Lua RTOS & board status

The Lua RTOS & board status functions provides information about the operation system and board status. This functions are provided as an extension of the Lua os module.

os.board()

Get information about your board.

Arguments: nothing

Returns: the board type, the board subtype, and the board brand. Board subtype and board brand can be empty.

-- Get board information
type, subtype, brand = cpu.board();

-- Print to screen
print("Type: "..type)
print("Subtype: "..subtype)
print("Brand: "..brand)

os.cpu()

Get the CPU name and CPU revision number, installed in your board.

Arguments: nothing

Returns: a string, with the CPU name installed on your board.

-- Get the CPU model
cpu = os.cpu();

-- Print to screen
print("CPU: "..cpu)

CPU: ESP32 rev 0

os.version()

Get Lua RTOS version installed in your board.

Arguments: nothing

Returns: the operating system name (Lua RTOS), the version number,the system build time (expressed in EPOCH time) and the commit's hash (from github) used in build.

-- Get operating system name and version
oss, version, build, commit = os.version();

-- Print to screen
print("OS: "..oss..", version: "..version..", build: "..build..", commit: "..commit)

OS: Lua RTOS, version: beta 0.1, build: 1495574689, commit: 4d92804451cbec7d3ad545c66a92ffab35c63871

os.resetreason()

Get the reset reason.

Arguments: nothing Returns: reset reason.

os.flashEUI()

Get the EUI from Winbond SPI FLASH chips. This EUI is read in the Lua RTOS boot process if the Lua RTOS -> General -> Read SPI flash EUI setting is enabled in Kconfig.

Arguments: nothing. Returns: the SPI FLASH EUI or nil if EUI is not available in your board.

/ > os.flashEUI()
cb6254185b430e2e

os.uptime([table])

Show the Lua RTOS up time on the console, or return a table with the Lua RTOS up time information.

Arguments:

• table (optional): if true, the up time information is returned in a Lua table, if false the up time information is printed on the console.

Returns:

• if table is false: nothing or an exception.

• if table is true: a Lua table with up time information, or an exception, with the following fields:

  • current: a string with the current time in %H:%M format
  • days: up time days
  • hours: up time hours
  • mins: up time minutes
  • secs: up time seconds