# Virtual plugfest -- looking for testers **URL:** \ **Category:** Development & Maintenance\ **Created:** [October 5, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.opencyphal.org/t/virtual-plugfest-looking-for-testers/171 "2018-10-05T21:00:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pavel.kirienko](https://forum.opencyphal.org/user_avatar/forum.opencyphal.org/pavel.kirienko/32/9_2.png) [@pavel.kirienko](https://forum.opencyphal.org/u/pavel.kirienko)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.opencyphal.org/t/virtual-plugfest-looking-for-testers/171/1 "2018-10-05T21:00:08Z")
Let’s have a virtual plug-fest. As [UAVCAN v1.0 is approaching](https://forum.opencyphal.org/t/stockholm-summit-recap/170), the question of testing is slowly becoming more relevant. Please let us know in this thread if you will be able to lend a hand with testing against our standard implementations (libuavcan, libcanard, pyuavcan, uavcan.rs); and, most importantly, if you need hardware, please also let us know which kind. The standard hardware set would likely include some kind of a demo board for a CAN FD capable MCU, a CAN transceiver for it (or several if there are redundant interfaces), and a USB CAN adapter for PC. Such as: - ST NUCLEO-H743Z - MIKROE-2299 (MCP2542 transceiver breakout board) - PCAN-USB FD (other options welcome) ---
**Author:** ![cybermerln](https://forum.opencyphal.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cybermerln](https://forum.opencyphal.org/u/cybermerln)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.opencyphal.org/t/virtual-plugfest-looking-for-testers/171/2 "2018-10-08T22:46:25Z")
Hi Pavel I already on hand are 2 MCP2542 CLICK breakout boards. I have already on order 2 NUCLEO DEV BOARD STM32H743ZI boards but they are on backorder from Digikey. Also looking at using the Arduino IDE for STM32 - it will cut down on my development effort. You can see the issue here: [https://github.com/stm32duino/Arduino\_Core\_STM32/issues/227](https://github.com/stm32duino/Arduino_Core_STM32/issues/227), ---
**Author:** ![antoine.albertelli](https://forum.opencyphal.org/user_avatar/forum.opencyphal.org/antoine.albertelli/32/14_2.png) [@antoine.albertelli](https://forum.opencyphal.org/u/antoine.albertelli)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 11:55am UTC](https://forum.opencyphal.org/t/virtual-plugfest-looking-for-testers/171/3 "2018-10-10T11:55:52Z")
What do you think of setting up a virtual lab to which core devs could SSH into and that Travis could use for validation ? The second step is probably a lot of work, but just having a UAVCAN “cluster” to SSH into could be nice. Antoine ---
**Author:** ![pavel.kirienko](https://forum.opencyphal.org/user_avatar/forum.opencyphal.org/pavel.kirienko/32/9_2.png) [@pavel.kirienko](https://forum.opencyphal.org/u/pavel.kirienko)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.opencyphal.org/t/virtual-plugfest-looking-for-testers/171/4 "2018-10-10T13:00:37Z")
@antoine.albertelli I’m not sure I understand the advantages of that approach compared to just compiling and running test nodes locally? Except perhaps not having to compile stuff locally, but if you’re a dev you will have to deal with that sooner or later anyway. I am definitely not against that, I just suspect that I’m missing something. @cybermerln I have replied to your DM regarding the adapter, not sure if you got the message (we had a brief problem with this website recently). I need your shipping address to order one for you. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![cybermerln](https://forum.opencyphal.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cybermerln](https://forum.opencyphal.org/u/cybermerln)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.opencyphal.org/t/virtual-plugfest-looking-for-testers/171/5 "2018-10-13T22:08:43Z")
Pavel This might be a cheaper alternative to the PCAN-USB FD: [Virtual plugfest -- looking for testers](https://forum.opencyphal.org/t/virtual-plugfest-looking-for-testers/171) mike ---
**Author:** ![pavel.kirienko](https://forum.opencyphal.org/user_avatar/forum.opencyphal.org/pavel.kirienko/32/9_2.png) [@pavel.kirienko](https://forum.opencyphal.org/u/pavel.kirienko)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.opencyphal.org/t/virtual-plugfest-looking-for-testers/171/6 "2018-10-13T23:04:17Z")
You seem to have posted a wrong link by mistake. ---
**Author:** ![cybermerln](https://forum.opencyphal.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cybermerln](https://forum.opencyphal.org/u/cybermerln)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.opencyphal.org/t/virtual-plugfest-looking-for-testers/171/7 "2018-10-14T11:14:37Z")
Oh shoot my apologies: [http://skpang.co.uk/catalog/mcp2517fd-can-fd-breakout-with-teensy-include-teensy-32-p-1549.html](http://skpang.co.uk/catalog/mcp2517fd-can-fd-breakout-with-teensy-include-teensy-32-p-1549.html). ---
**Author:** ![antoine.albertelli](https://forum.opencyphal.org/user_avatar/forum.opencyphal.org/antoine.albertelli/32/14_2.png) [@antoine.albertelli](https://forum.opencyphal.org/u/antoine.albertelli)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.opencyphal.org/t/virtual-plugfest-looking-for-testers/171/8 "2018-10-18T15:26:37Z")
For me the most interesting part would be if you want to have access to other hardware. For example CAN-FD hardware is not readily available, so it might be a way to share it. Or also if you want to test on other platforms, with maybe different RTOS? It could also serve as a first step to introduce hardware testing in the CI environment. ---
**Author:** ![pavel.kirienko](https://forum.opencyphal.org/user_avatar/forum.opencyphal.org/pavel.kirienko/32/9_2.png) [@pavel.kirienko](https://forum.opencyphal.org/u/pavel.kirienko)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.opencyphal.org/t/virtual-plugfest-looking-for-testers/171/9 "2018-10-18T15:29:29Z")
Would you or someone else from your team be up to set that up if we provided you with the hardware? ---
**Author:** ![irieblue](https://forum.opencyphal.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/ea666f/32.png) [@irieblue](https://forum.opencyphal.org/u/irieblue)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.opencyphal.org/t/virtual-plugfest-looking-for-testers/171/10 "2018-10-18T23:36:15Z")
What about SocketCan testing? our board, has a MicroChip mcp251x connected over SPI. However support is configured to use socketCAN and not traditional UART/Serial. We have a couple myxa’s and an orel 20. We may end up using a babel and socket can simultaneously during our testing. Socketcan seems to becoming more prevalent because of tools like wire shark. However I do not have a sense for what all this layering does (for latency). We are interested in running a test suite and contributing results based on our hardware configuration. Roger ---
**Author:** ![antoine.albertelli](https://forum.opencyphal.org/user_avatar/forum.opencyphal.org/antoine.albertelli/32/14_2.png) [@antoine.albertelli](https://forum.opencyphal.org/u/antoine.albertelli)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.opencyphal.org/t/virtual-plugfest-looking-for-testers/171/11 "2018-10-18T23:40:08Z")
I think I can give a hand yeah. I borrowed some hardware from the team to do a proof of concept, I will try to implement it this weekend to see if it is useful to somebody. I borrowed one F4 development platform with CAN transceiver and one SocketCAN-compatible adapter. On a longer time scale, I am not sure of where I can host it though. We don’t have reliable internet in our team space and I don’t really have enough space at my place. Let’s see if it is useful first. ---
**Author:** ![cybermerln](https://forum.opencyphal.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cybermerln](https://forum.opencyphal.org/u/cybermerln)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.opencyphal.org/t/virtual-plugfest-looking-for-testers/171/12 "2018-10-19T14:27:25Z")
I just received two of the MCP2517FD click boards that I am planning to try out with my Teensies and SKPrang’s firmware for the teensy. Just waiting for a few extra parts I need to give it a test. I did order the board but they are closed until Monday. The api he uses is from Microchip so it should be adaptable for any SPI. ---
**Author:** ![scottdixon](https://forum.opencyphal.org/user_avatar/forum.opencyphal.org/scottdixon/32/39_2.png) [@scottdixon](https://forum.opencyphal.org/u/scottdixon)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.opencyphal.org/t/virtual-plugfest-looking-for-testers/171/13 "2018-10-19T16:26:05Z")
I wonder if something like [https://buildkite.com/](https://buildkite.com/) might be useful here. We could provide some standard test environments that could be brought up as needed and as people had free resources. It’s more of a test marketplace then a fixed environment so there may be some need to pester people to setup an attach a given test environment for certain things. ---
**Author:** ![pavel.kirienko](https://forum.opencyphal.org/user_avatar/forum.opencyphal.org/pavel.kirienko/32/9_2.png) [@pavel.kirienko](https://forum.opencyphal.org/u/pavel.kirienko)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.opencyphal.org/t/virtual-plugfest-looking-for-testers/171/14 "2018-10-19T18:08:37Z")
> [@antoine.albertelli](#): > > On a longer time scale, I am not sure of where I can host it though. We don’t have reliable internet in our team space and I don’t really have enough space at my place. Let’s see if it is useful first. If hosting is a problem and the demand is there, we can theoretically host it in our lab in Tallinn. We have a regular office-grade fiber optics connection, so its availability is so-so, but should be acceptable (I think there were like two transient service disruptions over the last 12 months or so). Let’s see. ---
**Author:** ![scottdixon](https://forum.opencyphal.org/user_avatar/forum.opencyphal.org/scottdixon/32/39_2.png) [@scottdixon](https://forum.opencyphal.org/u/scottdixon)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 5:33am UTC](https://forum.opencyphal.org/t/virtual-plugfest-looking-for-testers/171/15 "2018-10-21T05:33:16Z")
@pavel.kirienko : let’s talk about using build kite. I’ve used this service in the past and they have a free-for-open-source plan. It allows us to setup build/test pipelines that anyone can contribute resources to. If Zubax can host resources then great! But if I have a dev kit you want to run tests on then I’d be able to connect a buildkite agent to one of our pipelines. I just setup a quick UAVCAN organization and it still works as well as when I used it a few years ago. (They are Australian but I wouldn’t hold that against them) ---
**Author:** ![pavel.kirienko](https://forum.opencyphal.org/user_avatar/forum.opencyphal.org/pavel.kirienko/32/9_2.png) [@pavel.kirienko](https://forum.opencyphal.org/u/pavel.kirienko)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.opencyphal.org/t/virtual-plugfest-looking-for-testers/171/16 "2018-10-21T12:49:43Z")
> [@scottdixon](#): > > let’s talk about using build kite. Let’s discuss that on the Monday dev call. Anyone interested is also [welcome to join](https://forum.opencyphal.org/t/weekly-dev-call/173). ---
**Author:** ![cybermerln](https://forum.opencyphal.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cybermerln](https://forum.opencyphal.org/u/cybermerln)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 11:52am UTC](https://forum.opencyphal.org/t/virtual-plugfest-looking-for-testers/171/17 "2018-10-22T11:52:28Z")
> [@cybermerln](#): > > I just received two of the MCP2517FD click boards that I am planning to try out with my Teensies and SKPrang’s firmware for the teensy. Just as a quick update I hooked up the Click boards to a Teensy 3.2 and a Teensy 3.5. Did not have any issue in transferring CAN-FD packets between the boards. For SPI there is a 20Mhz limit and it appears will only support up to 5Mbits on the CAN-FD bus.