Enhance ATWINC1500 driver with OTA support, networking, and stability improvements

[lromeraj]

This PR introduces several enhancements and fixes to the ATWINC1500 driver to improve functionality, reliability, and security. The main changes planned include (WIP):

• Add basic OTA support for easier firmware updates.
• Implement native networking support.
• Improve error handling and control.
• Fix race conditions affecting stability.
• Add AP security options (WPA/WEP).
• Support for secure sockets (offload).
• Improve TCP sockets performance while receiving data.
• Support for power-related configuration.
• Resolve unsupported M2M_WIFI_CH_ALL errors in AP mode.
• Automatically provide DHCP server address.

These changes aim to provide a more robust, secure, and feature-complete ATWINC1500 driver.
The hal_atmel repository must be updated to revision zephyrproject-rtos/hal_atmel#51 to ensure the HAL layer is properly updated.

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[nandojve]

Hi @lromeraj ,

Could you rebase?

[lromeraj]

@nandojve Done

[sonarqubecloud]

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[nandojve]

Hi @lromeraj ,

I have an ATWINC1500-XPRO, what are the steps to me test these changes ?
The Adafruit WINC1500 Wifi Shield steps are enough?

Let me know what is your scenario then we can plan something to make this more accessible, like atmel_rf2xx shield.

BTW, I have a WINC1000-SD, do you think it can use same driver ?

[lromeraj]

Hi @nandojve,

I have an ATWINC1500-XPRO, what are the steps for me to test these changes?
Are the Adafruit WINC1500 WiFi Shield steps enough?

Yes, that should be enough. However, it can’t be tested yet because I still need to push all the source code. It requires some modifications since I’ve implemented it as a separate driver in a private repository.

BTW, I have a WINC1000-SD, do you think it can use the same driver?

I think you mean WILC1000-SD, right? It might work, but I wouldn’t recommend using it in that case. Microchip provides a dedicated library for the ATWILC* models, which should be used instead. Supporting it would also require a separate PR for the Zephyr project as well as for the HAL to include those sources.

[nandojve]

Hi @lromeraj ,

I have an ATWINC1500-XPRO, what are the steps for me to test these changes?
Are the Adafruit WINC1500 WiFi Shield steps enough?

Yes, that should be enough. However, it can’t be tested yet because I still need to push all the source code. It requires some modifications since I’ve implemented it as a separate driver in a private repository.

In this case, we need that part too. It is important that we can test these changes.

BTW, I have a WINC1000-SD, do you think it can use the same driver?

I think you mean WILC1000-SD, right? It might work, but I wouldn’t recommend using it in that case. Microchip provides a dedicated library for the ATWILC* models, which should be used instead. Supporting it would also require a separate PR for the Zephyr project as well as for the HAL to include those sources.

Ok, good to know. Let's focus only in the ATWINC1500-XPRO use case.