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Community / Exhibition / Gallery / Re: 7ft Camera Slider
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on: February 08, 2013, 09:29:17 pm
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Hey- just am starting to get involved in open source motion control and time lapse (I am not a big video guy so i will mostly do Time Lapse stuff) I saw your project over on the OpenMoco forum- looks really good so far!! I am trying at the moment to create a very inexpensive (<$200) portable, pan/tilt timelaspe head (gotta do what you can when you are a high school student  ). I noticed that you were based in Idaho- I live in southern Idaho so maybe we are not that far apart  Nice project!!
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Using Arduino / Programming Questions / Button (INT0) interrupt freezes interrupts for 1 sec... stop!
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on: October 21, 2012, 06:57:55 pm
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I am currently writing code for a watch project using asynchronous timing between an external 32.768kHz crystal and the internal timer on an arduino. So far, I have gotten it working and am in the midst of debugging code... working in finalizing it.
basically, this is a modified BigTime watch (sold at sparkfun)
The 32.768kHz crystal is interrupting the arduino once every second, which updates timer variables. These are then used to set the time On pin 8, I have an LED to see if the interrupt is being called. It flashes on and off every second, as it should. Except when I press the button (interrupts on INT0 to show the time), the LED fails to "tick" for a second, then this causes the timing to be off by a few seconds... I need to eliminate this stutter.
Here is my code
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Using Arduino / Programming Questions / Re: Timer2 Interrups REFUSE to work! :(
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on: October 10, 2012, 10:45:01 pm
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Nah, I'm back for more.... Ok, so basically I got my code up and mostly running, but this time I am having trouble with the hardware interrupts. My code: #include <avr/sleep.h> //Needed for sleep_mode #include <avr/power.h> //Needed for powering down perihperals such as the ADC/TWI and Timers //#include <interrupts.h> #include <avr/interrupt.h>
#define TRUE 1 #define FALSE 0
//Set this variable to change how long the time is shown on the watch face. In milliseconds so 1677 = 1.677 seconds int show_time_length = 2000; volatile int show_the_time = FALSE;
//You can set always_on to true and the display will stay on all the time //This will drain the battery in about 15 hours int always_on = FALSE;
volatile long seconds = 54; volatile int minutes = 24; volatile int hours = 3;
//Careful messing with the system color, you can damage the LEDs if //you assign the wrong color. If you're in doubt, set it to red and load the code, //then see what the color is. #define RED 1 int systemColor = RED; int display_brightness = 15000; //A larger number makes the display more dim. This is set correctly below.
//-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= //Pin definitions int hour8 = A4; //Hour 8 int hour4 = A2; //Hour 4 int hour2 = 12; //Hour 2 int hour1 = 10; //Hour 1
int minute32 = A0; //Minute 32 int minute16 = A3; //Minute 16 int minute8 = A1; //Minute 8 int minute4 = 13; //Minute 4 int minute2 = 11; //Minute 2 int minute1 = 9; //Minute 1
int theButton = 2; //-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
//The very important 32.686kHz interrupt handler //The very important 32.686kHz interrupt handler ISR (TIMER2_OVF_vect) { seconds += 8; //We sleep for 8 seconds instead of 1 to save more power //seconds++; //Use this if we are waking up every second
if(seconds > 59){ minutes++; seconds = seconds - 59; }
if(minutes > 59){ hours++; minutes = minutes - 59; }
/* //Update the minutes and hours variables minutes += seconds / 60; //Example: seconds = 2317, minutes = 58 + 38 = 96 seconds %= 60; //seconds = 37 hours += minutes / 60; //12 + (96 / 60) = 13 minutes %= 60; //minutes = 36 */
if(hours > 12) hours -= 12;
} //The interrupt occurs when you push the button
ISR(INT0_vect){
//When you hit the button, we will need to display the time //if(show_the_time == FALSE) show_the_time = TRUE;
}
void setup() { //To reduce power, setup all pins as inputs with no pullups for(int x = 1 ; x < 18 ; x++){ pinMode(x, INPUT); digitalWrite(x, LOW); }
pinMode(theButton, INPUT); //This is the main button, tied to INT0 digitalWrite(theButton, HIGH); //Enable internal pull up on button
//These pins are used to control the display pinMode(hour8, OUTPUT); pinMode(hour4, OUTPUT); pinMode(hour2, OUTPUT); pinMode(hour1, OUTPUT);
pinMode(minute32, OUTPUT); pinMode(minute16, OUTPUT); pinMode(minute8, OUTPUT); pinMode(minute4, OUTPUT); pinMode(minute2, OUTPUT); pinMode(minute1, OUTPUT);
//Power down various bits of hardware to lower power usage set_sleep_mode (SLEEP_MODE_PWR_SAVE);
//Shut off ADC, TWI, SPI, Timer1
ADCSRA &= ~ _BV (ADEN); // Disable ADC ACSR = _BV (ACD); // Disable the analog comparator DIDR0 = 0x3F; // Disable digital input buffers on all ADC0-ADC5 pins DIDR1 = _BV (AIN1D) | _BV (AIN0D); //Disable digital input buffer on AIN1/0
power_twi_disable(); power_spi_disable(); power_usart0_disable(); power_timer1_disable(); //Setup TIMER2 /* TCCR2A = 0; TCCR2B = _BV (CS22) | _BV (CS21) | _BV (CS20); ASSR = _BV (AS2); // Enable asynchronous operation TIMSK2 = _BV (TOIE2); // Enable the timer 2 interrupt */
TIMSK2 = 0; //stop timer2 interrupts while we set up ASSR = _BV(AS2); //Timer/Counter2 clocked from external crystal TCCR2A = 0; //override arduino settings, ensure WGM mode 0 (normal mode) TCCR2B = _BV (CS22) | _BV (CS21) | _BV (CS20); //prescaler clk/1024 -- TCNT2 will overflow once every 8 seconds TCNT2 = 0; //start the timer at zero while (ASSR & (_BV(TCN2UB) | _BV(TCR2AUB) | _BV(TCR2BUB))) {} //wait for the registers to be updated TIFR2 = _BV(OCF2B) | _BV(OCF2A) | _BV(TOV2); //clear the interrupt flags TIMSK2 = _BV(TOIE2); //enable interrupt on overflow
//Setup external INT0 interrupt EICRA = (1<<ISC01); //Interrupt on falling edge EIMSK = (1<<INT0); //Enable INT0 interrupt
sei(); //Enable global interrupts
//System clock futzing //CLKPR = (1<<CLKPCE); //Enable clock writing //CLKPR = (1<<CLKPS3); //Divid the system clock by 256
//Display brightness changes based on color if(systemColor == RED) { display_brightness = 4500; //The higher the number, the lower the brightness
} else { display_brightness = 1;
}
showTime(); //Show the current time for a few seconds
sei(); //Enable global interrupts // open the serial port at 9600 bps: Serial.begin(9600); Serial.println("Hola!!"); }
void loop() { if(always_on == FALSE) Serial.println("Hola!!"); Serial.println("Hola!!"); sleep_mode(); //Stop everything and go to sleep. Wake up if the Timer2 buffer overflows or if you hit the button
if(show_the_time == TRUE || always_on == TRUE) {
/*Serial.print(hours, DEC); Serial.print(":"); Serial.print(minutes, DEC); Serial.print(":"); Serial.println(seconds, DEC);*/
showTime(); //Show the current time for a few seconds
//If you are STILL holding the button, then you must want to adjust the time if(digitalRead(theButton) == LOW){ setTime(); } show_the_time = FALSE; //Reset the button variable } }
void showTime() {
//Here is where we display the time and PWM the LEDs
//Now show the time for a certain length of time long startTime = millis(); while( (millis() - startTime) < show_time_length) {
lightLeds();
if(display_brightness > 0){ //PWM only if brightness is not full delayMicroseconds(display_brightness); } }
}
void lightLeds() { //Turns correct outputs on
//Pin assignments //Minutes
switch(hours) {
case 12: digitalWrite(hour8, HIGH); // Hour is 12 digitalWrite(hour4, HIGH); digitalWrite(hour2, LOW); digitalWrite(hour1, LOW); break;
// ....
case 1: digitalWrite(hour8, LOW); // Hour is 1 digitalWrite(hour4, LOW); digitalWrite(hour2, LOW); digitalWrite(hour1, HIGH); break;
}
switch(minutes){
case 59: digitalWrite(minute32, HIGH); //Minute is 59 digitalWrite(minute16, HIGH); digitalWrite(minute8, HIGH); digitalWrite(minute4, LOW); digitalWrite(minute2, HIGH); digitalWrite(minute1, HIGH); break;
// .....
case 1: digitalWrite(minute32, LOW); //Minute is 1 digitalWrite(minute16, LOW); digitalWrite(minute8, LOW); digitalWrite(minute4, LOW); digitalWrite(minute2, LOW); digitalWrite(minute1, HIGH); break;
}
if(display_brightness > 0){ //Only PWM if brightness is not full delayMicroseconds(display_brightness);
digitalWrite(hour8, LOW); //write pins low to get "dimming" effect digitalWrite(hour4, LOW); digitalWrite(hour2, LOW); digitalWrite(hour1, LOW);
digitalWrite(minute32, LOW); digitalWrite(minute16, LOW); digitalWrite(minute8, LOW); digitalWrite(minute4, LOW); digitalWrite(minute2, LOW); digitalWrite(minute1, LOW); }
}
Heres the problem point //The interrupt occurs when you push the button
ISR(INT0_vect){
//When you hit the button, we will need to display the time //if(show_the_time == FALSE) show_the_time = TRUE;
}
If I have it just set as ISR(INT0_vect)
The interrupt is only able to be called once or twice, then the arduino seems to not respond to the interrupt anymore. Setting it to ISR(EXT_INT0_vect)
seems to fix it, but then the 32khz clock doesn't "tick" forward (perhaps a bit of interrupt clashing here?) I dont really know what is going on, I have checked most of the code but i don't get what is causing the problem. I am just using a wire-to-ground to trigger the interrupt, maybe i need to wire in a straight button... I'm not sure. Looks and seems a bit like a debounce issue to me. I did have to edit my code to fit into the forum, cutting out the time-setting part, and some of the comments. Just ask if you need the full deal, I kept all the loop() code in though
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Using Arduino / Programming Questions / Re: Timer2 Interrups REFUSE to work! :(
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on: October 09, 2012, 09:53:23 pm
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FINALLY!!!!!! I dont know exactly what I did, but it works. Odd. I think I basically had to set the fuses to use the internal oscillator, then proceed to burn a bootloader that makes use of the internal oscillator (I just used the stock "Arduino on a breadboard option") From there I uploaded the sketch, and it worked
Still not verifying that was exactly what I did, I was basically just messing around, trying to get ANYTHING to work on the chip.
Working on debugging my code currently. It works for the mostpart but by button interrupt stops working after it is used 3 times... Weird.
Thanks so much for your help!!!!
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Using Arduino / Programming Questions / Re: Timer2 Interrups REFUSE to work! :(
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on: October 08, 2012, 11:00:52 pm
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Whole thing is on a breadboard, still nothing. Asking around for some new chips, etc. IDK whats wrong with this..
-My internal timer seems to work, I can do LED stuff and the timing works without a crystal -Interrupts *seem* to work when I have the fuses set to use an EXTERNAL oscillator
So I think perhaps something is up when the chip goes into asynchronous timer mode. I'm guessing somehow my chip doesnt get there.
Only think i can find different between your chips and mine in terms of fuses is the clock calibration fuse, which I don't exactly know what that is... Oh, one more thing, what bootloader did you format your chips on before doing this? I know this is a pretty weird problem, and I hate to spend a lot of your time on it, but any help would be appreciated greatly. Thanks!!
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Using Arduino / General Electronics / Need a verified source for atmega chips and 32.768kHz crystals
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on: October 08, 2012, 09:09:16 pm
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I am working on a project that requires the use of asynchronous timers using Atmega 328 chips, but none of the chips I have seem to work correctly, and I dont know why. I am guessing that my chips are just somehow not working right
So I need a verified good source of Atmega 328 chips that support the use of internal oscillators and if you have done it, asynchronous timer mode.
Also needing a good source of 32.768 kHz crystals that work. I currently have a few from digikey, but IDK if they are all good.
US vendors are great, but if shipping is fast I dont mind going international.
THANKS!
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Using Arduino / Programming Questions / Re: Timer2 Interrups REFUSE to work! :(
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on: October 07, 2012, 03:47:27 pm
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Aha! Finally something... To test to see if I could actually count using the interrupt, I tried this sketch: #include <avr/sleep.h> //Needed for sleep_mode #include <avr/power.h> //Needed for powering down perihperals such as the ADC/TWI and Timers
const byte LED = 8; long time;
//The very important 32.686kHz interrupt handler ISR (TIMER2_OVF_vect) {time++;}
//The interrupt occurs when you push the button void buttonPress (void) { }
void setup() { time = 0; pinMode (LED, OUTPUT); digitalWrite (2, HIGH); // pull-up
//Power down various bits of hardware to lower power usage set_sleep_mode (SLEEP_MODE_PWR_SAVE);
//Shut off ADC, TWI, SPI, Timer1
ADCSRA &= ~ _BV (ADEN); // Disable ADC ACSR = _BV (ACD); // Disable the analog comparator DIDR0 = 0x3F; // Disable digital input buffers on all ADC0-ADC5 pins DIDR1 = _BV (AIN1D) | _BV (AIN0D); //Disable digital input buffer on AIN1/0
power_twi_disable(); power_spi_disable(); power_usart0_disable(); power_timer1_disable(); //Setup TIMER2 /* TCCR2A = 0; TCCR2B = _BV (CS22) | _BV (CS21) | _BV (CS20); ASSR = _BV (AS2); // Enable asynchronous operation TIMSK2 = _BV (TOIE2); // Enable the timer 2 interrupt */
TIMSK2 = 0; //stop timer2 interrupts while we set up ASSR = _BV(AS2); //Timer/Counter2 clocked from external crystal TCCR2A = 0; //override arduino settings, ensure WGM mode 0 (normal mode) TCCR2B = _BV(CS22) | _BV(CS21) | _BV(CS20); //prescaler clk/1024 -- TCNT2 will overflow once every 8 seconds TCNT2 = 0; //start the timer at zero while (ASSR & (_BV(TCN2UB) | _BV(TCR2AUB) | _BV(TCR2BUB))) {} //wait for the registers to be updated TIFR2 = _BV(OCF2B) | _BV(OCF2A) | _BV(TOV2); //clear the interrupt flags TIMSK2 = _BV(TOIE2); //enable interrupt on overflow attachInterrupt (0, buttonPress, FALLING); }
void loop() { digitalWrite (LED, LOW); delay(time); sleep_mode(); // Stop everything and go to sleep. Wake up if the Timer2 buffer overflows or if you hit the button digitalWrite (LED, HIGH); delay(time); } An LED on pin 8 blinked really quickly than slowed. So this proves that the timer is interrupting, however, this was done with the fuses set as Extended : 0xFE High : 0xD6 Low : 0xFF (external 8 mHz oscillator) Edit: To Nick Sorry, my prototyping process is a bit edgy at the moment. I have not really had any experience actually trying to, well, /professionally/ prototype something. I am simply using the breadboard to test things I cannot on the UNO board (example, taking off the oscillator, or trying a different speed crystal). Actually... well, now I see some of my mistakes... Im just gonna move the whole thing to a breadboard and wire up ICSP to that. I have a 16mhz crystal so I can upload fine using ICSP... The final product I want is an arduino chip that has an RTC running off Timer2 interrupts, whilst using the internal oscillator to run code that the interrupt will eventually trigger
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Using Arduino / Programming Questions / Re: Timer2 Interrups REFUSE to work! :(
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on: October 07, 2012, 03:17:25 pm
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Ok, my setup I am using an arduino Uno, connected via ICSP to an Amtel MKII programmer (clone) (I should note that the clone seems to work perfectly). (also, sorry for the blurrycam photos and jumbled wiring. Using a cell phone and the wiring, though jumbled, is working) Ignore the chip in the breadboard too- that one is fried. Just using it to show the pinout of things. At the moment I am just trying to get this to work on the UNO board before moving to a breadboard The code i am using is the code you posted on the last page. #include <avr/sleep.h> //Needed for sleep_mode #include <avr/power.h> //Needed for powering down perihperals such as the ADC/TWI and Timers
const byte LED = 8;
//The very important 32.686kHz interrupt handler ISR (TIMER2_OVF_vect) { }
//The interrupt occurs when you push the button void buttonPress (void) { }
void setup() { pinMode (LED, OUTPUT); digitalWrite (2, HIGH); // pull-up
//Power down various bits of hardware to lower power usage set_sleep_mode (SLEEP_MODE_PWR_SAVE);
//Shut off ADC, TWI, SPI, Timer1
ADCSRA &= ~ _BV (ADEN); // Disable ADC ACSR = _BV (ACD); // Disable the analog comparator DIDR0 = 0x3F; // Disable digital input buffers on all ADC0-ADC5 pins DIDR1 = _BV (AIN1D) | _BV (AIN0D); //Disable digital input buffer on AIN1/0
power_twi_disable(); power_spi_disable(); power_usart0_disable(); power_timer1_disable(); //Setup TIMER2 TCCR2A = 0; TCCR2B = _BV (CS22) | _BV (CS21) | _BV (CS20); ASSR = _BV (AS2); // Enable asynchronous operation TIMSK2 = _BV (TOIE2); // Enable the timer 2 interrupt
attachInterrupt (0, buttonPress, FALLING); }
void loop() { digitalWrite (LED, LOW); sleep_mode(); // Stop everything and go to sleep. Wake up if the Timer2 buffer overflows or if you hit the button digitalWrite (LED, HIGH); } Running that on the UNO seems to work- as long as you are not running off the internal oscillator. As for the chip itself, I have attached a photo of what the fuse settings are (currently). At this time I was trying a different bootloader which is why the bootloader fuse size is kinda off. Re-burning it to UNO bootloader.Have tried with UNO bootloader, Pro 8mhz bootloader, etc, with and without changing fuse settings to internal oscillator
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Using Arduino / Programming Questions / Re: Timer2 Interrups REFUSE to work! :(
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on: October 06, 2012, 07:00:01 pm
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My gosh I dont have clue what is up with this stupid timer2.
I have discarded the interrupts for now. It seems it is a different problem.
After uploading an Arduino Pro 8mhz bootloader to the chip, the LED blinks at around 1/2 second pulses (using an UNO board). Going into AVR studio, apparently this sets the fuses to select the crystal on the board as oscillator. Change that to internal, and the LED blinks every second.
However, it seems not to use timer2 whatsoever. Nada. Zilch. And I have no idea why it simply refuses to use any timer asynchronously. Everything seems to base off the internal timer- wther or not there is a timer connected to the TOSC pins or not.
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