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2009-06-26T23:08:37Z

New page: I added code to associate the pager motor strength with the activity level, and added fancy crescendoing of the pagers when the turn on and off due to a timing out of the activity level (b...

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I added code to associate the pager motor strength with the activity level, and added fancy crescendoing of the pagers when the turn on and off due to a timing out of the activity level (but don't crescendo when changing between motors of course).

See [[Hack_Notes_CVA_090423]] for an explanation of the timing code.

What I'm doing now is setting a maximum and minimum running motor strength (in the code below it's 220 and 90 out of 255, respectively). The motor strength then varies within the range in proportion to activity level at any given time. So, if the activity level is 100 out of a maximum possible 200, then the pager motor strength would be 155, 100/200=1/2 and 155 is half-way through the range of 90-220.

Finally, if the counter variable reaches the upper limit as determined by a particular activity level, rather then just turning off instantly, the motor will decrescendo for the current motor strength (calculated as above) down to 50, which is roughly the level at which the motors no longer run at all. Once the strength is at 50, the motor turns of completely (since even if the motor isn't running it can still consume power). When the counter resets and the motor turns back on, there is a similar crescendo from 50 to the proper motor strength.

If this is unclear, don't worry. There are lots of magic numbers being moved around...

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/* Skory & Eric
* Compass Vibro-Anklet
* We Rule, June 26, 2009
*/

/* Some code from:
* 2009-03-24, pager motor test, lamont lucas
*/
/*
Some Hitachi HM55B Compass reading code copied from: kiilo kiilo@kiilo.org
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ch/
*/

// define the pins used to run the shift registers
int enable_low = 5;
int serial_in = 6;
int ser_clear_low = 7;
int RCK = 11;
int SRCK = 4;

#include <math.h>

//// define pins used to operate the digital compass (HM55B)
byte CLK_pin = 10;
byte EN_pin = 9;
byte DIO_pin = 8;
int X_Data = 0;
int Y_Data = 0;
int angle;
int status;

//timing vars
unsigned long counter = 0;
int prev_motor = 1;
int curr_motor = 1;
int cycles_per_second = 15; //board and compass specific - must measure
int count;
int activity = 100;
int max_activity = 200;

unsigned long serialTimer = millis();

int max_motor_strength = 220; // 255 = full power
int min_motor_strength = 90; //point under which motors don't run or are unfeelable
int motor_strength = 210; // holds changing motor strength vals

void setup() {
pinMode(enable_low, OUTPUT); // set shift register pins as outputs
pinMode(serial_in, OUTPUT);
pinMode(ser_clear_low, OUTPUT);
pinMode(RCK, OUTPUT);
pinMode(SRCK, OUTPUT);

// use some serial for debugging
Serial.begin(57600);
Serial.println("Setting up board");

// make sure we start out all off
digitalWrite(enable_low, HIGH);
// this should wipe out the serial buffer on the shift register
digitalWrite(ser_clear_low, LOW);
delay(100); //delay in ms

// the TPIC6 clocks work on a rising edge, so make sure they're low to start.
digitalWrite(RCK, LOW);
digitalWrite(SRCK, LOW);

digitalWrite(ser_clear_low, HIGH); //we are now clear to write into the serial buffer

Serial.println("Board is setup");

// setup for HM55B compass chip
pinMode(EN_pin, OUTPUT);
pinMode(CLK_pin, OUTPUT);
pinMode(DIO_pin, INPUT);

HM55B_Reset();

//set intial motor strength
analogWrite(enable_low, 255-max_motor_strength);

}

void loop() {
// make the compass get a reading

HM55B_StartMeasurementCommand(); // necessary!!
delay(40); // the data is ready 40ms later
status = HM55B_ReadCommand();
// Serial.print(status); // read data and print Status
// Serial.print(" ");
X_Data = ShiftIn(11); // Field strength in X
Y_Data = ShiftIn(11); // and Y direction
X_Data = X_Data * -1; // In current rig, chip
Y_Data = Y_Data * -1; // is upside-down; compensate
Serial.print("X: ");
Serial.print(X_Data); // print X strength
Serial.print(" Y: ");
Serial.print(Y_Data); // print Y strength
Serial.print(" A: ");
digitalWrite(EN_pin, HIGH); // ok deselect chip
angle = 180 * (atan2(-1 * Y_Data , X_Data) / M_PI); // angle is atan( -y/x) !!!
if (angle < 0) angle = (360 + angle); //offset neg angles
Serial.print(angle); // print angle
Serial.print(" ");

//Turn on the appropriate motor while keeping track of time and varying motor strength
curr_motor = CalcMotor(8, angle);
if (curr_motor != prev_motor) { //if we changed angle enough
TurnOnMotor(curr_motor); //turn on the new motor
counter = 0; //reset counter
if (activity < max_activity){
activity = activity + 1; //increase activity level up to 200
motor_strength = (((float)activity / (float)max_activity) * (max_motor_strength - min_motor_strength) + min_motor_strength); //set m_strength proportianately to activity
} // within range of min_ms-max_mas
} else { //if angle hasn't changed
if (counter < (activity / 10) * cycles_per_second) { //only keep same motor on for
analogWrite(enable_low, 255-motor_strength); //less than cycles * activity level
TurnOnMotor(curr_motor);
while (motor_strength < ((float)activity / (float)max_activity) * (max_motor_strength - min_motor_strength) + min_motor_strength){ //if m_strength is low (motors off)
motor_strength++; //crescendo the m_strength
Serial.print(" MS: ");
Serial.println(motor_strength);
analogWrite(enable_low, 255-motor_strength);
delay(50);
}
} else { //if counter runs to upper limit
while (motor_strength > 50){ //if m_strength is high (motors on)
motor_strength--; //decrescendo the m_strength
analogWrite(enable_low, 255-motor_strength); //50 seems like point motor
Serial.print(" MS: "); //stops running
Serial.println(motor_strength);
delay(50);
}
TurnOnMotor(0); //then turn all motors off
}
counter++; //increment counter
if (counter > (600 * cycles_per_second) / activity ){
counter = 0; //reset counter
if (activity > 13){ //lower activity level
activity = activity - 13; //max val(s) 0-12
}
}
}

analogWrite(enable_low, 255-motor_strength);
prev_motor = curr_motor;

Serial.print("A: ");
Serial.print(activity);

Serial.print(" C: ");
Serial.print(counter);

Serial.print(" MS: ");
Serial.println(motor_strength);

// Serial.print("counter: ");
// Serial.print(counter);
// Serial.print(" activity: ");
// Serial.println(activity);

/*
//Debug wacky motor wiring disorder
count++;
TurnOnMotor(count);
Serial.print(count); // print angle
Serial.println(" ");
delay(2000);
if (count >= 8)
{
count = 0;
delay(2000);
}
*/

}

//// FUNCTIONS

void TurnOnMotor(int which){
// accept which from 1 to 8
// send message to shift register as appropiate
digitalWrite(enable_low, HIGH);
delayMicroseconds(100); //slow and steady
// Serial.print("Motor ");
// Serial.println(which); // print angle
switch(which){
case 5:
shiftOut(serial_in, SRCK, LSBFIRST, B00000010);
break;
case 6:
shiftOut(serial_in, SRCK, LSBFIRST, B00000001);
break;
case 7:
shiftOut(serial_in, SRCK, LSBFIRST, B00000100);
break;
case 8:
shiftOut(serial_in, SRCK, LSBFIRST, B00001000);
break;
case 1:
shiftOut(serial_in, SRCK, LSBFIRST, B10000000);
break;
case 2:
shiftOut(serial_in, SRCK, LSBFIRST, B01000000);
break;
case 3:
shiftOut(serial_in, SRCK, LSBFIRST, B00100000);
break;
case 4:
shiftOut(serial_in, SRCK, LSBFIRST, B00010000);
break;
case 9:
shiftOut(serial_in, SRCK, LSBFIRST, B11111111);
break;
case 10:
shiftOut(serial_in, SRCK, LSBFIRST, B11110000);
break;
case 11:
shiftOut(serial_in, SRCK, LSBFIRST, B00001111);
break;
default:
// turn them all off
shiftOut(serial_in, SRCK, LSBFIRST, B00000000);
}
//in all cases, pulse RCK to pop that into the outputs
delayMicroseconds(100);
digitalWrite(RCK, HIGH);
delayMicroseconds(100);
digitalWrite(RCK, LOW);
}

int CalcAngle(int howMany, int which)
{ // function which calculates the "switch to next motor" angle
// given how many motors there are in a circle and which position you want
// assume which is 1-indexed (i.e. first position is 1, not zero)
// assume circle is 0-360, we can always offset later...

return (360/howMany*(which-0.5));
}

int CalcMotor(int howMany, int angle)
{ // function to calculate which motor to turn on, given
// how many motors there are and what the current angle is
// assumes motor 1 = angle 0
// assumes angle is from 0-360
int i;
for (i = 1; i<howMany;i++)
{
if ( (angle >= CalcAngle(howMany, i)) & (angle <= CalcAngle(howMany, i+1)) )
return i+1;
}
// if we're still here, it's the last case, the loop over case, which
// is actually motor 1 by assumption
return 1;
}

//HM55B Functions

void ShiftOut(int Value, int BitsCount) {
for(int i = BitsCount; i >= 0; i--) {
digitalWrite(CLK_pin, LOW);
if ((Value & 1 << i) == ( 1 << i)) {
digitalWrite(DIO_pin, HIGH);
//Serial.print("1");
}
else {
digitalWrite(DIO_pin, LOW);
//Serial.print("0");
}
digitalWrite(CLK_pin, HIGH);
delayMicroseconds(1);
}
}

int ShiftIn(int BitsCount) {
int ShiftIn_result;
ShiftIn_result = 0;
pinMode(DIO_pin, INPUT);
for(int i = BitsCount; i >= 0; i--) {
digitalWrite(CLK_pin, HIGH);
delayMicroseconds(1);
if (digitalRead(DIO_pin) == HIGH) {
ShiftIn_result = (ShiftIn_result << 1) + 1;
}
else {
ShiftIn_result = (ShiftIn_result << 1) + 0;
}
digitalWrite(CLK_pin, LOW);
delayMicroseconds(1);
}
//Serial.print(":");

// below is difficult to understand:
// if bit 11 is Set the value is negative
// the representation of negative values you
// have to add B11111000 in the upper Byte of
// the integer.
// see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two%27s_complement
if ((ShiftIn_result & 1 << 11) == 1 << 11) {
ShiftIn_result = (B11111000 << 8) | ShiftIn_result;
}

return ShiftIn_result;
}

void HM55B_Reset() {
pinMode(DIO_pin, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(EN_pin, LOW);
ShiftOut(B0000, 3);
digitalWrite(EN_pin, HIGH);
}

void HM55B_StartMeasurementCommand() {
pinMode(DIO_pin, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(EN_pin, LOW);
ShiftOut(B1000, 3);
digitalWrite(EN_pin, HIGH);
}

int HM55B_ReadCommand() {
int result = 0;
pinMode(DIO_pin, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(EN_pin, LOW);
ShiftOut(B1100, 3);
result = ShiftIn(3);
return result;
}

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