SOTA iter 5 — converted the iter 4 ADR-110 §A0.8 closing recommendation
("host-side Kalman / linear fit on the offset trajectory") into a
firmware-side, fixed-point EMA so every downstream consumer of
c6_sync_espnow_get_epoch_us() gets bounded-jitter timestamps for free.
Implementation:
* α = 1/8 (Q3.3 shift = 3), ≈8-sample effective window at the 10 Hz
beacon rate. Tracks the ≈1.4 ppm crystal drift §A0.8 measured while
averaging out per-beacon WiFi-MAC jitter spikes.
* y[n] = y[n-1] + (raw - y[n-1]) >> 3 — integer arithmetic, two cycles
on the RISC-V LP/HP cores, no float dependency.
* Seeded from the first follower-mode sample so we don't bias toward 0.
* New getter: int64_t c6_sync_espnow_get_offset_us_smoothed(void).
* c6_sync_espnow_get_offset_us() (raw) stays for diagnostics, unchanged.
* c6_sync_espnow_get_epoch_us() now prefers the smoothed offset once
s_smoothed_seeded — meaning every CSI frame timestamp ADR-029/030
consumes is already filtered, no host-side rework required.
Diag log line now prints both:
c6_espnow: tx#N ... offset_us=R smoothed=S
90 s bench verification (witness §A0.9 + iter5-COM9-ema-90s.log) shows
both values tracking. Methodology caveat in §A0.9: short windows don't
let the smoothing benefit emerge over the raw noise floor — the
suppression ratio measurement needs ≥5 min, deferred to a long-soak
iteration.
Binary size cost: ~32 bytes (one int64, one bool, one getter). C6 build
still 45% partition slack.
Co-Authored-By: claude-flow <ruv@ruv.net>
After 5 systematic experiments confirmed the 802.15.4 RX path is
unfixable from user code in this IDF v5.4 + C6 combination (D1), add a
parallel sync transport over ESP-NOW. Same TS_BEACON protocol, same
public API (c6_sync_espnow_get_epoch_us / is_valid / is_leader), but
runs on the WiFi MAC layer that ESP-IDF fully supports across every
ESP32 family.
The 802.15.4 code stays in source for when the IDF driver is fixed.
ESP-NOW is the working primary today.
Empirical (single-board COM9 — other 3 boards dropped off USB during
the experiment):
- c6_sync_espnow_init() succeeds: "init done local_id=… leader=
yes(candidate) period=100ms"
- TX path 100% reliable: tx#101 fail=0 over ~15s at 100ms cadence
- RX awaiting cross-board test once USB-enumeration is restored
Trade vs. 802.15.4 design:
- Loses: "frees WiFi airtime for CSI" property
- Gains: known-working RX path, cross-target (S3 and C6 both)
- Same API surface — consumers swap transports without code change
Files:
- main/c6_sync_espnow.{h,c} — new module, ~210 lines
- main/CMakeLists.txt — add to SRCS (always built, used on any target)
- main/main.c — init after WiFi STA up, skip on QEMU mock
- test/capture-3board-experiment.py — surface c6_espnow log lines
- docs/WITNESS-LOG-110.md — new §D-workaround documenting the pivot
Ref: ruvnet/RuView#762 / D1 known-issue / draft PR #764
Co-Authored-By: claude-flow <ruv@ruv.net>
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