Diff: main.cpp

Revision:

10:b1071090cf50

Parent:

8:7f7b0fa6baad

--- a/main.cpp	Tue Nov 03 15:29:33 2020 +0000
+++ b/main.cpp	Wed Feb 03 17:27:40 2021 +0000
@@ -36,28 +36,40 @@
 */
 
 #include "mbed.h"
-#include "platform/mbed_thread.h"
 
-
-// Blinking rate in milliseconds
-#define SLEEP_TIME                  500
-
+// LED Blinking rate in milliseconds (Note: need to define the unit of a time duration i.e. seconds(s) or milliseconds(ms))
+#define SLEEP_TIME                  500ms
 
-// Initialise the digital pin LED4 (status LED) as an output
-DigitalOut led(LED4);
+// Initialise the digital pin that controls LED1
+DigitalOut led(LED1);
 // Initialise the serial object with TX and RX pins
-Serial pc(USBTX, USBRX);
+static BufferedSerial  serial_port(USBTX, USBRX);
 
-
+// The File handler is needed to allow printf commands to write to the terminal
+FileHandle *mbed::mbed_override_console(int fd)
+{
+    return &serial_port;
+}
 
 // main() runs in its own thread in the OS
 int main()
 {
-    pc.printf("Hello World!");
-    while (true) {
-        // Blink LED and wait 500 ms
-        led = !led;
-        thread_sleep_for(SLEEP_TIME);
+    // printing the Mbed OS version this example was written to the console
+    printf("This Application has been developed on Mbed OS version 6.4\r\n");
+    
+    // printing the actual Mbed OS version that this application is using to the console.
+    printf(
+        "Mbed OS version %d.%d.%d is what this applicaiton is currently using\r\n",
+        MBED_MAJOR_VERSION,
+        MBED_MINOR_VERSION,
+        MBED_PATCH_VERSION
+    );
+    
+    // The loop will toggle the LED every 500ms(SLEEP_TIME = 500ms) and print LED1s current state to the terminal
+    while (1) {
+        led = !led;          // toggle LED1 state
+        printf("LED1 state: %d \r\n", (uint8_t)led);
+        ThisThread::sleep_for(SLEEP_TIME);
     }
 }