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ivan_ult
Joined: 29 Oct 2008 Posts: 7
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2 Timers (multitasking) . . . |
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:21 am |
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Hi everyone, I have an application which controls 2 rs232 inputs, I need to read each rx (a "@" character), and send an output in a single pin, with 1 minute duration and after that send the pin to low.
I've done this with 1 rs232 and with 1 output_bit, but I need to do it with 2 rx and 2 outbits at the same.
Any suggestion.
Part of the code. . . .
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myloop:
restart_wdt();
if (kbhit(PICCOM1))
{
PROGRAM_DATA=fgetc(PICCOM1);
output_bit(LED,1);
delay_ms(5);
output_bit(LED,0);
if (PROGRAM_DATA==64)
{
output_bit(LED,1);
output_bit(RELAY_RS232,1);
for (x=1;x<=45;++x)
{
delay_ms(1000);
restart_wdt();
};
output_bit(LED,0);
output_bit(RELAY_RS232,0);
};
}
goto myloop; |
Regards . . .
Ivan Sierra Flores
Matamoros MX |
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Ttelmah Guest
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Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:30 am |
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First question. What PIC?.
You need ether a PIC with two hardware serial ports, or an external hardware UART. Otherwise this is basically impossible (not quite, but nearly...).
Then, do a search for 'timeslicing state machines'.
You would only use one timer. Have this provide a system heartbeat, and in this heartbeat, trigger counters when events are detected, which get decremented on the system heartbeat, with events triggered when this happens.
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ivan_ult
Joined: 29 Oct 2008 Posts: 7
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Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:58 am |
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Hi Ttelmah, first thanks for answer so fast, I'm using a 16F877A,
some suggestion with this.
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Ttelmah Guest
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Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:15 am |
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I'm afraid with that, you will need to add an external UART. Philips do some nice small SPI ones, or Maxim has their MAX3100. You'd be much better switching to a chip with dual UARTs.
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andrewg
Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 316 Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:06 am |
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1.Have your mainline sit in a loop with a software serial port that turns on the pin and sets a countdown when the character is received.
2. Set up a hardware serial interrupt handler that sets another countdown when the character is received and turns on the pin.
3. Set up a millisecond interrupt, counting down each of the counters to turn off the pins. _________________ Andrew |
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John P
Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 331
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:04 pm |
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That overall loop with a label and a goto is awful C programming. Use
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while(1)
{
Everything inside the loop
};
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And there is no need for a semicolon after a closing bracket (I put one there just to illustrate it). It will only cause trouble.
Speaking of trouble:
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for (x=1;x<=45;++x)
{
delay_ms(1000);
restart_wdt();
};
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You do understand that the watchdog will get reset once a second for 45 seconds, right?
It's perfectly possible to have one hardware UART and one software UART. But to make that work, you can't allow anything to hold up the program, as the delay_ms() instruction does. I agree with AndrewG, you have to set up a timer in an interrupt and operate the LEDs when it runs out, while polling your UARTs, or using separate interrupts for them. The choice there depends on what's most important, immediate response or accurate timing. But if all you want to do is flash lights for a human observer, it doesn't matter if there are small delays or if a "second" isn't exactly 1.000 seconds.
If there's a software UART involved, you might want to set the timer interrupt to the same frequency as the baud rate, assuming it isn't incredibly fast or slow. 9600 or 19200 are good choices. |
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ivan_ult
Joined: 29 Oct 2008 Posts: 7
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Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:41 am |
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Thanks a lot , for now I've use 2 877 (there is a rush in this project), but I will try to do your suggestions the next time (1 weeek ), so I'll keep you guys posted. And thanks again.
Ivan . . . |
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