manifest: Make ArduinoCore-API a downloadable blob

[soburi]

Make the license-incompatible headers and implementations
a downloadable blob using west blobs fetch.

This change avoids the need to copy API files manually.

[DhruvaG2000]

This is something similar to how @kartben was suggesting here zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr#97726 right?

[soburi]

This is something similar to how @kartben was suggesting here zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr#97726 right?

Probably not.
This brings in ArduinoCore-API related files as blobs from outside easily.
This may not be necessary if you are making this an external module.
Rather, this is fit for a case that treats this repo as "Disabled Module."

This mechanism is intended to prevent sources with incompatible licenses from being included in this repository. I believe it qualifies for integration into Zephry, at least from the licensing perspective.

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This PR modernizes the Arduino Core API integration by converting it from a manual clone/symlink process to using Zephyr's west blob management system. The license-incompatible Arduino Core API files (LGPL 2.1) are now downloaded on-demand using west blobs fetch instead of requiring manual setup.

Key changes:

• Replaced manual Git clone and symlink setup with west blob configuration for 45 Arduino Core API files
• Removed the install.sh script that handled the manual setup process
• Updated build workflow and documentation to use west blobs fetch arduinocore-zephyr

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File	Description
zephyr/module.yml	Renamed module to "arduinocore-zephyr" and added blob definitions for all 45 Arduino Core API files (headers and sources) from version 1.5.2
zephyr/blobs/ArduinoCore-API/LICENSE	Added LGPL 2.1 license file for the Arduino Core API blobs
install.sh	Removed manual installation script that cloned and symlinked Arduino Core API
README.md	Updated setup instructions to use west blobs fetch instead of manual cloning/symlinking
CMakeLists.txt	Added include directory for blob location when not using Rust implementation
.github/workflows/build.yml	Updated CI workflow to fetch blobs instead of manually cloning/copying files

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[DhruvaG2000]

I gave this a shot and it works like a charm!

(.venv) dhruva:arduinocore-zephyr/ (blob) $ west blobs fetch                                                                                                                                            [18:10:04] 
Fetching blob arduinocore-zephyr: /home/dhruva/zephyrproject/modules/lib/arduinocore-zephyr/zephyr/blobs/ArduinoCore-API/api/ArduinoAPI.h                                                                          
Fetching blob arduinocore-zephyr: /home/dhruva/zephyrproject/modules/lib/arduinocore-zephyr/zephyr/blobs/ArduinoCore-API/api/Binary.h                                                                              
Fetching blob arduinocore-zephyr: /home/dhruva/zephyrproject/modules/lib/arduinocore-zephyr/zephyr/blobs/ArduinoCore-API/api/CanMsg.cpp                                                                            
Fetching blob arduinocore-zephyr: /home/dhruva/zephyrproject/modules/lib/arduinocore-zephyr/zephyr/blobs/ArduinoCore-API/api/CanMsg.h                                                                              
Fetching blob arduinocore-zephyr: /home/dhruva/zephyrproject/modules/lib/arduinocore-zephyr/zephyr/blobs/ArduinoCore-API/api/CanMsgRingbuffer.cpp                                                                  
Fetching blob arduinocore-zephyr: /home/dhruva/zephyrproject/modules/lib/arduinocore-zephyr/zephyr/blobs/ArduinoCore-API/api/CanMsgRingbuffer.h                                                                    
Fetching blob arduinocore-zephyr: /home/dhruva/zephyrproject/modules/lib/arduinocore-zephyr/zephyr/blobs/ArduinoCore-API/api/Client.h
Fetching blob arduinocore-zephyr: /home/dhruva/zephyrproject/modules/lib/arduinocore-zephyr/zephyr/blobs/ArduinoCore-API/api/Common.cpp
Fetching blob arduinocore-zephyr: /home/dhruva/zephyrproject/modules/lib/arduinocore-zephyr/zephyr/blobs/ArduinoCore-API/api/Common.h
Fetching blob arduinocore-zephyr: /home/dhruva/zephyrproject/modules/lib/arduinocore-zephyr/zephyr/blobs/ArduinoCore-API/api/Compat.h
Fetching blob arduinocore-zephyr: /home/dhruva/zephyrproject/modules/lib/arduinocore-zephyr/zephyr/blobs/ArduinoCore-API/api/DMAPool.h
Fetching blob arduinocore-zephyr: /home/dhruva/zephyrproject/modules/lib/arduinocore-zephyr/zephyr/blobs/ArduinoCore-API/api/HardwareCAN.h
Fetching blob arduinocore-zephyr: /home/dhruva/zephyrproject/modules/lib/arduinocore-zephyr/zephyr/blobs/ArduinoCore-API/api/HardwareI2C.h
Fetching blob arduinocore-zephyr: /home/dhruva/zephyrproject/modules/lib/arduinocore-zephyr/zephyr/blobs/ArduinoCore-API/api/HardwareSPI.h
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thanks for updating ci workflow in one go too!