ir_tx/__init__.py

   1 # __init__.py Nonblocking IR blaster
   2 # Runs on Pyboard D or Pyboard 1.x (not Pyboard Lite) and ESP32
   3
   4 # Released under the MIT License (MIT). See LICENSE.
   5
   6 # Copyright (c) 2020 Peter Hinch
   7 from sys import platform
   8 ESP32 = platform == 'esp32'  # Loboris not supported owing to RMT
   9 if ESP32:
  10     from machine import Pin, PWM
  11     from esp32 import RMT
  12 else:
  13     from pyb import Pin, Timer  # Pyboard does not support machine.PWM
  14
  15 from micropython import const
  16 from array import array
  17 import micropython
  18
  19 # micropython.alloc_emergency_exception_buf(100)
  20
  21 # Duty ratio in carrier off state.
  22 _SPACE = const(0)
  23 # On ESP32 gate hardware design is led_on = rmt and carrier
  24
  25 # Shared by NEC
  26 STOP = const(0)  # End of data
  27
  28 # IR abstract base class. Array holds periods in μs between toggling 36/38KHz
  29 # carrier on or off. Physical transmission occurs in an ISR context controlled
  30 # by timer 2 and timer 5. See README.md for details of operation.
  31 class IR:
  32     active_high = True  # Hardware turns IRLED on if pin goes high.
  33
  34     def __init__(self, pin, cfreq, asize, duty, verbose):
  35         if not IR.active_high:
  36              duty = 100 - duty
  37         if ESP32:
  38             self._pwm = PWM(pin[0])  # Continuous 36/38/40KHz carrier
  39             self._pwm.deinit()
  40             # ESP32: 0 <= duty <= 1023
  41             self._pwm.init(freq=cfreq, duty=round(duty * 10.23))
  42             self._rmt = RMT(0, pin=pin[1], clock_div=80)  # 1μs resolution
  43         else:  # Pyboard
  44             tim = Timer(2, freq=cfreq)  # Timer 2/pin produces 36/38/40KHz carrier
  45             self._ch = tim.channel(1, Timer.PWM, pin=pin)
  46             self._ch.pulse_width_percent(_SPACE)  # Turn off IR LED
  47             # Pyboard: 0 <= pulse_width_percent <= 100
  48             self._duty = duty
  49             self._tim = Timer(5)  # Timer 5 controls carrier on/off times
  50         self._tcb = self._cb  # Pre-allocate
  51         self._arr = array('H', 0 for _ in range(asize))  # on/off times (μs)
  52         self._mva = memoryview(self._arr)
  53         # Subclass interface
  54         self.verbose = verbose
  55         self.carrier = False  # Notional carrier state while encoding biphase
  56         self.aptr = 0  # Index into array
  57
  58     def _cb(self, t):  # T5 callback, generate a carrier mark or space
  59         t.deinit()
  60         p = self.aptr
  61         v = self._arr[p]
  62         if v == STOP:
  63             self._ch.pulse_width_percent(_SPACE)  # Turn off IR LED.
  64             return
  65         self._ch.pulse_width_percent(_SPACE if p & 1 else self._duty)
  66         self._tim.init(prescaler=84, period=v, callback=self._tcb)
  67         self.aptr += 1
  68
  69     # Public interface
  70     # Before populating array, zero pointer, set notional carrier state (off).
  71     def transmit(self, addr, data, toggle=0):  # NEC: toggle is unused
  72         self.aptr = 0  # Inital conditions for tx: index into array
  73         self.carrier = False
  74         self.tx(addr, data, toggle)  # Subclass populates ._arr
  75         self.trigger()  # Initiate transmission
  76
  77     # Subclass interface
  78     def trigger(self):  # Used by NEC to initiate a repeat frame
  79         if ESP32:
  80             self._rmt.write_pulses(tuple(self._mva[0 : self.aptr]), start = 1)
  81         else:
  82             self.append(STOP)
  83             self.aptr = 0  # Reset pointer
  84             self._cb(self._tim)  # Initiate physical transmission.
  85
  86     def append(self, *times):  # Append one or more time peiods to ._arr
  87         for t in times:
  88             self._arr[self.aptr] = t
  89             self.aptr += 1
  90             self.carrier = not self.carrier  # Keep track of carrier state
  91             self.verbose and print('append', t, 'carrier', self.carrier)
  92
  93     def add(self, t):  # Increase last time value (for biphase)
  94         assert t > 0
  95         self.verbose and print('add', t)
  96         # .carrier unaffected
  97         self._arr[self.aptr - 1] += t