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:
1:bcddb9898625
Parent:
0:dda7f6f55dc1
Child:
2:e351afc2a3a8
--- a/Pulsator.cpp	Fri Apr 24 03:56:51 2015 +0000
+++ b/Pulsator.cpp	Fri Apr 24 05:14:06 2015 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2015 Liyang HU, MIT License
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software 
+ * and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, 
+ * including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, 
+ * sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is 
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or 
+ * substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING 
+ * BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND 
+ * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, 
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+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
 #include <math.h>
 #include <mbed.h>
 
@@ -11,6 +29,22 @@
 # define M_PI_2  1.57079632679489661923
 #endif
 
+/*! \class Pulsator
+ * \brief Pulsate an LED using hardware \a PwmOut and \a Ticker.
+ * \code
+#include <mbed.h>
+#include <Pulsator.h>
+
+Pulsator led(LED1, 2.0, false);
+
+int main(void) {
+    led = true;
+    while(1) wait(1);
+}
+ * \endcode
+ * \see \a PwmOut, \a Ticker
+ */
+
 void Pulsator::step(void)
 {
     // sinf(phase_2)^2 == (1 - cosf(phase)) / 2
@@ -36,12 +70,23 @@
     out = active_high ? 0.0 : 1.0;
 }
 
+/*! Create a \a Pulsator object.
+ * \param pin Pin to pulsate. Some platforms can only drive certain pins with the hardware PWM.
+ * \param period Duration of each cycle, in seconds.
+ * \param active_high Should the output pin be active high (\a true), or active low (\a false)?
+ * \param gamma Gamma correction for the output LED.
+ * \param levels Number of distinct brightness levels: a minimum of 2.
+ */
 Pulsator::Pulsator(PinName pin, float period, bool active_high, float gamma, int levels)
     : out(pin), period(period), active_high(active_high), gamma(gamma), levels(levels)
 {
     disable();
 }
 
+
+/*! Enable or disable the output.
+ * \param state Pulsate the output? Passing \a false deactivates the output.
+ */
 Pulsator& Pulsator::operator=(bool state)
 {
     state ? enable() : disable();