Track CPU utilisation on core 0 using a FreeRTOS tick hook that
increments per-tick idle/busy counters, sampled every 5s by an
esp_timer callback. Exponential moving averages with Linux-style
time constants (1 / 5 / 15 min) are maintained in software:
DECAY1 = exp(-5/60) ≈ 0.9200 (1-minute window)
DECAY5 = exp(-5/300) ≈ 0.9835 (5-minute window)
DECAY15 = exp(-5/900) ≈ 0.9945 (15-minute window)
Core 1 is excluded intentionally: it runs the Arduino loopTask at
100% load for LoRa packet processing, so its figure is always 1.0
and carries no diagnostic value. All other tasks are pinned to
core 0 by task_pinning.c, so core-0 load reflects the true system
utilisation.
New files:
arch/esp32/CPUUsageTracker.h – class declaration
arch/esp32/CPUUsageTracker.cpp – tick hook + esp_timer sampling
Integration:
MyMesh::begin() calls _cpu_tracker.begin() on ESP32 builds.
formatStatsReply() emits "load_avg":[<1m>,<5m>,<15m>] in the
compact stats JSON payload.
formatWebStatsSummaryJson() adds the same field to the web-panel
stats endpoint under core.load_avg.
The web-panel HUD gains a "Load Avg" metric tile showing all
three values side-by-side; the core-metrics grid is widened from
4 to 5 columns. The tile is rendered conditionally so older
firmware (or non-ESP32 builds) that omit the field degrade
gracefully.
CPUUsageTracker.cpp is added to the esp32_base build_src_filter
in platformio.ini.
Valentin V. Bartenev
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