Very simple cooperative round-robin task scheduler. See examples.

Examples/example4.h

Committer:
AjK
Date:
2011-03-04
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    Copyright (c) 2011 Andy Kirkham
 
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    @file          example4.h 
    @purpose       Simple round-robin cooperative scheduler example
    @date          Mar 2011
    @author        Andy Kirkham
*/

/*
    This example uses the network stack to setup the time. Note, when I tested
    this I had two things in place. If you want to run this example then you too
    will need:-
    
        1. Your Mbed with an Ethernet jack socket. I used a Cool Components Workshop
           board: http://www.coolcomponents.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=528
        2. You will need to import a network stack into your project. The one I used was
           this one: http://mbed.org/users/segundo/libraries/NetServices/ljhqix
           
    What this example shows is the usual "flash some LEDs tasks" and an example of how
    to setup the time on the Mbed via the attached ethernet/Internet network. I used
    setting the time as a network example but you could do HTTP requests, etc.
    
    The purpose of this example is to show how to use the network stack to do a NON-BLOCKING
    network call. SimpleScheduler is a coopertive scheduler and that means you should not
    wait around in task functions. You should complete your tasks as fast as possible so
    that other scheduled tasks are not blocked from running. However, making network calls
    generally take some time to complete so are considered "slow" (compared the clock freq
    of the LPC1768 micro that is!). So to avoid stalling out waiting for a reply our tasks
    must use NON-BLOCKING calls. This is what this example is for, to demostrate how to
    make a non-blocking network stack call.
*/

#include "mbed.h"
#include "SimpleScheduler.h"
#include "EthernetNetIf.h"
#include "HTTPClient.h"
#include "NTPClient.h"

// Setup a serial port to print the time to.
Serial pc(USBTX, USBRX);

// The usual suspects.
DigitalOut led1(LED1);
DigitalOut led2(LED2);
DigitalOut led3(LED3);
DigitalOut led4(LED4);

// A scheduler.
SimpleScheduler *scheduler;

// Setup the network statck.
EthernetNetIf  eth;
EthernetErr ethErr;
NTPClient ntp;
NTPResult result;

// Declare the host we are going to ask the time.
Host server(IpAddr(), 123, "0.de.pool.ntp.org");

// Scheduler task functions.
void f2(SimpleTask *task) { led2 = !led2; }
void f3(SimpleTask *task) { led3 = !led3; }
void f4(SimpleTask *task) { led4 = !led4; }
void netPoll(SimpleTask *task) { Net::poll(); }

bool clockAccurate;

// Scheduler task function.
void showTime(SimpleTask *task) {
    time_t theTime = time(NULL);
    char *s = ctime(&theTime);
    for(char *p = s; *p != '\0'; p++) if (*p == '\n') { *p = '\0'; break; } // rtrim \n
    pc.printf("Time is now (UTC): %s", s);
    if (!clockAccurate) {
        pc.printf(" (maybe inaccurate)");
    }
    pc.printf("\n");
    if (result != NTP_OK) {
        pc.printf(" NTP status: ");
        switch(result) {
            case NTP_PROCESSING: pc.printf("NTP_PROCESSING.\n"); break;
            case NTP_PRTCL:      pc.printf("NTP_PRTCL protocol error.\n"); break;
            case NTP_TIMEOUT:    pc.printf("NTP_TIMEOUT.\n"); break;
            case NTP_DNS :       pc.printf("NTP_DNS.\n"); break;
        }
    }
}

// Network stack callbacks.
void getTimeCallback(NTPResult i) { 
    result = i; 
    led1 = !led1;
    clockAccurate = i == NTP_OK ? true : false;
}

// Scheduler task function.
void setTime(SimpleTask *task) {
    if (!ethErr) {
        result = NTP_PROCESSING;
        ntp.setTime(server, getTimeCallback);            
    }
}

int main() {
    pc.baud(115200);
    pc.printf("Example4 starting up.\n");
    
    clockAccurate = false;
    
    ethErr = eth.setup();
    if (ethErr) {
        pc.printf("Error %d in setup.\n", ethErr);
    }
    else {
        result = NTP_PROCESSING;
        ntp.setTime(server, getTimeCallback);        
    }
    
    scheduler = new SimpleScheduler;
    
    scheduler
        ->addTask( new SimpleTask(200, f2) )
        ->addTask( new SimpleTask(300, f3) )
        ->addTask( new SimpleTask(0.4, f4) )
    ;
    
    // Only add these tasks if Ethernet setup is ok.
    // Notice we add netPoll() with a time of zero. 
    // Zero means "call as often as possible". The
    // network stack needs to be polled on a regular 
    // basis. As often as possible in fact. The other
    // two tasks are "just print the time to serial
    // once every 5seconds" and the other is "update
    // the clock from remote host once an hour".
    // Remember, integers are milliseconds but real
    // numbers are seconds).
    if (!ethErr) {
        scheduler
            ->addTask( new SimpleTask(0,   netPoll) )
            ->addTask( new SimpleTask(5.0, showTime) )
            ->addTask( new SimpleTask(3600.0, setTime) )
        ;         
    }
    
    scheduler->run();    
}