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feat(firmware): add PCBA test environment and documentation - #99
A produced main control board needs a repeatable pass/fail before it leaves the bench. Product firmware cannot provide that check: it boots Wi-Fi, centers the servos, and treats a successful speaker init as enough. This procedure checks the parts a board must have to work: USB through a golden module, the speaker, servo PWM on every column, and output enable.
A PCBA session checks a produced main control board rev 3 with one operator, a golden Waveshare ESP32-C3-Zero, a speaker on the JST speaker port, and a dedicated servo test PCB.
The test image is PlatformIO env pcba-test. The product env stays unchanged. The image talks plain USB CDC at 115200, leaves Wi-Fi, COBS, and LittleFS off, and holds the module LED steady white for as long as it has USB power. That lamp means the test image is running.
The golden module stays with the tester. The session uses the board USB-C socket. The ESP32 socket stays unused while the module is seated.
The servo test PCB seats on one servo column at a time. The silk-side pin is signal and drives a blue LED. The middle pin is 5 V and drives a red LED. The square pad is GND. Column order is HEAD, NECK, ARM L, ARM R, BODY.
The session has three steps. Speaker plays a repeating tone, with + and - for volume. Servos put PWM on all five PCA9685 channels together while the operator moves the servo test PCB across every column and checks that red stays on and blue pulses. OE output enable drives the output-enable pin so the PWM pins turn off while the pulse continues; on one column the red LED stays on and only the blue LED goes out.
Enter accepts a step. n rejects it and offers retry (r), record the fail and continue (c), or start the board over (a). After RESULT PASS or RESULT FAIL, unplugging USB starts the next board. q stops the session.
The same session runs from python3 scripts/pcba_test.py or from https://tinyengineer.dev/pcba_test in Chrome or Edge. Both hosts show the current step in English. No other site page links to the tester. The procedure is docs/hardware/pcba-test.md.
The session leaves out J2, J3, J4, the OLED, Wi-Fi, and a 2 A load.
Servo Tester PCB
Test plan
Flash a golden ESP32-C3-Zero with pio run -e pcba-test -t upload through the board USB-C socket and confirm the module LED stays steady white.
Run python3 scripts/pcba_test.py and the page at /pcba_test through prepare, connected, speaker, servos, and OE.
On speaker, confirm + and - change the tone and Enter / n leave the step.
On servos, move the servo test PCB across HEAD, NECK, ARM L, ARM R, and BODY and confirm red stays on and blue pulses on every column.
On OE, leave the servo test PCB on one column and confirm red stays on and blue goes out.
Reject a step with n, then exercise r, c, and a (restart returns to the connected card).
After the verdict, unplug USB, plug in the next board, and confirm the host attaches without a restart. q ends the session.
Confirm a busy serial port prints a wait message, and a browser without Web Serial points at the Python script.
PCB checks
Schematic, PCB layout, and expected-nets.yml changed for main-control-board-servo-tester.
Added a dedicated test image for revision 3 boards, checking the speaker, servo outputs, and output-enable behavior. Testing stops with a failure result if the board controller cannot be detected.
Run the guided test using a command-line tool or compatible browser. Follow step-by-step instructions, retry or record failures, and view the final verdict.
The browser tester supports connection recovery and directs unsupported browsers to the command-line option.
Added a servo-tester board with 3.3 V and 5 V indicator LEDs.
Documentation
Added board setup and test instructions, including connections, expected indicators, controls, and failure handling.
Clarified that PCBA checks are separate from product boot testing.
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- Line 2147: Copy the J1 “FT Rotation Offset” value of -90 from the schematic
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This change adds an opt-in PCBA test image and Python and browser serial hosts for testing revision 3 main control boards. It also adds a servo tester board, operator procedures and specifications, and CI coverage for the host tests and firmware build.
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Test workflow and requirements openspec/specs/pcba-test/spec.md, openspec/changes/archive/2026-10-30-main-control-board-tester/*
The specification and archived change records describe the test image, serial session, host behavior, and operator workflow.
Firmware test session platformio.ini, examples/pcba-test/main.cpp, .github/workflows/ci.yml
PlatformIO adds an opt-in environment for the test example. The firmware probes the PCA9685, runs tone, servo, and output-enable steps, processes operator keys, and reports results. CI builds the environment.
Python host and session tests scripts/pcba_test.py, scripts/test_pcba_test.py
The Python host displays instructions, forwards operator keys, and handles port selection and reconnection. Tests cover sessions, errors, and procedure text.
Web Serial host and page web/js/pcba-test.mjs, web/pcba_test/*, scripts/test_pcba_web.mjs
The browser host checks Web Serial support, displays test guidance, forwards operator input, and manages port recovery. The page and tests cover the browser workflow.
Bench procedure and tester hardware docs/hardware/pcba-test.md, docs/hardware/testing.md, hardware/boards/main-control-board-servo-tester/*, hardware/boards/main-control-board/main-control-board.kicad_pro
The procedure describes board setup and testing. The new KiCad design defines a three-pin connector and two LED indicator circuits.
Build and test integration .github/workflows/ci.yml, .gitignore, docs/README.md, docs/testing.md
CI runs the Python and browser host tests and builds the pcba-test environment. The documentation links to the procedure and test commands, and .gitignore excludes .venv.
jamro/tiny-engineer#46: Adds board components and connections that this tester checks, including speaker, servo, USB power, and PCA9685 output-enable paths.
jamro/tiny-engineer#66: Documents revision 3 board connections exercised by this PCBA test flow.
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Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review 34100
The tester should not be used on production boards until its connector mapping and operator instructions are corrected, validation results are recorded, and the J1 fabrication offset is synchronized.
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* Introduced a new PlatformIO environment `pcba-test` for testing produced main control boards.
* Updated `platformio.ini` to include the new environment and its dependencies.
* Enhanced CI workflow to include PCBA test scripts.
* Created documentation for the PCBA testing process in `docs/hardware/pcba-test.md`.
* Added Python host script `scripts/pcba_test.py` for managing the test session.
* Implemented web interface for PCBA testing at `https://tinyengineer.dev/pcba_test`.
* Updated README and other documentation to reflect the new testing capabilities.
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- Line 3: Update the PCBA test procedure to state that RESULT PASS does not
qualify J2–J4, the OLED, Wi-Fi, or 2 A load testing, and that faults in these
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- Around line 268-273: Update onResultKey to handle the host’s '?' request by
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- Line 6: Update task 1.2 and tasks 2.3, 2.6, 3.1, and 4.1 so their completion
descriptions and verification criteria match the implemented three-step tone,
servos, and oe protocol, including the current lamp colors; remove obsolete
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- Around line 349-352: Update the Windows branch of read_key_nonblocking to
return only supported keys, mapping Enter as it does now and returning None for
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- Around line 290-292: Update the exception handler around the port write in
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- Around line 711-722: Update the global keydown handler to return early for
repeated events and events with Ctrl, Meta, or Alt pressed, before calling
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- Line 252: Update the PCBA-TEST banner handling in feed_line() to stop
prepending BANNER_COACH in the Python script, while keeping the steady-white
lamp sentence available to the page host only.
- Line 103: Clarify the link-handshake behavior in the RESULT requirement so a
`?` request during `PhaseResult` does not emit a second `RESULT` line; if
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one-RESULT contract.
- Line 18: In setup(), ensure beginSession() probes I2C address 0x40 before any
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- Around line 1-8: Add a README.md for this board’s KiCad project, documenting
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Follow-up Comments
Clarify which board’s square pad identifies GND.
393-399: Major · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Clarify which board’s square pad identifies GND.
J1’s square pad is the tester’s PWM input, not GND. The operator procedure says to treat “the square pad” as GND but does not name the board. If an operator uses the tester’s square pad to orient the connection, PWM and GND are reversed. Specify that the instruction refers to the main control board, and identify the tester’s square pad as PWM. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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around lines 393 - 399:
Update the operator procedure to specify that “the square pad” identifying GND
is on the main control board, and explicitly identify the square pad on tester
connector J1 as the PWM input. Ensure the connection instructions cannot be read
as using the tester’s square pad to locate GND.
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- Around line 6-10: Update the README’s Tested entry to record the KiCad 10 ERC
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- Around line 7-8: Correct the J1 connector mapping in the tester schematic, PCB
routing, and expected-nets.yml to match the main-board physical order: J1.1 =
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Follow-up Comments
Correct the reversed J1 power symbols in the schematic.
1107-1115: Major · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win
Correct the reversed J1 power symbols in the schematic.
The schematic connects J1.1 to GND and J1.3 to +3.3V. The PCB and expected-nets.yml contract require J1.1=+3.3V and J1.3=GND. The ordinary check_pcb.py path includes this board and can reject the exported netlist for these mismatches.
Swap the complete power-symbol instances in the schematic. Keep the PCB layout and documented physical hookup unchanged.
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- J1.1 at (128.27, 86.36) -> GND+ J1.1 at (128.27, 86.36) -> +3.3V- J1.3 at (128.27, 81.28) -> +3.3V+ J1.3 at (128.27, 81.28) -> GND
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around lines 1107 - 1115:
Swap the complete power-symbol instances connected to J1 in the schematic so
J1.1 at (128.27, 86.36) is +3.3V and J1.3 at (128.27, 81.28) is GND. Leave the
PCB layout and documented physical hookup unchanged.
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Major · Fix the failing procedure-card contract check. · test_pcba_test.py:327
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Fix the failing procedure-card contract check.
The assertion at Line 327 makes CI fail because docs/hardware/pcba-test.md no longer contains RESULT FAIL tone servos; the reviewed commit removed the old dialogue block. (github.com)
If raw protocol examples are not required in the operator card, remove this phrase from the card-only assertion list. If they are required, restore the example in the card. Re-run the test after this change. Line 332 also expects square pad as GND, while the card says bottom pin is GND; the active specification requires the square-pad wording. (github.com)
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Review comment at @scripts/test_pcba_test.py at line 327:
Update the procedure-card contract checks so they no longer require “RESULT FAIL
tone servos” after the dialogue block was removed, and align the card’s
ground-pin wording with the required “square pad as GND” terminology instead of
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pad (pin 2) to +5 V/red, and the round pad (pin 3) to GND.
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Summary
A produced main control board needs a repeatable pass/fail before it leaves the bench. Product firmware cannot provide that check: it boots Wi-Fi, centers the servos, and treats a successful speaker init as enough. This procedure checks the parts a board must have to work: USB through a golden module, the speaker, servo PWM on every column, and output enable.
pcba-test. The product env stays unchanged. The image talks plain USB CDC at 115200, leaves Wi-Fi, COBS, and LittleFS off, and holds the module LED steady white for as long as it has USB power. That lamp means the test image is running.+and-for volume. Servos put PWM on all five PCA9685 channels together while the operator moves the servo test PCB across every column and checks that red stays on and blue pulses. OE output enable drives the output-enable pin so the PWM pins turn off while the pulse continues; on one column the red LED stays on and only the blue LED goes out.nrejects it and offers retry (r), record the fail and continue (c), or start the board over (a). AfterRESULT PASSorRESULT FAIL, unplugging USB starts the next board.qstops the session.python3 scripts/pcba_test.pyor from https://tinyengineer.dev/pcba_test in Chrome or Edge. Both hosts show the current step in English. No other site page links to the tester. The procedure isdocs/hardware/pcba-test.md.Servo Tester PCB
Test plan
pio run -e pcba-test -t uploadthrough the board USB-C socket and confirm the module LED stays steady white.python3 scripts/pcba_test.pyand the page at/pcba_testthrough prepare, connected, speaker, servos, and OE.+and-change the tone and Enter /nleave the step.n, then exerciser,c, anda(restart returns to the connected card).qends the session.PCB checks
expected-nets.ymlchanged formain-control-board-servo-tester.python3 scripts/check_pcb.py main-control-board-servo-testeron KiCad 10: ERC <pass/fail>, DRC <pass/fail>, expected-nets <pass/fail>.Summary by CodeRabbit
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