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//Rob in the house

#include "mbed.h"
#include "rtos.h"

Serial      pc(USBTX, USBRX);   //To differentiate from LCD functions

AnalogIn pot1(p19);
Queue<float,10> potReadingQueue;


/******************************************************************
*
*An LCD thread that updates the LCD based on information 
*received from other threads via IPC
*
*Uses the top 3 lines of the LCD to reflect the pot, the 
*temperature, and the cookie. This task must use IPC (with 
*timeout) methods to get data from each of the previous threads
*
*******************************************************************/
void lcdUpdate(void const*){
while(1){
       osEvent evt = potReadingQueue.get();
        if (evt.status == osEventMail) {
            float *queue = (float*)evt.value.p;
            pc.printf("\nVoltage: %.2f V\n\r"   , *queue);
            
            pc.printf("LCD updated");
            Thread::wait(1000);
        }
    }
}

/******************************************************************
*
*A POT thread that reads the pot value in a polling loop 
*every 10 seconds and sends value to LCD thread via IPC Queue 
*
*******************************************************************/
void readPOT(void const*){    
while(1){
        float *queue;
        *queue = pot1; 
        potReadingQueue.put(queue);
        pc.printf("POT read");
        Thread::wait(10000);
    }
    
}

/******************************************************************
*
*A TEMP thread that read the temperature every 60 seconds 
*and sends the value to the LCD task via IPC Queue
*
*******************************************************************/
void readTemp(void const*){
    while(1){
        pc.printf("TEMP read");
        Thread::wait(60000);
    }
    
}

/******************************************************************
*
*A SCANF thread that reads in a fortune cookie from user 
*and sends it to the LCD task via IPC Memory Pool
*
*******************************************************************/
void threadCookie(void const*){
    //Checks often but low priority?
    while(1){
        Thread::wait(1000);
    }  
}


/******************************************************************
*
*A TOD thread that updates the 4th line of the LCD with time 
*of day once a minute. It shares the LCD with the LCD thread 
*using mutual exclusion
*
*******************************************************************/
void threadTOD(void const*){
        while(1){
            pc.printf("TOD updated");
            Thread::wait(60000);
    } 
}

DigitalOut myled(LED1);

int main() {
Thread threadLCD(lcdUpdate);
Thread threadPOT(readPOT);
Thread threadTemp(readTemp);

    while(1) {
    }
}