High level Bluetooth Low Energy API and radio abstraction layer

Dependents:   BLE_ANCS_SDAPI BLE_temperature BLE_HeartRate BLE_ANCS_SDAPI_IRC ... more

Overview

The BLE_API is a high level abstraction for using Bluetooth Low Energy on multiple platforms. For details and examples using the BLE_API please see the BLE_API Summary Page. Or click on the API Documentation tab above.

Supported Services

Supported services can be found in the BLE_API/services folder.

Revision:
860:0d41e4eb3d0a
Parent:
857:7f578be2d01d
Child:
861:2afa79e3ed0a
--- a/ble/services/EddystoneService.h	Mon Nov 02 09:09:07 2015 +0000
+++ b/ble/services/EddystoneService.h	Mon Nov 02 09:09:07 2015 +0000
@@ -175,40 +175,16 @@
             urlIsSet = false;
             return false;
         }
+        defaultUrlPower = power;
         encodeURL(urlIn, defaultUriData, defaultUriDataLength); // encode URL to URL Formatting
         if (defaultUriDataLength > URI_DATA_MAX) {
             return true;                                        // error, URL is too big
         }
-        defaultUrlPower = power;
         urlAdvPeriod = urlAdvPeriodIn;
         urlIsSet     = true;
         return false;
     }
 
-    /**
-     *  Set Eddystone URL Frame information.
-     *  @param[in] power              TX Power in dB measured at 0 meters from the device.
-     *  @param[in] encodedUrlIn       Encoded URL
-     *  @param[in] encodedUrlInLength Length of the encoded URL
-     *  @param[in] urlAdvPeriodIn     How long to advertise the URL frame (measured in # of adv periods)
-     *  @return false on success, true on failure.
-     */
-    bool setURLFrameEncodedData(int8_t power, const char *encodedUrlIn, uint8_t encodedUrlInLength, uint32_t urlAdvPeriodIn) {
-        if (0 == urlAdvPeriodIn) {
-            urlIsSet = false;
-            return false;
-        }
-        memcpy(defaultUriData, encodedUrlIn, encodedUrlInLength);
-        if (defaultUriDataLength > URI_DATA_MAX) {
-            return true;                                        // error, URL is too big
-        }
-        defaultUrlPower      = power;
-        defaultUriDataLength = encodedUrlInLength;
-        urlAdvPeriod         = urlAdvPeriodIn;
-        urlIsSet             = true;
-        return false;
-    }
-
     /*
     *  Construct URL frame from private variables
     *  @param[in/out] Data pointer to array to store constructed frame in
@@ -260,10 +236,6 @@
     *  @return number of bytes used. negative number indicates error message.
     */
     int constructTLMFrame(uint8_t *Data, uint8_t maxSize) {
-        uint32_t now = timeSinceBootTimer.read_ms();
-        TlmTimeSinceBoot += (now - lastBootTimerRead) / 100;
-        lastBootTimerRead = now;
-
         int index = 0;
         Data[index++] = FRAME_TYPE_TLM;                    // Eddystone frame type = Telemetry
         Data[index++] = TlmVersion;                        // TLM Version Number
@@ -320,6 +292,14 @@
     }
 
     /*
+    *  callback function, called every 0.1s, incriments the TimeSinceBoot field in the TLM frame
+    *  @return nothing
+    */
+    void tsbCallback(void) {
+        TlmTimeSinceBoot++;
+    }
+
+    /*
     * Update advertising data
     * @return true on success, false on failure
     */
@@ -520,8 +500,7 @@
             // Make double sure the PDUCount and TimeSinceBoot fields are set to zero at reset
             updateTlmPduCount(0);
             updateTlmTimeSinceBoot(0);
-            lastBootTimerRead = 0;
-            timeSinceBootTimer.start();
+            timeSinceBootTick.attach(this, &EddystoneService::tsbCallback, 0.1); // incriment the TimeSinceBoot ticker every 0.1s
             tlmTicker.attach(this, &EddystoneService::tlmCallback, TlmAdvPeriod);
             DBG("attached tlmCallback every %d seconds", TlmAdvPeriod);
         }
@@ -540,8 +519,7 @@
     BLEDevice           &ble;
     uint16_t            advPeriodus;
     uint8_t             txPower;
-    Timer               timeSinceBootTimer;
-    volatile uint32_t   lastBootTimerRead;
+    Ticker              timeSinceBootTick;  // counter that counts time since boot
     volatile bool       advLock;
     volatile FrameTypes frameIndex;
     Timeout             stopAdv;