Measure the time interval between two consecutive rising edges

Dependencies:   dispBoB mbed PCA9635

Revision:
1:b56440e55747
Parent:
0:37bc70ca825c
Child:
2:62e168aedc9a
--- a/intervalMeasure.cpp	Mon Jul 11 13:42:00 2011 +0000
+++ b/intervalMeasure.cpp	Mon Jul 11 13:53:32 2011 +0000
@@ -7,26 +7,26 @@
 
 bool b = false;
 
-void trig(){                       //function to call upon interrupt
+void trig(){                        //function to call upon interrupt
     db.locate(0);
-    db.printf("%06d", t.read_ms());
+    db.printf("%06d", t.read_ms()); //print current time reading 
     if(b == false){
-        t.start();
+        t.start();                  //start timer
         b = true;
     } else {
-        t.stop();
-        db.printf("06d", t.read_ms());
-        t.reset();
+        t.stop();                   //stop timer
+        db.printf("06d", t.read_ms());  //print out stopwatch time in milliseconds
+        t.reset();                  //reset and restart timer
         t.start();
     }
 }
 
 int main() {
     trigger.mode(PullUp);           //activate internal pull up (hardware specific)
-    db.init();
+    db.init();                      //ALWAYS initialise the dispBoB 
     db.cls();                       //clear screen
-    trigger.rise(&trig);           //attach count() to interrupt on rising edge of trigger
+    trigger.rise(&trig);            //attach count() to interrupt on rising edge of trigger
 
-    db.printf("%06d", t.read_ms());
+    db.printf("%06d", t.read_ms()); //print initial time reading (000000)
     
 }