ucloud: Add Async WiFi connection function.

src/arduino_iot_cloud/__init__.py

@@ -165,4 +165,44 @@ class Television(ArduinoCloudObject):
     INPUT_XBOX = 60
 
     def __init__(self, name, **kwargs):
-        super().__init__(name, keys={"swi", "vol", "mut", "pbc", "inp", "cha"}, **kwargs)
+        super().__init__(
+            name, keys={"swi", "vol", "mut", "pbc", "inp", "cha"}, **kwargs
+        )
+
+
+def async_wifi_connection(client=None, connecting=[False]):
+    import time
+    import network
+    import logging
+
+    try:
+        from secrets import WIFI_SSID
+        from secrets import WIFI_PASS
+    except Exception:
+        raise (
+            Exception("Network is not configured. Set SSID and passwords in secrets.py")
+        )
+
+    wlan = network.WLAN(network.STA_IF)
+
+    if wlan.isconnected():
+        if connecting[0]:
+            connecting[0] = False
+            logging.info(f"WiFi connected {wlan.ifconfig()}")
+            if client is not None:
+                client.update_systime()
+    elif connecting[0]:
+        logging.info("WiFi is down. Trying to reconnect.")
+    else:
+        wlan.active(True)
+        wlan.connect(WIFI_SSID, WIFI_PASS)
+        connecting[0] = True
+        logging.info("WiFi is down. Trying to reconnect.")
+
+    # Running in sync mode, block until WiFi is connected.
+    if client is None:
+        while not wlan.isconnected():
+            logging.info("Trying to connect to WiFi.")
+            time.sleep(1.0)
+        connecting[0] = False
+        logging.info(f"WiFi Connected {wlan.ifconfig()}")

src/arduino_iot_cloud/ucloud.py

@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ def __init__(
         self.last_ping = timestamp()
         self.senmlpack = SenmlPack("", self.senml_generic_callback)
         self.started = False
+        self.ntp_server = ntp_server
+        self.ntp_timeout = ntp_timeout
 
         if "pin" in ssl_params:
             try:
@@ -200,7 +202,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.device_topic = b"/a/d/" + device_id + b"/e/i"
 
         # Update RTC from NTP server on MicroPython.
-        self.update_systime(ntp_server, ntp_timeout)
+        self.update_systime()
 
         # If no server/port were passed in args, set the default server/port
         # based on authentication type.
@@ -234,11 +236,11 @@ def get(self, key, default=None):
             return self[key]
         return default
 
-    def update_systime(self, server, timeout):
+    def update_systime(self, server=None, timeout=None):
         try:
             import ntptime
-            ntptime.host = server
-            ntptime.timeout = timeout
+            ntptime.host = self.ntp_server if server is None else server
+            ntptime.timeout = self.ntp_timeout if timeout is None else timeout
             ntptime.settime()
             logging.info("RTC time set from NTP.")
         except ImportError: