/*
* 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);
}