Revision 2:de26317d87a6, committed 2016-03-16

Comitter:

aross34

Date:

Wed Mar 16 01:40:10 2016 +0000

Parent:

1:315c49946ded

Child:

3:1f832bfe41d1

Commit message:

Hello world program for Adafruit nano thermal printer. Added library documentation.

Changed in this revision

--- a/AdafruitThermal.cpp	Fri Jun 29 08:42:23 2012 +0000
+++ b/AdafruitThermal.cpp	Wed Mar 16 01:40:10 2016 +0000
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
   MIT license, all text above must be included in any redistribution
  ****************************************************/
  
-/** Ported hastily to mbed by Ashley Mills - NOTE: printBitmap not ported, nothing tested **/
+// Ported to mbed by Ashley Mills
+/** Documentation by Andrew Ross - NOTE: printBitmap not ported, nothing tested **/
+
 #include "mbed.h" 
 #include "AdafruitThermal.h"
 
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@
 
 void AdafruitThermal::begin(int heatTime) {
   _printer = new Serial(_RX_Pin, _TX_Pin);
-  _printer->baud(19200);
+  _printer->baud(9600);
 
   // The printer can't start receiving data immediately
   // upon power up -- needs a moment to initialize.  If
@@ -106,6 +108,7 @@
         write(*string);
         string++;
     }
+    feed(2);
 }
 
 void AdafruitThermal::testPage() {
@@ -203,11 +206,13 @@
 }
 
 void AdafruitThermal::inverseOn(){
-  setPrintMode(INVERSE_MASK);
+  //setPrintMode(INVERSE_MASK);
+  writeBytes(29, 'B', 1);
 }
 
 void AdafruitThermal::inverseOff(){
-  unsetPrintMode(INVERSE_MASK);
+  //unsetPrintMode(INVERSE_MASK);
+  writeBytes(29, 'B', 0, 10);
 }
 
 void AdafruitThermal::upsideDownOn(){
@@ -247,7 +252,12 @@
 }
 
 void AdafruitThermal::boldOff(){
-  unsetPrintMode(BOLD_MASK);
+  //unsetPrintMode(BOLD_MASK);
+  //writeBytes(27, 69, 0);
+  //  if (linefeedneeded)
+  //      feed();
+
+    //linefeedneeded = false;
 }
 
 void AdafruitThermal::justify(char value){
@@ -300,6 +310,8 @@
 
 void AdafruitThermal::underlineOff() {
   underlineOn(0);
+  //writeBytes(27, 45, 0, 10);
+  //Writing text with underline will work but seems to be a problem printing after turning off underline
 }
 
 /*

--- a/AdafruitThermal.h	Fri Jun 29 08:42:23 2012 +0000
+++ b/AdafruitThermal.h	Wed Mar 16 01:40:10 2016 +0000
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
   MIT license, all text above must be included in any redistribution
  ****************************************************/
 
-/** Ported hastily to mbed by Ashley Mills - NOTE: printBitmap not ported, nothing tested **/
+// Ported to mbed by Ashley Mills
+// Documentation by Andrew Ross - NOTE: printBitmap not ported, nothing tested 
 
 #pragma once
 
@@ -34,7 +35,25 @@
 #define PRINTER_PRINT(a) _printer->putc(a);
 #define delay(a) wait(a/1000)
 
-
+//**************************************************************************
+// \class AdafruitThermal AdafruitThermal.h
+// \brief This is the main class. It shoud be used like this : AdafruitThermal printer(p9,p10);
+/**
+Example:
+* @code
+* // Print a char array onto the thermal paper
+* #include "mbed.h"
+* #include "AdafruitThermal.h"
+*
+* AdafruitThermal printer(p9,p10);
+*
+* int main() {
+*     printer.begin();
+*     char *Text_Out = "Hello World!\n";
+*     printer.print(Text_Out);
+* }
+* @endcode
+*/
 
 class AdafruitThermal {
   public:
@@ -42,15 +61,25 @@
   AdafruitThermal(PinName RX_Pin, PinName TX_Pin);  // constructor
     void begin(int heatTime=255);
     void reset();
+    
+    // General Commands *******************************************************************************
+    
+    /** Sets Default settings on printer*/
     void setDefault();
     void test();
     void testPage();
 
+    /** Basic function for all printing. Prints character to stream
+    * @param char to print (see AdafruitThermal.h)
+    */
     size_t write(uint8_t c);
-
-
+    
     void normal();
+    
+    /** Inverses the printer color space*/
     void inverseOn();
+    
+    /** Turns off inverse*/
     void inverseOff();
     void upsideDownOn();
     void upsideDownOff();
@@ -65,6 +94,9 @@
     void strikeOn();
     void strikeOff();
 
+    /** Allows you to left, right or center justify your text
+    * @param string containing L, R, or C for alignment
+    */
     void justify(char value);
     void feed(uint8_t x = 1);
     void feedRows(uint8_t);
@@ -74,6 +106,10 @@
     void sleep();
     void sleepAfter(uint8_t seconds);
     void wake();
+    
+    /** Main function to print information
+    * @param array of chars which is parsed by the write function
+    */
     void print(char *string);
 
     void setCharSpacing(int spacing);