SerialWombatPulseTimer Class Reference

A Class which uses a Serial Wombat pin to measure the length of a pulse high and low time. More...

#include <SerialWombatPulseTimer.h>

Inheritance diagram for SerialWombatPulseTimer:

Public Member Functions
	SerialWombatPulseTimer (SerialWombatChip &serialWombat)
	Class constructor for SerialWombatPulseTimer. More...
void	begin (uint8_t pin, SerialWombatPulseTimerUnits units=SW_PULSETIMER_uS, bool pullUpEnabled=false)
	Initialization routine for SerialWombatPulseTimer. More...
void	refresh ()
	Retreive the latest values for HighCounts, LowCounts, Pulses, and MeasurementOverflowOccured. More...
void	refreshHighCountsLowCounts ()
	Retreive the High and Low counts from the Serial Wombat chip in a single transaction. More...
void	refreshHighCountsPulses ()
uint16_t	readHighCounts ()
uint16_t	readLowCounts ()
uint16_t	readPulses ()
Public Member Functions inherited from SerialWombatPin
	SerialWombatPin (SerialWombatChip &serialWombatChip)
	Instantiates a Serial Wombat Pin. More...
	SerialWombatPin (SerialWombatChip &serialWombatChip, uint8_t pin)
	Instantiates a Serial Wombat Pin. More...
uint16_t	readPublicData ()
	Read the 16 Bit public data associated with this pin. More...
void	pinMode (uint8_t mode, bool pullDown=false, bool openDrain=false)
	Set pin to INPUT or OUTPUT, with options for pull Ups and open Drain settings. More...
void	digitalWrite (uint8_t val)
	Set output pin High or Low. More...
int	digitalRead ()
	Reads the state of the Pin. More...
uint16_t	writePublicData (uint16_t value)
	Write a 16 bit value to this pin. More...
uint8_t	pin ()
	Returns the current SW pin number. Used primarily for virtual calls by derived classes. More...
uint8_t	swPinModeNumber ()
	Returns the Mode number. Used primarily by derived classes to populate packet data. More...

Public Attributes
uint16_t	HighCounts = 0
uint16_t	LowCounts = 0
uint16_t	Pulses = 0
bool	MeasurementOverflowOccurred = false

Additional Inherited Members
Protected Attributes inherited from SerialWombatPin
uint8_t	_pin = 255
SerialWombatChip &	_sw
uint8_t	_pinMode = 0

Detailed Description

A Class which uses a Serial Wombat pin to measure the length of a pulse high and low time.

This class is used to measure the length of pulses in mS or in uS. On the Serial Wombat 4A/B the precision is about 8uS in uS mode, with an accuracy of +/- 2% because of variation in the Serial Wombat chip's internal oscillator.

One SerialWombatPulseTimer should be declared per Serial Wombat pin in this mode.

A video Tutorial on this pin mode is available:

https://youtu.be/YtQWUub9gYw

This pinmode is useful for measuring RC Servo outputs, PWM frequency and duty cycle, or any other signal where the pulse width is relevant. It is designed to measure repetitive signals. It is not intended to read a number of differing independent pulse widths that come one after another, such as WS2812 or similar output.

Warning

Care must be taken when using this pinmode with high frequency ( > 5 kHz) signals or pins that may be left floating on the Serial Wombat 4A / 4B because the Serial Wombat 4A and 4B chip uses an interrupt internally to capture transition timestamps. Excessively frequent pin transitions may cause the interrupt handler to starve the main processing loop, impacting function of all pin modes and communications.

The Serial Wombat chip can be queried for overflow frames. If overflow frames are occuring, then the system is overloaded.

The Serial Wombat 4A and 4B chips can measure a maxium of 8 transitions per mS across all pulse input pins. More frequent transitions than this may result in incorrect measurements. The MeasurementOverflowOccurred flag is set if at any time more than 8 transitions occured without processing.

The Serial Wombat 18AB chip uses a DMA based sampling scheme with samples taken at 57600 Hz. It has lower resolution than the Serial Wombat 4A/B (17 uS resolution), but can measure up to 18 simultaneous pulse trains and is not subject to being overloaded by faster signals.

The number of pulses over time can be used for rough frequency measurements.

Consecutive High and low periods can be used to calculate duty cycle, although there is no indication whether high or low was most recent.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

SerialWombatPulseTimer()

SerialWombatPulseTimer::SerialWombatPulseTimer ( SerialWombatChip &  serialWombat )

inline

Class constructor for SerialWombatPulseTimer.

Parameters

serialWombat

The Serial Wombat chip on which the SerialWombatPulseTimer pinmode will be run

Member Function Documentation

begin()

void SerialWombatPulseTimer::begin ( uint8_t  pin, SerialWombatPulseTimerUnits  units = SW_PULSETIMER_uS, bool  pullUpEnabled = false  )

inline

Initialization routine for SerialWombatPulseTimer.

Parameters

pin	The Serial Wombat pin used for pulse measurments. All 4 pins on the SW4A/SW4B and all 20 pins on the SW18AB may be used.
units	SW_PULSETIMER_uS or SW_PULSETIMER_mS. Default uS
pullUpEnabled	TRUE = Pull Up Enabled, FALSE = Pull Up Disabled. Default disabled.

readHighCounts()

uint16_t SerialWombatPulseTimer::readHighCounts ( )

inline

readLowCounts()

uint16_t SerialWombatPulseTimer::readLowCounts ( )

inline

readPulses()

uint16_t SerialWombatPulseTimer::readPulses ( )

inline

refresh()

void SerialWombatPulseTimer::refresh ( )

inline

Retreive the latest values for HighCounts, LowCounts, Pulses, and MeasurementOverflowOccured.

This happens in two packets to the Serial Wombat chip, so data may not be coherent

refreshHighCountsLowCounts()

void SerialWombatPulseTimer::refreshHighCountsLowCounts ( )

inline

Retreive the High and Low counts from the Serial Wombat chip in a single transaction.

This command will retreive consecutive high and low periods from the Serial Wombat chip. It it not guaranteed which is the most recent.

refreshHighCountsPulses()

void SerialWombatPulseTimer::refreshHighCountsPulses ( )

inline

Member Data Documentation

HighCounts

uint16_t SerialWombatPulseTimer::HighCounts = 0

LowCounts

uint16_t SerialWombatPulseTimer::LowCounts = 0

MeasurementOverflowOccurred

bool SerialWombatPulseTimer::MeasurementOverflowOccurred = false

Pulses

uint16_t SerialWombatPulseTimer::Pulses = 0