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/** Revision 1: Building the class  */

#include "mbed.h"

Serial pc(USBTX, USBRX);    // communication with terminal

class HCSR04 {
    
    public:
    
    /** Receives two PinName variables.
     * @param echoPin mbed pin to which the echo signal is connected to
     * @param triggerPin mbed pin to which the trigger signal is connected to
     */
    HCSR04(PinName echoPin, PinName triggerPin);
    
    /** Calculates the distance in cm, with the calculation time of 25 ms.
     * @returns distance of the measuring object in cm.
     */
    float getDistance_cm();
    
    private:
    
    InterruptIn echo;       // echo pin
    DigitalOut trigger;     // trigger pin
    Timer timer;            // echo pulsewidth measurement
    float distance;         // store the distance in cm
    
    /** Start the timer. */
    void startTimer();
    
    /** Stop the timer. */
    void stopTimer();
    
    /** Initialization. */
    void init();
    
    /** Start the measurement. */
    void startMeasurement();
};


HCSR04::HCSR04(PinName echoPin, PinName triggerPin) : echo(echoPin), trigger(triggerPin) {
    init();
}

void HCSR04::init() {
    /** configure the rising edge to start the timer */
    echo.rise(this, &HCSR04::startTimer);
    
    /** configure the falling edge to stop the timer */
    echo.fall(this, &HCSR04::stopTimer);
    
    distance = -1; // initial distance
}

void HCSR04::startTimer() {
    timer.start(); // start the timer
}

void HCSR04::stopTimer() {
    timer.stop(); // stop the timer
}

void HCSR04::startMeasurement() {
    /** Start the measurement by sending the 10us trigger pulse. */
    trigger = 1;
    wait_us(10);
    trigger = 0;
    
    /** Wait for the sensor to finish measurement (generate rise and fall interrupts).
     *  Minimum wait time is determined by maximum measurement distance of 400 cm.
     *  t_min = 400 * 58 = 23200 us = 23.2 ms */
    wait_ms(25); 
    
    /** calculate the distance in cm */
    distance = timer.read() * 1e6 / 58;
    timer.reset(); // reset the timer to 0 after storing the distance
}

float HCSR04::getDistance_cm() {
    startMeasurement();
    return distance;
}

int main() {
    HCSR04 sensor(p5, p7);     // instantiate the sensor object
    while(1) {
         /** Print the result in cm to the terminal with 1 decimal place
         *  (number 5 after % means that total of 5 digits will be reserved
         *  for printing the number, including the dot and one decimal place). */
        pc.printf("Distance: %5.1f cm\r", sensor.getDistance_cm());
        wait_ms(1000-25);
    }
}