Reading FM signal with DUE, looking for explanation of code

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Hello community,

I am new with arduino. I just started working with arduino due, watched some tutorials and tried to do the basics..

I now got a short code of a collegue, that reads an FM signal from an SRM crank. The code simply reads the time difference between a rising signal and the next one. Since I don't really get all parts of this code, a friend recommended me to put it on this page. I am really looking forward for some help on this code. Regarding the comments: The guy I got this code from, used a Teensy and he tried to comment it a little bit for me and my due.

Thank you guys,
Patrick

This is the code:

//October 2017
// Simple read HZ using pin 11 and interrupts
//Connect red (Blue) to 3.3v
//Black (green) = ground (GND)
//White (violett) = hz signal into any digital pin, just change number below to match pin
#define hzPin 11
#define DEGREE_FLAG 1

volatile uint8_t bUpdateFlagsShared; //hold the updated flag
// shared variables are updated by the ISR and read by loop.
const int BUFFERSIZE = 50;//change this to whatever size you want to read from the serial port
volatile uint8_t BufferInShared = 0;
volatile uint8_t HZSamplesShared = 0;
int HZInShared[BUFFERSIZE];
volatile int Samples = 0;

unsigned long HZStart;
unsigned long HZPeriod;
unsigned long HZ;


void setup(void)
{
 Serial.begin(9600);//this might need to change for the DUE
 pinMode(hzPin, INPUT);
 attachInterrupt(hzPin, counterhz, RISING);

}

void loop(void)
{
 static int HZIn[BUFFERSIZE];
 static uint8_t bUpdateFlags;
 static uint8_t HZSamples = 0;

 noInterrupts(); // turn interrupts off quickly while we take local copies of the shared variables
 if (bUpdateFlagsShared)
 {
   // take a local copy of which channels were updated in case we need to use this in the rest of loop
   bUpdateFlags = bUpdateFlagsShared;
   if (bUpdateFlags & DEGREE_FLAG)
   {
     HZSamples = HZSamplesShared;
     memcpy (HZIn, HZInShared, sizeof HZInShared);
   }
   bUpdateFlagsShared = 0;
   BufferInShared = 0; //need to be reset?
   HZSamplesShared = 0;
 }
 interrupts();

 if (bUpdateFlags & DEGREE_FLAG  && Samples < 50) {
   for (int i = 0; i < HZSamples; i++) { //print HZ array to serial port
     Serial.print(HZIn[i]);
     if (i < HZSamples - 1) {
       Serial.print(",");
     }
   }
   SerialUSB.println();
   bUpdateFlags = 0;
 }
}

void counterhz() //This is what determines the frequency
{
 HZPeriod = micros() - HZStart;
 if (HZPeriod >= 75) { //285us=3500hz, 334=3000hz
   HZStart = micros();

   HZ = 1000000 / HZPeriod; //convert period to frequency
   if ( HZSamplesShared < BUFFERSIZE && HZ > 300 && HZ < 10000) {//simple filter to eliminate small or large values
     HZInShared[HZSamplesShared++] = HZ;
     HZ = 10000;//not sure why I do this, you migth be able to remove it
   }
 }
 if (HZSamplesShared == BUFFERSIZE) {//when buffer if full, set flag to print data to serial port
   bUpdateFlagsShared |= DEGREE_FLAG;

 }
}
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for a library which supports capture operations on the Due have a look at