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input.encoder (DRAFT)

API for encoder drivers

Object filename description:

input.encoder.model.spin

Base Methods

These are methods that are common to all IMU drivers

Method Description Param Returns
startx() Start driver using explicitly defined settings Notes 1-3 cog id+1
stop() Stop the driver n/a n/a
defaults() Set sensor factory default settings n/a n/a

Notes:

  1. For SPI-connected sensors:

    • startx(CS_PIN, SCK_PIN, MOSI_PIN, MISO_PIN): status
    • Some devices contain more than one slave device internally, and so may break the above convention, because of the need for additional CS and/or MOSI/MISO pins.
    • The preprocessor symbol MODEL_SPI must be defined when building, to use.
    • For some devices, a MODEL_SPI_BC variant exists, which directs the driver to use a bytecode-based engine that while much slower, doesn't use another cog.
    • Replace MODEL with the sensor model #. Example: LSM9DS1_SPI
    • For SPI-connected sensors: 4-wire SPI is used by default. If supported by the device, 3-wire SPI can be chosen by setting MOSI_PIN and MISO_PIN to the same I/O pin. The startx() method will check for this and set the device's 3-wire SPI mode register.

  2. For I2C-connected sensors:

    • startx(SCL_PIN, SDA_PIN, I2C_FREQ, ADDR_BITS): status
    • If no particular interface preprocessor symbol is defined when building, the driver will default to the PASM-based I2C engine.
    • For some devices, a MODEL_I2C_BC variant exists, which directs the driver to use a bytecode-based engine that while much slower, doesn't use another cog.
    • Not all devices support alternate I2C addresses.

  3. For all variants: There may be a RST_PIN parameter, for specifying an optional reset pin (device-dependent). The pin is only validated in the Reset() method, and is ignored if set outside the allowable range.

  4. startx() returns the launched cog number+1 of com engine used on success.

  5. startx() returns FALSE (0) if the driver fails to start, for these possible reasons:

    • No more cogs available
    • One or more specified I/O pins are outside allowed range
    • Bus frequency is outside allowed range
    • If supported by the device, dev_id() didn't return the expected value

  6. defaults() may simply call reset(), if sensible, as opposed to calling several other driver methods, in order to reduce memory usage.

  7. Most (but not all) drivers also provide the following methods:

Method Description Param Returns
dev_id() Read model-unique identification register n/a model/dev ID
reset() Perform a hard or soft-reset of the device n/a n/a

  1. Drivers may have one or more preset_() methods, that establish a set of pre-set settings.

  2. stop() performs the following tasks:

    • Stop any extra cogs that were started (if applicable)
    • Clear all global variable space used to 0

Rotary encoders

Method Description
degrees_abs() Encoder position (absolute)
encoder_data() Encoder position ADC word
encoder_word2deg_abs() Convert encoder ADC word to degrees
encoder_word2percent() Convert encoder ADC word to percent of absolute position

degrees_abs()

Encoder position (absolute)

  • Parameters: none
  • Returns: absolute position in thousandths (0.001) of a degree
  • NOTE: actual resolution is device-dependent, and may be more coarse than 0.001 degrees

encoder_data()

Encoder position ADC word

  • Parameters: none
  • Returns: absolute position as ADC word
  • NOTE: range/scale is device-dependent

encoder_word2deg_abs()

Convert encoder ADC word to degrees

  • Parameters:
    • w: ADC word
  • Returns: absolute position in thousandths (0.001) of a degree

encoder_word2percent()

Convert encoder ADC word to percent of absolute position

  • Parameters:
    • w: ADC word
  • Returns: absolute position in hundredths (0.01) of a percent

Availability of other methods vary by specific sensor type and model.

Built-in symbols

TBD

Note: 'x' indicates device driver-specific values

Global variables

TBD

File Structure

input.encoder.model.spin - driver object
|-- #include "input.encoder.common.spinh" - provides standard API and code shared by all encoder drivers
|-- OBJ core: "core.con.model.spin" - HW-specific constants
|-- OBJ com: "com.xxx.spin" - Low-level communications engine (I2C, SPI, OneWire, etc)

Build examples

Build the AS504X demo for P1, native code output, using the PASM SPI engine:

flexspin -L$HOME/spin-standard-library/library AS504X-Demo.spin

The same, but building to bytecode output:

flexspin --interp=rom -L$HOME/spin-standard-library/library AS504X-Demo.spin

The same, but using the bytecode-based SPI engine:

flexspin --interp=rom -L$HOME/spin-standard-library/library -DAS504X_SPI_BC AS504X-Demo.spin