Preferred versions
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 12:46 pmHello!
I have written a sizable app (http://clearskyinstitute.com/ham/HamClock/) with nearly 1000 deployed in the field so reliability is extremely important to me. In my extensive testing I have settled on the Arduino version 2.4.0 and version "1.4 prebuilt" of LWIP as the best for this project.
Newer versions of the board package have grown too large (my program size is currently 980 kB so I am nearly out of room). As for LWIP the 2.0 series looses the ability to make outbound connections after a week or two (inbound remain fine). My preferred combo has run continuously for months without issues. I keep careful track of heap and stack and never have less that 20 kB free.
I realize there is nothing actionable here but wanted to share my experience. Overall the Arduino version has been very successful for me and I am most grateful for all the hard work to make it available via Arduino IDE.
I have written a sizable app (http://clearskyinstitute.com/ham/HamClock/) with nearly 1000 deployed in the field so reliability is extremely important to me. In my extensive testing I have settled on the Arduino version 2.4.0 and version "1.4 prebuilt" of LWIP as the best for this project.
Newer versions of the board package have grown too large (my program size is currently 980 kB so I am nearly out of room). As for LWIP the 2.0 series looses the ability to make outbound connections after a week or two (inbound remain fine). My preferred combo has run continuously for months without issues. I keep careful track of heap and stack and never have less that 20 kB free.
I realize there is nothing actionable here but wanted to share my experience. Overall the Arduino version has been very successful for me and I am most grateful for all the hard work to make it available via Arduino IDE.