introduced minimal ESP32 I2C master sketch `esp32_i2c_writer.ino` for testing I2C transactions.
David Montero