Spidey Wall is the name for a physical wall lit up by multiple addressable LED strips. This program is an LPC1768 web server to control the wall from a browser.

Dependencies:   EthernetInterfacePlusHostname RdWebServer mbed-rtos mbed

This project is part of a Light-Wall using addressable LED strips (WS2801). I have published a few posts on my blog about the construction of the wall and building a game to play on it (PacMan). I have also had a guest post from a friend who has set his children the task of producing some interesting animations. The original post is http://robdobson.com/2015/07/spidey-wall/ /media/uploads/Bobty/20130722_112945_img_9674_62895-1184x1579.jpg

So far, however, I hadn't fully connected the physical (and electronic) wall with the web-browser creations to drive it. This project is hopefully the final link. A fast and reliable web server using REST commands to drive the 1686 LEDs in the Spidey Wall from code running in a browser (say on an iPad while you are playing a game).

The approach taken here results in the ability to control the RGB values of all 1686 LEDs at a rate of 20 frames per second.

A blog post describing the whole thing is here:

http://robdobson.com/2015/08/a-reliable-mbed-webserver/

Committer:
Bobty
Date:
Thu Aug 20 07:41:02 2015 +0000
Revision:
1:362331cec9b7
Parent:
0:887096209439
Child:
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Implemented a command protocol using HTTP POST

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Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 1 //
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 2 // Spidey Wall WebServer
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 3 //
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 4 // Rob Dobson 2015
Bobty 0:887096209439 5
Bobty 0:887096209439 6 #include "mbed.h"
Bobty 0:887096209439 7 #include "EthernetInterface.h"
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 8 #include "RdWebServer.h"
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 9 #include "DrawingManager.h"
Bobty 0:887096209439 10 #include <string.h>
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 11
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 12 // Web port
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 13 const int WEBPORT = 80; // Port for web server
Bobty 0:887096209439 14
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 15 // Debugging and status
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 16 RawSerial pc(USBTX, USBRX);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 17 DigitalOut led1(LED1); // ticking (flashes)
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 18 DigitalOut led2(LED2); //
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 19 DigitalOut led3(LED3); //
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 20 DigitalOut led4(LED4); // web server status
Bobty 0:887096209439 21
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 22 // Drawing Manager
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 23 DrawingManager drawingManager(1686, 780);
Bobty 0:887096209439 24
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 25 //int ledsCount = 904;
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 26 //int ledSplitPoint = 448;
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 27 //ledstrip* pLedStrip = NULL;
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 28 //
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 29 //char* indexHtmName = "index.htm";
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 30 //
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 31 //const int TICK_MS = 100;
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 32 //LedCmdHandler* pLedCmdHandler = NULL;
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 33 //int blinkCtr = 0;
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 34 //
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 35 //void ledTickfunc()
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 36 //{
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 37 // if(webServer.isListening())
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 38 // {
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 39 // blinkCtr++;
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 40 // if (blinkCtr > 1)
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 41 // {
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 42 // led1 = !led1;
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 43 // blinkCtr = 0;
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 44 // }
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 45 // }
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 46 // else
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 47 // {
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 48 // led1 = false;
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 49 // }
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 50 //
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 51 // if (pLedCmdHandler != NULL)
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 52 // pLedCmdHandler->NextGen();
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 53 //}
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 54 //
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 55 //void handleCmd_ledControl(char* cmdStr, char* argStr)
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 56 //{
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 57 // printf("LEDS COMMAND %s %s\r\n", cmdStr, argStr);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 58 // if (argStr == NULL)
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 59 // return;
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 60 // pLedCmdHandler->DoCommand(argStr);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 61 //
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 62 // // Store last command
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 63 // LocalFileSystem local("local");
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 64 // FILE* fp = fopen("/local/lastcmd.inf", "w");
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 65 // if (fp != NULL)
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 66 // {
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 67 // fwrite(argStr, 1, strlen(argStr)+1, fp);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 68 // fclose(fp);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 69 // }
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 70 //}
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 71 //
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 72 //void reRunLastCommand()
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 73 //{
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 74 // // Store last command
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 75 // LocalFileSystem local("local");
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 76 // FILE* fp = fopen("/local/lastcmd.inf", "r");
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 77 // if (fp != NULL)
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 78 // {
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 79 // char buf[501];
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 80 // buf[sizeof(buf)-1] = 0;
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 81 // int nread = fread(buf, 1, sizeof(buf), fp);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 82 // fclose(fp);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 83 // if (nread > 0 && nread <= sizeof(buf))
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 84 // {
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 85 // buf[nread] = 0;
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 86 // pLedCmdHandler->DoCommand(buf);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 87 // }
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 88 // }
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 89 //}
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 90 //
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 91 //#include "colourconverters.h"
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 92 //
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 93 //void BodgeSmooth(ledstrip* pLedStrip)
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 94 //{
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 95 // pLedStrip->Clear();
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 96 // pLedStrip->ShowLeds();
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 97 //
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 98 //
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 99 // RgbColor startRGB(50,0,0);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 100 // HsvColor curHsv = RgbToHsv(startRGB);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 101 // while(1)
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 102 // for (int k = 0; k < 1000; k++)
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 103 // for (int j = 0; j < 255; j++)
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 104 // {
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 105 // pLedStrip->Clear();
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 106 // RgbColor colrVal = HsvToRgb(curHsv);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 107 // pLedStrip->Fill(0,pLedStrip->GetNumLeds(),colrVal.r, colrVal.g, colrVal.b);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 108 // pLedStrip->ShowLeds();
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 109 // wait_ms(250);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 110 // curHsv.h++;
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 111 // }
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 112 //}
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 113 //
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 114 //void setLightsConfig()
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 115 //{
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 116 // printf("Rob LightWall - Configured for ");
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 117 // // Check for a config file on the local file system
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 118 // strcpy(nameOfLights, "Spidey");
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 119 // LocalFileSystem local("local");
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 120 // FILE* fp = fopen("/local/spidey.cnf", "r");
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 121 // if (fp != NULL)
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 122 // {
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 123 // char buf[201];
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 124 // buf[sizeof(buf)-1] = 0;
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 125 // int nread = fread(buf, 1, sizeof(buf), fp);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 126 // if (nread > 0 && nread <= sizeof(buf))
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 127 // {
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 128 // buf[nread] = 0;
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 129 // sscanf(buf, "%s %d %d", nameOfLights, &ledsCount, &ledSplitPoint);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 130 // }
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 131 // fclose(fp);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 132 // printf("%s (%d LEDs, Split at %d)", nameOfLights, ledsCount, ledSplitPoint);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 133 // printf("\n\r");
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 134 // }
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 135 //
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 136 // // Leds setup
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 137 // pLedStrip = new ledstrip(ledsCount, ledSplitPoint);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 138 // wait_ms(100);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 139 // pLedStrip->Clear();
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 140 // pLedStrip->ShowLeds();
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 141 //
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 142 // // Cmd handler
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 143 // pLedCmdHandler = new LedCmdHandler(pLedStrip);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 144 //}
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 145 //
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 146 //int main (void)
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 147 //{
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 148 // pc.baud(115200);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 149 //
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 150 // setLightsConfig();
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 151 //
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 152 // BodgeSmooth(pLedStrip);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 153 //
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 154 // ledTick.attach(&ledTickfunc,TICK_MS / 1000.0);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 155 //
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 156 //// reRunLastCommand();
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 157 //
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 158 // // setup ethernet interface
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 159 // eth.init(); //Use DHCP
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 160 // eth.connect();
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 161 // printf("IP Address is %s\n\r", eth.getIPAddress());
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 162 //
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 163 // webServer.addCommand("", RdWebServerCmdDef::CMD_LOCALFILE, NULL, indexHtmName, true);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 164 // webServer.addCommand("cmd", RdWebServerCmdDef::CMD_CALLBACK, &handleCmd_ledControl);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 165 // webServer.init(PORT, &led2);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 166 // webServer.run();
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 167 //}
Bobty 0:887096209439 168
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 169 // Handle a command
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 170 char* lightwallCmd(int method, char* cmdStr, char* argStr, char* msgBuf)
Bobty 0:887096209439 171 {
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 172 int cmdLen = RdWebServer::getPayloadLengthFromMsg(msgBuf);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 173 unsigned char* cmdBuf = RdWebServer::getPayloadDataFromMsg(msgBuf);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 174 pc.printf("Command Payload Len %d\r\n", cmdLen);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 175 if (cmdLen == 256)
Bobty 0:887096209439 176 {
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 177 for (int i = 0; i < cmdLen; i++)
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 178 if (cmdBuf[i] != i)
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 179 {
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 180 printf("Binary content err at %d\r\n", i);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 181 break;
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 182 }
Bobty 0:887096209439 183 }
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 184 char* respStr = "";
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 185 respStr = drawingManager.start(cmdBuf, cmdLen);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 186 return respStr;
Bobty 0:887096209439 187 }
Bobty 0:887096209439 188
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 189 // Create, configure and run the web server
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 190 void http_thread(void const* arg)
Bobty 0:887096209439 191 {
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 192 pc.printf("Starting web server\r\n");
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 193 char* baseWebFolder = "/sd/"; // should be /sd/ for SDcard files - not used for local file system
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 194 RdWebServer webServer;
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 195 webServer.addCommand("", RdWebServerCmdDef::CMD_LOCALFILE, NULL, "index.htm", true);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 196 webServer.addCommand("favicon.ico", RdWebServerCmdDef::CMD_LOCALFILE, NULL, NULL, true);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 197 webServer.addCommand("cmd", RdWebServerCmdDef::CMD_CALLBACK, &lightwallCmd);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 198 webServer.init(WEBPORT, &led4, baseWebFolder);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 199 webServer.run();
Bobty 0:887096209439 200 }
Bobty 0:887096209439 201
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 202 int main()
Bobty 0:887096209439 203 {
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 204 // Init
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 205 pc.baud(115200);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 206 pc.printf("Light Wall - Rob Dobson 2015\r\n");
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 207
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 208 // Setup ethernet interface
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 209 char macAddr[6];
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 210 mbed_mac_address(macAddr);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 211 pc.printf("Ethernet MAC address: %02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x\r\n", macAddr[0], macAddr[1], macAddr[2], macAddr[3], macAddr[4], macAddr[5]);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 212 pc.printf("Connecting to ethernet ...\r\n");
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 213 EthernetInterface::init();
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 214 EthernetInterface::connect();
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 215 pc.printf("IP Address: %s\r\n", EthernetInterface::getIPAddress());
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 216
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 217 // Web Server
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 218 Thread httpServer(&http_thread, NULL, osPriorityNormal, (DEFAULT_STACK_SIZE * 4));
Bobty 0:887096209439 219
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 220 // Home
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 221 drawingManager.init();
Bobty 0:887096209439 222
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 223 while(true)
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 224 {
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 225 // led1=!led1;
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 226 // Service drawing manager
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 227 drawingManager.service();
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 228 // Thread::wait(500);
Bobty 1:362331cec9b7 229 }
Bobty 0:887096209439 230 }