/* * Program to read the electrical meter using a reflective light sensor * This is the data acquisition part running on an Arduino Nano. * It controls the infrared light barrier, detects trigger * and communicates with a master computer (Raspberry Pi) * over USB serial. * Copyright 2015-19 Martin Kompf * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see . */ #include const int analogInPin = A7; // Analog input pin that the photo transistor is attached to const int irOutPin = 2; // Digital output pin that the IR-LED is attached to const int ledOutPin = 12; // Signal LED output pin int sensorValueOff = 0; // value read from the photo transistor when ir LED is off int sensorValueOn = 0; // value read from the photo transistor when ir LED is on int sensorValue = 0; // difference sensorValueOn - sensorValueOff float filteredValue; // filtered sensor value // definitions for low pass filter float filterAlpha = 0.1f; float filterOut = 0; boolean filterLoad = true; // command line #define MAX_CMD_LEN 80 char command[MAX_CMD_LEN]; // command buffer int inCount = 0; // command buffer index boolean cmdComplete = false; // Mode of serial line: // C - command, D - data output char mode = 'D'; // Data output mode: // R - raw data // T - trigger events // C - counter char dataOutput = 'T'; // trigger state and level float triggerLevelLow; float triggerLevelHigh; boolean triggerState = false; // Address of trigger levels in EEPROM uint16_t triggerLevelLowAddr = 0; uint16_t triggerLevelHighAddr = 4; /** * Set trigger levels (low high) from the command line * and store them into EEPROM */ void setTriggerLevels() { char *p = &command[1]; while (*p != 0 && *p == ' ') { ++p; } char *q = p + 1; while (*q != 0 && *q != ' ') { ++q; } *q = 0; eeprom_write_word(&triggerLevelLowAddr, atoi(p)); p = q + 1; while (*p != 0 && *p == ' ') { ++p; } q = p + 1; while (*q != 0 && *q != ' ') { ++q; } *q = 0; eeprom_write_word(&triggerLevelHighAddr, atoi(p)); } /** * Read trigger levels from EEPROM */ void readTriggerLevels() { triggerLevelLow = (float)eeprom_read_word(&triggerLevelLowAddr); triggerLevelHigh = (float)eeprom_read_word(&triggerLevelHighAddr); Serial.print("Trigger levels: "); Serial.print(triggerLevelLow); Serial.print(" "); Serial.println(triggerLevelHigh); } /** * Detect and print a trigger event */ void detectTrigger(float val) { boolean nextState = triggerState; if (val > triggerLevelHigh) { nextState = true; } else if (val < triggerLevelLow) { nextState = false; } if (nextState != triggerState) { triggerState = nextState; Serial.println(triggerState? 1 : 0); // control internal LED digitalWrite(ledOutPin, triggerState); } } /** * Read one line from serial connection and interpret it as a command */ void doCommand() { // print prompt Serial.print(">"); while (! cmdComplete) { // read input while (Serial.available()) { // get the new byte: char inChar = (char)Serial.read(); if (inChar == '\n' || inChar == '\r') { command[inCount] = 0; Serial.println(); cmdComplete = true; break; // End of line } else if (inCount < MAX_CMD_LEN - 1) { command[inCount] = inChar; inCount++; // echo Serial.print(inChar); } } } // interprete command switch (command[0]) { case 'D': // start raw data mode mode = 'D'; dataOutput = 'R'; break; case 'T': // start trigger data mode mode = 'D'; dataOutput = 'T'; break; case 'S': // set trigger levels setTriggerLevels(); readTriggerLevels(); break; } // clear command buffer command[0] = 0; inCount = 0; cmdComplete = false; } /* * Low pass filter to eleminate spikes */ float lowpass(int value) { if (filterLoad) { filterOut = value; filterLoad = false; } filterOut = filterAlpha * value + (1.f - filterAlpha) * filterOut; return filterOut; } /** * Setup. */ void setup() { // initialize serial communications at 9600 bps: Serial.begin(9600); // initialize the digital pins as an output. pinMode(irOutPin, OUTPUT); pinMode(ledOutPin, OUTPUT); // read config from EEPROM readTriggerLevels(); } /** * Main loop. */ void loop() { if (mode == 'C') { doCommand(); } else if (mode == 'D') { if (Serial.available()) { char inChar = (char)Serial.read(); if (inChar == 'C') { // exit data mode mode = 'C'; } } } if (mode == 'D') { // perform measurement // turn IR LED off digitalWrite(irOutPin, LOW); // wait 10 milliseconds delay(10); // read the analog in value: sensorValueOff = analogRead(analogInPin); // turn IR LED on digitalWrite(irOutPin, HIGH); delay(10); // read the analog in value: sensorValueOn = analogRead(analogInPin); sensorValue = sensorValueOn - sensorValueOff; filteredValue = lowpass(sensorValue); switch (dataOutput) { case 'R': // print the raw data to the serial monitor Serial.print(sensorValue); Serial.print(' '); Serial.println(filteredValue, 3); break; case 'T': // detect and output trigger detectTrigger(filteredValue); break; } } delay(10); }