Code to read a PPM/PWM pulse, interrupt driven. Most useful for RC receivers. Code is non-blocking, and a poll of the stall timer can detect if a signal has been lost (signal changes will reset the timer). Code originally written by Simon Ford, modified by me to add in a lost-signal guard.
Dependents: triforce-control usbjoystick_prg
Code is simple to use.
Will add a quick tutorial on use, and how to use the lost-signal/stall detection in due course.
Pulsewidth and period variables are:
- Declared volatile to make sure the value read is not compiler optimised, since the values are modified through an ISR; and
Edit: WITHDRAWN:
- Protected by mutex to make sure that values read are true (such as when an ISR is occurring, but a thread tries to read the value during the ISR). Reason:
- Mutexes are not meant to be called in an ISR (asynchronous). They are costly and may block a thread
Diff: PwmIn.h
- Revision:
- 7:2a58e3363242
- Parent:
- 6:e1df0b4f36e4
diff -r e1df0b4f36e4 -r 2a58e3363242 PwmIn.h --- a/PwmIn.h Mon May 19 15:43:02 2014 +0000 +++ b/PwmIn.h Mon May 19 16:04:34 2014 +0000 @@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ * THE SOFTWARE. */ #include "mbed.h" -#include "rtos.h" #ifndef MBED_PWMIN_H_ #define MBED_PWMIN_H_ @@ -67,8 +66,6 @@ */ Timer stallTimer; protected: - Mutex mutex_var_update; - InterruptIn _p; Timer _t; volatile int _pulsewidth, _period;