Source code for pynq.lib.pmod.pmod_als

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from math import ceil
from . import Pmod
from . import MAILBOX_OFFSET


__author__ = "Cathal McCabe, Yun Rock Qu"
__copyright__ = "Copyright 2016, Xilinx"
__email__ = "pynq_support@xilinx.com"


PMOD_ALS_PROGRAM = "pmod_als.bin"
PMOD_ALS_LOG_START = MAILBOX_OFFSET+16
PMOD_ALS_LOG_END = PMOD_ALS_LOG_START+(1000*4)
RESET = 0x1
READ_SINGLE_VALUE = 0x3
READ_AND_LOG = 0x7


[docs]class Pmod_ALS(object): """This class controls a light sensor Pmod. The Digilent Pmod ALS demonstrates light-to-digital sensing through a single ambient light sensor. This is based on an ADC081S021 analog-to-digital converter and a TEMT6000X01 ambient light sensor. Attributes ---------- microblaze : Pmod Microblaze processor instance used by this module. log_interval_ms : int Time in milliseconds between sampled reads. """ def __init__(self, mb_info): """Return a new instance of an ALS object. Parameters ---------- mb_info : dict A dictionary storing Microblaze information, such as the IP name and the reset name. """ self.microblaze = Pmod(mb_info, PMOD_ALS_PROGRAM) self.log_interval_ms = 1000
[docs] def read(self): """Read current light value measured by the ALS Pmod. Returns ------- int The current sensor value. """ self.microblaze.write_blocking_command(READ_SINGLE_VALUE) data = self.microblaze.read_mailbox(0) return data
[docs] def set_log_interval_ms(self, log_interval_ms): """Set the length of the log in the ALS Pmod. This method can set the length of the log, so that users can read out multiple values in a single log. Parameters ---------- log_interval_ms : int The length of the log in milliseconds, for debug only. Returns ------- None """ if log_interval_ms < 0: raise ValueError("Log length should not be less than 0.") self.log_interval_ms = log_interval_ms self.microblaze.write_mailbox(0x4, log_interval_ms)
[docs] def start_log(self): """Start recording multiple values in a log. This method will first call set_log_interval_ms() before sending the command. Returns ------- None """ self.set_log_interval_ms(self.log_interval_ms) self.microblaze.write_non_blocking_command(READ_AND_LOG)
[docs] def stop_log(self): """Stop recording multiple values in a log. Simply send the command to stop the log. Returns ------- None """ self.microblaze.write_non_blocking_command(RESET)
[docs] def get_log(self): """Return list of logged samples. Returns ------- List of valid samples from the ALS sensor [0-255] """ # stop logging self.stop_log() # prep iterators and results list [head_ptr, tail_ptr] = self.microblaze.read_mailbox(0x8, 2) readings = [] # sweep circular buffer for samples if head_ptr == tail_ptr: return None elif head_ptr < tail_ptr: num_words = int(ceil((tail_ptr - head_ptr) / 4)) data = self.microblaze.read(head_ptr, num_words) readings += data else: num_words = int(ceil((PMOD_ALS_LOG_END - head_ptr) / 4)) data = self.microblaze.read(head_ptr, num_words) readings += data num_words = int(ceil((tail_ptr - PMOD_ALS_LOG_START) / 4)) data = self.microblaze.read(PMOD_ALS_LOG_START, num_words) readings += data return readings