Example of checking for a valid note:

Dependencies:   SLCD mbed-rtos mbed

Fork of Serial_IO_test_v5 by Stanley Cohen

Revision:
3:2266158bf72f
Parent:
2:8196b4cc681b
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+++ b/serialO_v6.cpp	Wed Mar 18 19:08:22 2015 +0000
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+#include "mbed.h"
+#include <iostream>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <locale.h> 
+#include "rtos.h"
+#include "SLCD.h"
+// Debug printout control
+#define PRINTDBUG
+#define PROGNAME        "SerialIO v6\n\r"
+
+#define LCDLEN          10
+#define MAXCHAR         4
+#define ALL8          "8888"
+#define LCDUPDATE       100 //ms
+#define LEDBLINKTIME    300 // ms *** NOTE Change of units ***
+#define SERIALREADTIME  50 //ms
+// ASCII constants
+#define CR              '\r'
+#define ALLNOTES        "CDEFGAB" // Note only 7 unique notes.
+#define NUMTONES        10
+#define NONOTE          8
+#define NOTEOFFSET      1
+
+
+
+float diatonicScale[NUMTONES] = {246.94, 261.63,293.66,329.63,349.23,392.00,440.00,493.88,523.25,587.33};
+
+DigitalOut rLed(LED_RED);
+
+ 
+Serial pc(USBTX, USBRX); // tx, rx
+SLCD slcd; //define LCD display
+char rxChar;
+char rxString[LCDLEN];
+string rxRealString;
+
+void clearString (char * aString){
+    int i;
+    int sSize = sizeof(aString);
+    
+    for (i=0; i< sSize; i++){
+        aString[i] = NULL;
+    }
+    return;
+}
+    
+    
+int isNote(char theNote){ //check for valid onte
+    int noteListLen = sizeof(ALLNOTES);
+    int pos = NONOTE;
+    int i;
+    for (i=0; i<noteListLen; i++){
+        if (ALLNOTES[i] == theNote){
+            pos = i;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    return (pos);
+}
+
+
+void LCDMessNoDwell(char *lMess){
+        slcd.Home();
+        slcd.clear();
+        slcd.printf(lMess);
+}
+
+// use "thread" in the name to keep things straight 
+// note the use of void constant * args - understand memory resources
+// Thes are "forever loops"
+void LCDdis_thread(void const *args){
+    while(true) {
+        LCDMessNoDwell(rxString);
+        Thread::wait(LCDUPDATE);
+    }
+}
+
+void serial_thread(void const *args){
+   static int charIndex =0;
+   int rxStringLen;
+   int noteOK;
+   while(true) {
+      if (pc.readable()) {                // only read from the serial port if there is a character
+            rxChar= toupper(pc.getc());           // reading clears the buffer
+            noteOK = isNote(rxChar);
+            // construct a 4-digit string for the LCD          
+            // check for carriage return           
+            if (rxChar == CR) { 
+                rxRealString.assign(rxString);                                                                
+                rxStringLen = rxRealString.length();  
+#ifdef PRINTDBUG    
+                pc.printf("%s - StringLen = %d OK \n\r", rxString, rxStringLen);
+#endif  
+                charIndex = 0; // start building string from position zero next time around
+            } else {
+                if(charIndex == 0) clearString(rxString);
+                rxString[charIndex] = rxChar;
+                rxRealString.assign(rxString);
+#ifdef PRINTDBUG
+                if(noteOK != NONOTE){
+                    pc.printf("%s - IsNote - %4.2f\n\r", rxString, diatonicScale[noteOK + NOTEOFFSET]); 
+                } else {
+                    pc.printf("%s - Not a Note\n\r", rxString);
+                }  
+#endif                  
+                charIndex = (charIndex + 1)% (MAXCHAR); // Only allow 4 characters then roll over
+               
+            }
+      }
+      Thread::wait(SERIALREADTIME);
+    }
+}
+
+int main()
+{  
+ 
+    Thread lthread(LCDdis_thread);
+    Thread serthread(serial_thread);
+    
+    sprintf(rxString,"%s",ALL8);  // just put something on the LCD to show it's working
+    
+#ifdef PRINTDBUG
+        pc.printf(PROGNAME);
+#endif
+
+    while (true) {     
+        rLed = !rLed; // toggle led
+        Thread::wait(LEDBLINKTIME);
+    }
+}
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