Allow user to connect multiple screen.

Dependencies:   mbed-rtos mbed

Revision:
0:052d0f82433e
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/uLCD_Multiscreen/ScreenUpdater.cpp	Wed Mar 11 05:00:37 2015 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#include "ScreenUpdater.h"
+#include "uLCD_4DGL.h"
+#include "mbed.h"
+static void uLCD_thread_func(void const *args) {
+    //printf("Thread alive.");
+    uLCD_4DGL *lcd = ((uLCD_Thread_Args*)args)->uLCD;
+    std::queue<Command*> *commands = ((uLCD_Thread_Args*)args)->commands;
+    Mutex *commands_mutex = ((uLCD_Thread_Args*)args)->commands_mutex;
+    while (true) {
+        if (!commands->empty()) {
+            commands_mutex->lock();
+            Command *command = commands->front();
+            commands->pop();
+            command->execute(lcd);
+            delete command;
+            commands_mutex->unlock();
+        } else {
+            //printf("empty.");
+            Thread::signal_wait(0x1);
+        }
+    }
+}
+ScreenUpdater::ScreenUpdater(uLCD_4DGL *uLCD) {
+    //printf("ScreenUpdater booting.");
+    uLCD_Thread_Args args = {uLCD, &commands, &commands_mutex};
+    Thread *_thread = new Thread(uLCD_thread_func, &(args), osPriorityHigh);
+    uLCD_thread = _thread;
+    //printf("Thread creation complete\n");
+    this->uLCD = uLCD;
+}
+void ScreenUpdater::addCommand(Command* _command) {
+    //printf("I'm here!");
+    commands_mutex.lock();
+    commands.push(_command);    
+    //printf("Adding command %d. State %d\n", commands.size(), uLCD_thread->get_state());
+    commands_mutex.unlock();
+    uLCD_thread->signal_set(0x1);
+}
+ScreenUpdater::~ScreenUpdater() {
+    //printf("KILLING THREAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\n");
+    uLCD_thread->terminate();
+}