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I want to share a wrapper I wrote to be able to use this software with Esp8266 Arduino

Open juancgalvez opened this issue 7 years ago • 0 comments

This is not a issue. I just want to share the wrapper I wrote to be able to use this software with Esp8266 Arduino. It can be found here.

I did some modifications to this software to allow higher speeds and better timing. Basically, changed the use of system_get_time() for the use of CCOUNT in a new function get_ccount(). This allow a higher granularity and better accuracy when timing. I did tests transmitting at 230400 bps without issues. Didn't test reception. Tests with 80Mhz and 160Mhz clock frequencies were done.

Additionally I calculate overhead time (The time consumed by instructions before starting the timing of bits) in receive interrupt function to position better at the middle of a each bit. I didn't consider the delays mentioned in the following paragraph.

I used a logic analyzer and noticed that most of the time the interrupt code starts execution after 1 or 2 microseconds after the pin state changed. This is the best. But, some times there is a delay of 12 or more microseconds. This high delay can cause problems at speeds like 115300 bps or even lower where bits are lost causing invalid data.

juancgalvez avatar Aug 20 '18 21:08 juancgalvez