synapse-specs / sensor.wit
Robert Adams
Initial: WIT sensor contract and addressing scheme
636796a unverified
// Synapse Agriculture — Sensor Module Interface
// This WIT definition is the IMMORTAL CONTRACT between:
// - Guest: sensor WASM modules (runs on MCU/gateway/host)
// - Host: wasm3 (MCU), wasmtime (gateway/host), browser VM
//
// Adding a new sensor type = add to this file, regen bindings,
// type-check catches every integration point at compile time.
//
// Changing this file is a BREAKING CHANGE across the entire stack.
// Treat it like a database migration — versioned, reviewed, irreversible.
package synapse:sensor@0.1.0;
/// Types shared across all sensor modules and host runtimes.
/// These compile into synapse-core and are used everywhere.
interface types {
/// Sensor reading with metadata for provenance tracking
record reading {
/// Unix timestamp in milliseconds (from host clock or RTC)
timestamp-ms: u64,
/// Sensor channel identifier (maps to physical probe)
channel: u8,
/// Raw ADC or digital value before calibration
raw-value: s32,
/// Calibrated value as fixed-point (value * 1000)
/// Using s32 instead of f32 because wasm3 soft-float
/// on Cortex-M is slow and we don't need the precision
calibrated-value: s32,
/// Unit of measurement after calibration
unit: measurement-unit,
/// Quality/confidence flag from self-diagnostics
quality: reading-quality,
}
/// Fixed-point calibration coefficients for linear cal:
/// calibrated = (raw * slope / 1000) + (offset / 1000)
/// Two-point cal: derive slope/offset from known standards
record calibration {
slope: s32, // multiplied by 1000
offset: s32, // multiplied by 1000
}
/// What physical quantity this reading represents
enum measurement-unit {
/// Water chemistry
ph, // pH units (0-14)
ec, // electrical conductivity, µS/cm
dissolved-oxygen, // mg/L
orp, // mV
temperature-water, // °C * 1000
/// Soil
moisture-vwc, // volumetric water content, % * 1000
temperature-soil, // °C * 1000
/// Atmosphere
temperature-air, // °C * 1000
humidity, // % * 1000
pressure, // hPa * 1000
light-lux, // lux
light-par, // µmol/m²/s (photosynthetically active)
/// Power (Layer 7)
voltage, // mV
current, // mA
power, // mW
battery-soc, // state of charge, % * 10
}
/// Self-diagnostic quality assessment
enum reading-quality {
good,
degraded, // reading taken but outside expected range
cal-needed, // calibration overdue or drift detected
fault, // sensor not responding or shorted
}
/// Configuration pushed from gateway to node
record sensor-config {
/// Sampling interval in seconds
sample-interval-secs: u32,
/// Which channels to read (bitmask, up to 8 channels)
active-channels: u8,
/// Per-channel calibration (indexed by channel number)
calibrations: list<calibration>,
}
/// Compact transmission payload for LoRa
/// Designed to fit in a single LoRa packet (<= 242 bytes at SF7)
record transmission-payload {
/// Node identifier (unique per site)
node-id: u16,
/// Sequence number for dedup and gap detection
sequence: u16,
/// Battery voltage in mV (for power monitoring)
battery-mv: u16,
/// All readings from this sample cycle
readings: list<reading>,
}
}
/// Host functions provided TO the sensor module BY the runtime.
/// The MCU firmware implements these against real hardware.
/// The test harness implements them as mocks.
/// The browser implements them as no-ops or simulations.
interface host {
use types.{reading, calibration};
/// Read raw value from I2C sensor
/// address: 7-bit I2C device address (e.g., 0x63 for Atlas pH)
/// register: register to read from
/// length: bytes to read (max 32)
/// Returns: raw bytes from device, or error
read-i2c: func(address: u8, register: u8, length: u8) -> result<list<u8>, sensor-error>;
/// Read ADC channel (for analog sensors)
/// channel: ADC channel number (0-7 on RP2350)
/// Returns: raw 12-bit ADC value (0-4095)
read-adc: func(channel: u8) -> result<u16, sensor-error>;
/// Get current timestamp from RTC or host clock
get-timestamp-ms: func() -> u64;
/// Queue a LoRa transmission
/// payload: CBOR-encoded bytes to transmit
/// Returns: number of bytes queued, or error
transmit: func(payload: list<u8>) -> result<u32, sensor-error>;
/// Enter low-power sleep for specified duration
/// The WASM module yields execution here; host handles
/// actual MCU sleep modes (DORMANT on RP2350)
sleep-ms: func(duration-ms: u32);
/// Log a diagnostic message (forwarded to gateway if possible)
/// Compiled out / no-op on MCU builds via feature flag
log: func(level: log-level, message: string);
enum sensor-error {
/// Device not responding on bus
not-found,
/// Bus arbitration failure
bus-error,
/// Device returned NAK
nak,
/// Read timed out
timeout,
/// Transmission queue full
queue-full,
/// Generic / unclassified
other,
}
enum log-level {
debug,
info,
warn,
error,
}
}
/// The interface that every sensor module MUST implement.
/// This is the guest-side contract — the "main" of the module.
interface guest {
use types.{reading, sensor-config, transmission-payload};
/// Called once at boot. Host passes stored config.
/// Module initializes internal state, validates config.
/// Returns: true if init succeeded, false to signal fault.
init: func(config: sensor-config) -> bool;
/// Called each sample cycle by the host's main loop.
/// Module reads sensors (via host.read-i2c / host.read-adc),
/// applies calibration, builds readings list.
/// Returns: payload ready for LoRa transmission.
sample: func() -> transmission-payload;
/// Called when gateway pushes new config (e.g., new cal values).
/// Module validates and applies, returns success/failure.
reconfigure: func(config: sensor-config) -> bool;
/// Self-diagnostic. Module checks sensor responsiveness,
/// validates readings against expected ranges, reports health.
/// Returns: list of (channel, quality) pairs.
diagnose: func() -> list<tuple<u8, reading-quality>>;
use host.{sensor-error};
/// Redeclare quality enum access for diagnose return
use types.{reading-quality};
}
/// The complete world — wires guest to host.
/// cargo-component uses this to generate the full bindings.
world sensor-node {
import host;
export guest;
}