High Altitude Recovery Payload
HARP: High Altitude Recovery Payload
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Version 0.1: RC design

By connecting the second xbee to a computer using a terminal command and supplying the characters L, R, C, F the light patterns change on the mbed.
Revision 6:2bd373ba18ae, committed 2012-08-07
- Comitter:
- tylerjw
- Date:
- Tue Aug 07 16:03:45 2012 +0000
- Parent:
- 5:49ccc75efb93
- Child:
- 7:fcbf263a62b9
- Commit message:
- Working servo control with time delay.
Changed in this revision
| main.cpp | Show annotated file Show diff for this revision Revisions of this file |
--- a/main.cpp Thu Jul 26 22:49:36 2012 +0000
+++ b/main.cpp Tue Aug 07 16:03:45 2012 +0000
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
/* Copyright (c) 2012 Tyler Weaver, MIT License
*
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software
- * and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction,
- * including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute,
- * sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software
+ * and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction,
+ * including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute,
+ * sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
* furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
*
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or
* substantial portions of the Software.
*
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
- * BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
- * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
- * DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
+ * BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+ * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
+ * DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
* OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
*/
-
+
#include "mbed.h"
#include "rtos.h"
@@ -32,23 +32,126 @@
typedef struct {
char msg; // the direction to turn in
-} message_p;
+} message_xbee;
+
+enum state_p { LEFT, CENTER, RIGHT };
+
+typedef struct {
+ state_p state;
+} message_para;
-MemoryPool<message_p, 16> mpool_p;
-Queue<message_p, 16> queue_p;
+MemoryPool<message_para, 16> mpool_para;
+Queue<message_para, 16> queue_para;
+MemoryPool<message_xbee, 16> mpool_xbee;
+Queue<message_xbee, 16> queue_xbee;
+
+/**
+* xbee_thread
+* this thread reads characters from the xbee serial connection and posts messages containing them
+*/
void xbee_thread(void const *argument) {
while (true) {
if (xbee.readable()) {
- message_p *message = mpool_p.alloc();
+ message_xbee *message = mpool_xbee.alloc();
message->msg = xbee.getc();
- queue_p.put(message);
+ queue_xbee.put(message);
}
Thread::wait(100);
}
}
+/**
+parachute_thread
+this thread recieves messages from the main thread and turns the servos for control of the parachute
+*/
+void parachute_thread(void const *argument) {
+ PwmOut left(p21);
+ PwmOut right(p22);
+ left.period(0.020);
+ right.period(0.020);
+
+ const float WIND = 0.001;
+ const float STOP = 0.0015;
+ const float UNWIND = 0.002;
+ const int HOLD = 500;
+
+ left.pulsewidth(STOP); // STOP
+ right.pulsewidth(STOP);
+
+ state_p state = CENTER;
+ state_p oldState = CENTER;
+
+ //initalize
+ // left
+ left.pulsewidth(WIND);
+ Thread::wait(HOLD);
+ left.pulsewidth(STOP);
+ Thread::wait(HOLD);
+ left.pulsewidth(UNWIND);
+ Thread::wait(HOLD);
+ left.pulsewidth(STOP);
+ right.pulsewidth(WIND);
+ Thread::wait(HOLD);
+ right.pulsewidth(STOP);
+ Thread::wait(HOLD);
+ right.pulsewidth(UNWIND);
+ Thread::wait(HOLD);
+ right.pulsewidth(STOP);
+
+ while (true) {
+ osEvent evt_para = queue_para.get(10); // 10 millisecond wait
+ if (evt_para.status == osEventMessage) {
+ message_para *message = (message_para*)evt_para.value.p;
+ printf("\nMessage for para: %d\n\r", message->state);
+ oldState = state;
+ state = message->state;
+ }
+ switch (state) {
+ case CENTER: // HOLD
+ if (oldState == LEFT) { // previous left turn
+ left.pulsewidth(UNWIND); // wind forward
+ Thread::wait(HOLD);
+ } else if (oldState == RIGHT) { // previous right turn
+ right.pulsewidth(UNWIND); // wind forward
+ Thread::wait(HOLD);
+ }
+ break;
+ case LEFT: // left
+ if (oldState == RIGHT) { // previous right turn
+ right.pulsewidth(UNWIND); // wind forward
+ Thread::wait(HOLD);
+ right.pulsewidth(STOP); // HOLD
+ } else if (oldState == LEFT) // previous left
+ break;
+ //initiate left turn
+ left.pulsewidth(WIND); // wind back
+ Thread::wait(HOLD); // 0.5 second turn (TODO: compass feedback)
+ break;
+ case RIGHT: // right
+ if (oldState == LEFT) { // previous left turn
+ left.pulsewidth(UNWIND); // wind forward
+ Thread::wait(HOLD);
+ left.pulsewidth(STOP); // HOLD
+ } else if (oldState == RIGHT) // previous right turn
+ break;
+ //initiate right turn
+ right.pulsewidth(WIND); // wind back
+ Thread::wait(HOLD); // 0.5 second turn (TODO: compass feedback)
+ break;
+ }
+ oldState = state;
+ right.pulsewidth(STOP);
+ left.pulsewidth(STOP);
+ }
+
+}
+
+/**
+main thread
+this thread initializes everything then recieves messages from the xbee and sends messages to the parachute
+*/
int main (void) {
status_led = 0x9;
// setup watchdog
@@ -57,30 +160,39 @@
xbee.baud(9600);
Thread thread1(xbee_thread);
+ Thread thread2(parachute_thread);
while (true) {
- osEvent evt_p = queue_p.get(1000); // wait for 1 second
+ osEvent evt_xbee = queue_xbee.get(1000); // wait for 1 second
- if (evt_p.status == osEventMessage) {
- message_p *message = (message_p*)evt_p.value.p;
- printf("\nMessage from xbee: %c\n\r", message->msg);
- switch (message->msg) {
+ if (evt_xbee.status == osEventMessage) {
+ message_xbee *message_x = (message_xbee*)evt_xbee.value.p;
+ printf("\nMessage from xbee: %c\n\r", message_x->msg);
+
+ message_para *message_p = mpool_para.alloc();
+
+ switch (message_x->msg) {
case 'L': // turn left
status_led = 0x3;
+ message_p->state = LEFT;
break;
case 'C': // center
status_led = 0x6;
+ message_p->state = CENTER;
break;
case 'R': // turn right
status_led = 0xC;
+ message_p->state = RIGHT;
break;
case 'F': // flare
status_led = 0xF;
+ message_p->state = CENTER;
break;
}
- mpool_p.free(message);
+ queue_para.put(message_p);
+ mpool_xbee.free(message_x);
}
wdt.kick();
}

