ENLOG – Firmware Engineer Test Assignment
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Submission Format:
You must submit this assignment in a ZIP file containing all your relevant source
code and documents.
2. AI Tool Usage Prohibited:
The use of any AI tools (such as ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Google Gemini, etc.) for
this assignment is STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
Please note: AI-generated answers are easily trackable these days and will be
flagged. Ensure that all work is your own.
3. Deadline Compliance:
Assignments must be submitted on or before the given deadline. Late submissions
may not be accepted.
OBJECTIVE:
Problem 1. -
Consider a Scenario -
Your ESP32 publishes simulated temperature values (rand() % 100) to
device/9600/telemetry
Every 2 seconds but sometimes the MQTT broker is stopped/restarted.
Write a code to that also handles the following conditions -
• If the broker is unavailable, buffer outgoing messages in RAM (max 20).
• On reconnection, publish buffered messages in the correct order.
• If the buffer overflows, discard the oldest message and log it.
Problem 2 -
Consider a Scenario -
Your device has a local JSON file (stored in SPIFFS or embedded as a string for test)
containing register details for a peripheral device. Example:
{ "device": "PH1",
"registers": [
{ "addr": "0x00", "name": "VOLTAGE", "desc": "Line Voltage", "unit": "V" },
{ "addr": "0x01", "name": "CURRENT", "desc": "Line Current", "unit": "A" },
{ "addr": "0x02", "name": "POWER", "desc": "Active Power", "unit": "W" }
Write a code a that also handles the following –
• Load this JSON file at startup (either from SPIFFS/NVS, or just use a const string
for test).
• Parse the JSON.
• For each register, print the following line to the log:
[REG] Addr=0x00 Name=VOLTAGE Desc="Line Voltage" Unit=V
• If a required key (like "name") is missing, log a warning instead of crashing.
Problem 3 -
Consider a Scenario:
Your device must maintain a TCP socket connection to a server at 192.168.1.100:5000
(choose any free server as per convenience) .
Write a code that -
• At startup, connect to the server via TCP socket.
• Send a heartbeat message "PING" every 10 seconds.
• If the server responds "PONG", log "Server Alive".
• If no response is received within 5 seconds, consider the connection lost:
o Close the socket
o Reconnect automatically
o Resume heartbeat.
• Log all events (connected, disconnected, message sent/received).
Problem 4 –
Consider a Scenario:
You are asked to design a calendar event manager for an embedded device (like a smart IoT
scheduler).
This should fulfill following Requirements:
• Define a data type (struct, union, enum etc.) with at least three event types:
o MEETING
o REMINDER
o BIRTHDAY
• Define a data type CalendarEvent with:
o int day, month, year – date fields
o char title[32] – short event title
o enum EventType type – type of event
o A datatype to store type-specific details:
▪ For MEETING: store char location[32]
▪ For REMINDER: store int minutes_before
▪ For BIRTHDAY: store char person_name[32]
• Write a function void print_event(CalendarEvent *e) that prints event details like:
[BIRTHDAY] 15/08/2025 "Dad's Birthday" Person: Dad
[MEETING] 16/08/2025 "Team Sync" Location: Conference Room
[REMINDER] 17/08/2025 "Pay Bills" Reminder: 30 min before
