Use the hardware PwmOut to pulsate an LED (or something else), with selectable active high/low, customisable intensity function, gamma correction, and number of brightness levels.

Dependents:   RedButton

Revision:
7:7abc04b4c474
Parent:
6:5eeb1acc1c50
Child:
8:ddedf56b2eb0
--- a/Pulsator.cpp	Sun Apr 26 01:39:38 2015 +0000
+++ b/Pulsator.cpp	Sun Apr 26 01:43:31 2015 +0000
@@ -49,22 +49,22 @@
 {
     _enable = false;
     detach();
-    out = _active_high ? 0.0 : 1.0;
+    out = _active_high ? 0.0f : 1.0f;
 }
 
 void Pulsator::enable(void)
 {
-    out.period(1.0 / 1024.0);
-    phase_2 = 0.0;
+    out.period(1.0f / 1024.0f);
+    phase_2 = 0.0f;
     step();
     _enable = true;
-    attach(this, &Pulsator::step, 0.5 * _period / (float)(_levels - 1));
+    attach(this, &Pulsator::step, 0.5f * _period / (float)(_levels - 1));
 }
 
 //! Bit of a hack to update _delay without re-attaching the handler.
 void Pulsator::reload(void)
 {
-    _delay = 1000000.0 * 0.5 * _period / (float)(_levels - 1);
+    _delay = 1000000.0f * 0.5f * _period / (float)(_levels - 1);
 }
 
 void Pulsator::step(void)
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     // sinf(phase_2)^2 == (1 - cosf(phase)) / 2
     float s = sinf(phase_2);
     float level = powf(s * s, _gamma);
-    out = _active_high ? level : 1.0 - level;
+    out = _active_high ? level : 1.0f - level;
     phase_2 += M_PI_2 / (float)(_levels - 1);
     if(phase_2 >= M_PI)
         phase_2 -= M_PI;
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 {
     _active_high = high;
     if(!_enable)
-        out = _active_high ? 0.0 : 1.0;
+        out = _active_high ? 0.0f : 1.0f;
     return *this;
 }