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2022-08-20 7:05 pm
I was recently able to acquire a Raspberry Pi Pico W board and am attempting to implement a simple web server on my local network. Using Bill's example as a guide, I am using the Arduino IDE and have successfully developed the server using only text. I would like to include some simple graphics however.
The graphic that I am using for a test is called arrl.jpg. I copied this graphic to the F: drive that is created when you hold down the boot button and apply power to the board. The file copies fine but disappears when I upload the UF2 file to the drive. It, of course, does not display on the web page.
I am a novice with HTML, but I used the following HTML code to try to get the graphic to display:
client.println ("<img src = arrl.jpg>");
I believe that one reason that my approach is not working is that the graphics file seems to get erased after I upload the UF2 file for the "sketch", but perhaps my thinking is not correct with respect to the HTML code required.
Any guidance would be sincerely appreciated!
Thanks,
Ed Wilson
2022-08-20 7:25 pm
@ewilson100 I have only recently started looking at the PICOW, but my suspicion is like most all the other small boards, any kind of reset will wipe out the board contents. I have a sketch loaded right now and it serves a few files, those files are in the sketch folder and the storage library is used to work with them. Try to find a sample that serves images and learn from that.
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2022-08-20 7:32 pm
@ewilson100 Put the image file in your sketch folder and try that again.
First computer 1959. Retired from my own computer company 2004.
Hardware - Expert in 1401, and 360, fairly knowledge in PC plus numerous MPU's and MCU's
Major Languages - Machine language, 360 Macro Assembler, Intel Assembler, PL/I and PL1, Pascal, Basic, C plus numerous job control and scripting languages.
Sure you can learn to be a programmer, it will take the same amount of time for me to learn to be a Doctor.
Topic starter
2022-08-20 7:57 pm
Unfortunately, placing the file in the sketch folder does not help.
Ron, can you point me to any examples that serve images?
Ron, another question...you mention the "Storage Library"...I am not sure I understand what that is or where it is located.
This post was modified 2 years ago by ewilson100
2022-08-20 8:34 pm
@ewilson100 I am ookng for an example. It won't be PICO, but it will be ESP32 because more examples. Make sure you have the ESP32 boards loaded in your IDE preferences. Here is the line to add
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/gh-pages/package_esp32_index.json
Start each board entry on a new line.
Back in a few.
First computer 1959. Retired from my own computer company 2004.
Hardware - Expert in 1401, and 360, fairly knowledge in PC plus numerous MPU's and MCU's
Major Languages - Machine language, 360 Macro Assembler, Intel Assembler, PL/I and PL1, Pascal, Basic, C plus numerous job control and scripting languages.
Sure you can learn to be a programmer, it will take the same amount of time for me to learn to be a Doctor.
Topic starter
2022-08-20 8:43 pm
@zander The ESP32 board is already loaded as I “play” with that board from time to time.
2022-08-20 9:06 pm
@ewilson100 My camera web server serves a few images, the images are all in a sub dir called Docs.
Sorry, this is hopefully not what you are looking for. The code to display a logo is dozens of lines in 3 places. Stuff like sprintf html code.
Are you an experienced web developer?
First computer 1959. Retired from my own computer company 2004.
Hardware - Expert in 1401, and 360, fairly knowledge in PC plus numerous MPU's and MCU's
Major Languages - Machine language, 360 Macro Assembler, Intel Assembler, PL/I and PL1, Pascal, Basic, C plus numerous job control and scripting languages.
Sure you can learn to be a programmer, it will take the same amount of time for me to learn to be a Doctor.
2022-08-20 9:14 pm
@ewilson100 Here is an example that is closer to what you want. The NERDS are always a good bet to find examples.
https://randomnerdtutorials.com/esp32-web-server-microsd-card/#more-102201
First computer 1959. Retired from my own computer company 2004.
Hardware - Expert in 1401, and 360, fairly knowledge in PC plus numerous MPU's and MCU's
Major Languages - Machine language, 360 Macro Assembler, Intel Assembler, PL/I and PL1, Pascal, Basic, C plus numerous job control and scripting languages.
Sure you can learn to be a programmer, it will take the same amount of time for me to learn to be a Doctor.
Topic starter
2022-08-20 9:15 pm
@zander No, Ron, I am by no stretch of the imagination an experienced web developer. I know a little bit of HTML, but that is about it.
I not attempting to create anything other than a very basic web page, but I would like to include some small graphics files. If I can figure out how to display a simple graphic, I will be happy.
Ed
2022-08-20 9:17 pm
@ewilson100 @Inq If I showed you the example I found, it would blow your mind. Either it's always hard, or there are multiple ways. I am tagging Dennis who is an expert in this.
First computer 1959. Retired from my own computer company 2004.
Hardware - Expert in 1401, and 360, fairly knowledge in PC plus numerous MPU's and MCU's
Major Languages - Machine language, 360 Macro Assembler, Intel Assembler, PL/I and PL1, Pascal, Basic, C plus numerous job control and scripting languages.
Sure you can learn to be a programmer, it will take the same amount of time for me to learn to be a Doctor.
2022-08-20 9:23 pm
First computer 1959. Retired from my own computer company 2004.
Hardware - Expert in 1401, and 360, fairly knowledge in PC plus numerous MPU's and MCU's
Major Languages - Machine language, 360 Macro Assembler, Intel Assembler, PL/I and PL1, Pascal, Basic, C plus numerous job control and scripting languages.
Sure you can learn to be a programmer, it will take the same amount of time for me to learn to be a Doctor.
Topic starter
2022-08-20 9:46 pm
2022-08-20 9:57 pm
@ewilson100 Dennis is off line at the moment, probably at supper but he might come back on later. Did you look at the nerds?
First computer 1959. Retired from my own computer company 2004.
Hardware - Expert in 1401, and 360, fairly knowledge in PC plus numerous MPU's and MCU's
Major Languages - Machine language, 360 Macro Assembler, Intel Assembler, PL/I and PL1, Pascal, Basic, C plus numerous job control and scripting languages.
Sure you can learn to be a programmer, it will take the same amount of time for me to learn to be a Doctor.
Topic starter
2022-08-20 10:11 pm
@zander Yes, I took a quick look at their code...I saw a couple ideas that I might try tomorrow.
2022-08-20 10:12 pm
@ewilson100 Here is a tutorial for what you want to do but foer ESP32. You will just need to change the libraries being used, the code to actually do what you want is the same on all boards. Maybe start with the PICO server example then copy the image code over from the esp32. I might give it a try but I am not sure I have time for the next couple days.
https://randomnerdtutorials.com/display-images-esp32-esp8266-web-server/
First computer 1959. Retired from my own computer company 2004.
Hardware - Expert in 1401, and 360, fairly knowledge in PC plus numerous MPU's and MCU's
Major Languages - Machine language, 360 Macro Assembler, Intel Assembler, PL/I and PL1, Pascal, Basic, C plus numerous job control and scripting languages.
Sure you can learn to be a programmer, it will take the same amount of time for me to learn to be a Doctor.
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