Automatically update the JSON file in makeboards (#664)

Keep the Arduino Board Manager list up-to-date from makeboards.py

Author: earlephilhower

package/package_pico_index.template.json

@@ -27,19 +27,19 @@
                      "name": "Adafruit ItsyBitsy RP2040"
                   },
                   {
-                     "name": "Adafruit KB2040"
+                     "name": "Adafruit QT Py RP2040"
                   },
                   {
-                     "name": "Adafruit Macropad RP2040"
+                     "name": "Adafruit STEMMA Friend RP2040"
                   },
                   {
-                     "name": "Adafruit QTPy RP2040"
+                     "name": "Adafruit Trinkey RP2040 QT"
                   },
                   {
-                     "name": "Adafruit STEMMA Friend RP2040"
+                     "name": "Adafruit MacroPad RP2040"
                   },
                   {
-                     "name": "Adafruit Trinkey RP2040 QT"
+                     "name": "Adafruit KB2040"
                   },
                   {
                      "name": "Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect"
@@ -51,31 +51,31 @@
                      "name": "Cytron Maker Pi RP2040"
                   },
                   {
-                     "name": "DeRuiLab FlyBoard2040 Core"
+                     "name": "DeRuiLab FlyBoard2040Core"
                   },
                   {
                      "name": "DFRobot Beetle RP2040"
                   },
                   {
-                     "name": "Invector Labs Challenger RP2040 WiFi"
+                     "name": "iLabs Challenger 2040 LoRa"
                   },
                   {
-                     "name": "Invector Labs Challenger RP2040 WiFi/BLE"
+                     "name": "iLabs Challenger 2040 WiFi"
                   },
                   {
-                     "name": "Invector Labs Challenger NB RP2040 WiFi"
+                     "name": "iLabs Challenger 2040 LTE"
                   },
                   {
-                     "name": "Invector Labs Challenger RP2040 LTE"
+                     "name": "iLabs Challenger 2040 WiFi/BLE"
                   },
                   {
-                     "name": "Invector Labs Challenger RP2040 LoRa"
+                     "name": "iLabs Challenger NB 2040 WiFi"
                   },
                   {
-                     "name": "Invector Labs RPICO32"
+                     "name": "iLabs RPICO32"
                   },
                   {
-                     "name": "Seeed XIAO RP2040"
+                     "name": "Melopero Shake RP2040"
                   },
                   {
                      "name": "Solder Party RP2040 Stamp"
@@ -87,22 +87,22 @@
                      "name": "SparkFun Thing Plus RP2040"
                   },
                   {
-                     "name": "Melopero Shake RP2040"
+                     "name": "uPesy RP2040 DevKit"
                   },
                   {
-                     "name": "uPesy RP2040 DevKit"
+                     "name": "Seeed XAIO RP2040"
                   },
                   {
                      "name": "WIZnet W5100S-EVB-Pico"
                   },
                   {
-                     "name": "WIZnet 5500-EVB-Pico"
+                     "name": "WIZnet WizFi360-EVB-Pico"
                   },
                   {
-                     "name": "WIZnet WizFi360-EVB-Pico"
+                     "name": "WIZnet W5500-EVB-Pico"
                   },
                   {
-                     "name": "Generic RP2040 Module"
+                     "name": "Generic RP2040"
                   }
                ],
                "toolsDependencies": [

tools/makeboards.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 import os
 import sys
+import json
 
 def BuildFlashMenu(name, flashsize, fssizelist):
     for fssize in fssizelist:
@@ -173,6 +174,10 @@ def MakeBoard(name, vendor_name, product_name, vid, pid, pwr, boarddefine, flash
         if name == "generic":
             BuildBoot(n)
     MakeBoardJSON(name, vendor_name, product_name, vid, pid, pwr, boarddefine, flashsizemb, boot2)
+    global pkgjson
+    thisbrd = {}
+    thisbrd['name'] = "%s %s" % (vendor_name, product_name)
+    pkgjson['packages'][0]['platforms'][0]['boards'].append(thisbrd)
 
 def MakeBoardJSON(name, vendor_name, product_name, vid, pid, pwr, boarddefine, flashsizemb, boot2):
     json = """{
@@ -230,6 +235,9 @@ def MakeBoardJSON(name, vendor_name, product_name, vid, pid, pwr, boarddefine, f
     f.write(json)
     f.close()
 
+pkgjson = json.load(open(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)) + '/../package/package_pico_index.template.json'))
+pkgjson['packages'][0]['platforms'][0]['boards'] = []
+
 sys.stdout = open(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)) + "/../boards.txt", "w")
 WriteWarning()
 BuildGlobalMenuList()
@@ -295,5 +303,6 @@ def MakeBoardJSON(name, vendor_name, product_name, vid, pid, pwr, boarddefine, f
 # Generic
 MakeBoard("generic", "Generic", "RP2040", "0x2e8a", "0xf00a", 250, "GENERIC_RP2040", 16, "boot2_generic_03h_4_padded_checksum")
 
-
 sys.stdout.close()
+with open(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)) + '/../package/package_pico_index.template.json', 'w') as f:
+    f.write(json.dumps(pkgjson, indent=3))