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Re: I2C interface
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 12 May 2003 18:10:55 GMT
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Hi Bastiaan,
BrickOS only updates the motor register once every millisecond,
so when using functions like motor_a_dir(), the highest frequency
you can generate is 500 Hz. You can get around this by patching
the kernel, or if that seems disagreeable, below you will find some
routines that will twiddle the bits faster without any kernel patches.
These routines work by accessing the motor register directly. I
still call the BrickOS motor functions because you can't stop
BrickOS from accessing the motor register without patching the
kernel.
The code assumes that SCL is hooked to output A and SDA
is hooked to output B. Also, this will only work with BrickOS
0.2.6.10 or later since prior versions did not reliably turn on the
motors 100% of the time (I've posted about this problem in the
past, and it's been fixed in the latest version of BrickOS).
You should be able to call the functions below at full speed
without any delay loops since each function call takes a significant
amount of time already.
Cheers,
Mark
#include <unistd.h>
#include <dmotor.h>
#define MOTOR_A_SHIFT 6
#define MOTOR_B_SHIFT 2
#define MOTOR_C_SHIFT 0
#define MOTOR_A_MASK (0x03 << MOTOR_A_SHIFT)
#define MOTOR_B_MASK (0x03 << MOTOR_B_SHIFT)
#define MOTOR_C_MASK (0x03 << MOTOR_C_SHIFT)
#define MOTOR_FLOAT 0x00
#define MOTOR_REV 0x01
#define MOTOR_FWD 0x02
#define MOTOR_BRAKE 0x03
#define MOTOR_A_BRAKE (MOTOR_BRAKE << MOTOR_A_SHIFT)
#define MOTOR_A_FWD (MOTOR_FWD << MOTOR_A_SHIFT)
#define MOTOR_A_REV (MOTOR_REV << MOTOR_A_SHIFT)
#define MOTOR_A_FLOAT (MOTOR_FLOAT << MOTOR_A_SHIFT)
#define MOTOR_B_BRAKE (MOTOR_BRAKE << MOTOR_B_SHIFT)
#define MOTOR_B_FWD (MOTOR_FWD << MOTOR_B_SHIFT)
#define MOTOR_B_REV (MOTOR_REV << MOTOR_B_SHIFT)
#define MOTOR_B_FLOAT (MOTOR_FLOAT << MOTOR_B_SHIFT)
#define MOTOR_C_BRAKE (MOTOR_BRAKE << MOTOR_C_SHIFT)
#define MOTOR_C_FWD (MOTOR_FWD << MOTOR_C_SHIFT)
#define MOTOR_C_REV (MOTOR_REV << MOTOR_C_SHIFT)
#define MOTOR_C_FLOAT (MOTOR_FLOAT << MOTOR_C_SHIFT)
extern void set_motor(unsigned char mask, unsigned char value);
__asm__("
.text
.align 1
.global _set_motor
_set_motor:
stc ccr,r1h ; store current interrupt status
orc #0x80,ccr ; disable interrupts
mov @0x80:8,r0h ; read motor_bits
xor r0h,r1l ; xor motor_bits,value
; (determine what bits differ)
and r0l,r1l ; and mask,value
; (mask off those bits we want to change)
xor r1l,r0h ; xor value,motor_bits
; (flip those bits)
mov r0h,@0x80:8 ; write motor_bits
ldc r1h,ccr ; restore interrupts
rts
");
void scl_lo()
{
motor_a_dir(brake);
set_motor(MOTOR_A_MASK, MOTOR_A_BRAKE);
}
void scl_hi()
{
motor_a_dir(fwd);
set_motor(MOTOR_A_MASK, MOTOR_A_FWD);
}
// sets SDA to float during acknowledge pulse
void sda_ack()
{
motor_b_dir(off);
set_motor(MOTOR_B_MASK, MOTOR_B_FLOAT);
}
void sda_lo()
{
motor_b_dir(brake);
set_motor(MOTOR_B_MASK, MOTOR_B_BRAKE);
}
void sda_hi()
{
motor_b_dir(fwd);
set_motor(MOTOR_B_MASK, MOTOR_B_FWD);
}
void sda_set(int d)
{
if (d)
sda_hi();
else
sda_lo();
}
void i2c_init()
{
motor_a_speed(MAX_SPEED);
motor_b_speed(MAX_SPEED);
scl_hi();
sda_hi();
}
"Bastiaan van Kesteren" <b.van.kesteren53@zonnet.nl> wrote in message
news:HEpz2J.pwF@lugnet.com...
> Hello,
>
> A while ago i was working on a I2C interface for the RCX. i took a little
> brake, but started again whit it a week ago. I now have build my own I2C
> interface, which can run at 100kHz(and even faster). The signal is also • pretty
> stable. I had the RCX running a test program, whit all acknowledge checks
> disabled. So when an error occured, the connections would be lost. It • runned
> all night without problems. Thats much better than the old device, which • had an
> error rate of about 3%.
>
> The problem is still the speed. The interface isn't the problem. So I • looked at
> the RCX internals. after reading some documentation about it, i figured • out
> that the motors(the I2C channels are connected to the motor ports) must be
> connected to port 1,2 or 3 of the H8 chip(I couldn't find any clear answer
> about this). So I read the H8 3297 harware manual, and found out that • these
> output ports have a delay time of maximum 100ns, when running at 16mHz. • That
> should be more than fast enough to run at 100kHz, right? i am not even • getting
> close to it....
>
> Then the motor outputs are handled by a driver-IC, the MLX10402. I • couldn't
> find anything about the maximum speed of this IC. Anyone knows more about • this?
> I don't think it can make 100kHz, but I do expect it to make atleast a few • kHz's
>
> Then the speed problem could alos be in the software. Can BrickOS make a • motor
> port run at 100kHz? I am not such a experienced programmer, so I don't now • how
> to figure that out. Does anyone know more about this?
>
> thanks,
> bas.
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| Thanks for your answer! However, I do have some questions about it.. First of all, I looked at the code you send in your post. looks nice, but to be honest, I don't know anything about assembly ( It is assembly, whats being used in the sub (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Hello, A while ago i was working on a I2C interface for the RCX. i took a little brake, but started again whit it a week ago. I now have build my own I2C interface, which can run at 100kHz(and even faster). The signal is also pretty stable. I had (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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