The RP2040 MicroPython loader always fetched the plain RPI_PICO build, which
ships no `network` module and no CYW43 WiFi driver. Every Pico W WiFi/MQTT
example therefore failed at `import network` ("no module named 'network'"),
which surfaced as a compile/run error in the editor.
- getFirmware()/loadUserFiles() are now variant-aware. pi-pico-w boards load
RPI_PICO_W-20230426-v1.20.0 (network/socket/ssl + the CYW43439 driver) and
write the LittleFS at the W board's flash offset (0x12c000, 212 blocks)
instead of the plain Pico's 0xa0000/352. The W firmware spans flash to
~0xab000 and would otherwise be clobbered by the filesystem. Each variant
gets its own IndexedDB cache key.
- The variant is selected by the presence of the already-wired CYW43 emulator
(attachCyw43 runs for pi-pico-w boards only).
- loadMicroPython swaps in a fresh RP2040 each run, so the CYW43 PIO-FIFO hooks
are re-installed on the new instance; otherwise the driver's gSPI traffic
never reaches the emulator and WiFi never comes up.
- Bundle micropython-rp2040w.uf2 as the offline fallback.
- Point the ThingsBoard example at the simulator's Velxio-GUEST network.