Tactility/TactilityKernel
Ken Van Hoeylandt d2048e01b6
Tab5 power expander driver and devicetree parsing improvements (#507)
* **New Features**
  * PI4IOE5V6408 I2C I/O expander driver with public GPIO APIs
  * CLI tool to list devicetree dependencies

* **Device Tree Updates**
  * M5Stack Tab5 configured with two I2C IO expanders; PI4IOE5V6408 binding added

* **Build / Tooling**
  * Devicetree code generation integrated into build; generated artifacts and dynamic dependency resolution exposed

* **Refactor**
  * Kernel/run APIs updated to accept a null‑terminated devicetree modules array; many module symbols renamed

* **Documentation**
  * Added README and Apache‑2.0 license for new driver module
2026-02-17 22:59:30 +01:00
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TactilityKernel

TactilityKernel is the core component of the Tactility project, providing a hardware abstraction layer (HAL) and essential kernel services for embedded systems.

Features

  • Device and Driver Model: A flexible system for managing hardware devices and their corresponding drivers.
  • Peripheral Support: Standard interfaces for common peripherals:
    • GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output)
    • I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuit)
    • I2S (Inter-IC Sound)
    • SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface)
    • UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter)
  • Concurrency Primitives: Built-in support for multi-threaded environments, including:
    • Threads and Dispatchers
    • Mutexes and Recursive Mutexes
    • Event Groups
    • Timers
  • Module System: Support for loadable modules that can export symbols and provide runtime-extensible functionality.
  • Device Tree Integration: Utilizes a devicetree-like system for hardware configuration and initialization.
  • Cross-Platform: Designed to run on both embedded platforms (such as ESP32) and desktop environments (Linux) for simulation and testing.