Add pseudo-constant copies of the AP_Meta_calss::Type_id for the standard AP_VarT subclasses. This makes checking the type of a possible AP_Var much cheaper than calling ::meta_cast, as there is no object con/destruction involved.
Add some helper functions for manipulating AP_Vars from Menu interfaces.
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Add a non-static version of AP_Meta_class::meta_cast that can be used against any subclass object directly.
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Fix prototype for AP_Var_group::serialize so that it's called correctly when saving a group. Now group load/save works.
Add load/save_all and group load/save unit tests.
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- We can't count on the first EEPROM scan knowing about everything; new variables may be constructed later so be willing to go back and re-scan the EEPROM if we encounter a new variable that hasn't been loaded yet.
- Sort out where _key actually points (the variable's data) in the EEPROM and get everyone to use the same interpretation.
- Fix return values from ::save and ::load.
- Make it possible to re-save after ::erase_all by de-locating all variables before the EEPROM is blown away.
- Fix args to eeprom_read_block/eeprom_write_block so that we don't spam random memory.
Add unit tests for basic save/load operations.
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Now a variable belonging to a group can safely be constructed before the group it belongs to, and the group can be destroyed before its member variables. This greatly simplifies the AP_Var constructor(s).
Remove the lookup-by-index and lookup-by-key interfaces to AP_Var and replace them with first/next interfaces for all variables, and for variables belonging to a specific group. Document their usage. Add an accessor for the key associated with a variable so that search-by-key can be performed by a consumer. Throw away the lookup cache implementation, as it's not required anymore.
Re-layout the EEPROM variable header and tweak the EEPROM space allocator so that it's more resistant to interruptions during variable save.
Fix the global constants so that they work.
Add an interface for erasing all variables in EEPROM (only writes one byte).
Fix unit tests so that they work with the changed interfaces. Also tweak the unit test framework so that it doesn't inline all its code. This is a WIP - many more tests need to be written still.
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Fix the comments around AP_Meta_class::meta_cast; they were leftovers from an earlier implementation and entirely not helpful.
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Rather than implementing empty default constructors, make sure that AP_Var and friends have useful default constructors instead. This works around AP_Meta_class::meta_cast requiring a default constructor without having empty ctors scattered around.
Add accessors to AP_Var so that the global variable list can be traversed and the group/variable relationship comprehended by outsiders.
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The format is a simple TLV format; a tag identifying the variable, a length for the variable, and then the actual data. This format could ultimately be extended to include waypoint/commands as well.
This allows us to load and save groups of variables to EEPROM without having to have a static EEPROM map.
Still needs unit tests and (probably) bugfixing.
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This makes it possible to move one resistor on the APM board and feed it PPM directly from a receiver emitting a PPM stream.
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- disable NMEA autodetection; false positives are still a risk
- trim down the console output to a minimum; we still need something to help users diagnose potential problems, but the old output was much too verbose
- rather than block forever, only do one autodetect pass for each ::read call. That's still too long (five seconds or so) but better than blocking forever.
- don't block forever if no GPS is attached.
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This can make re-opening a port faster (as the free/malloc pair can be avoided) and possibly more robust (in the case where e.g. the heap has been corrupted).
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Added an init string for SiRF receivers that will bring them back out of the binary mode configuration that AP_GPS_Auto sets them to.
Picked up the GPS logging format from the AP_GPS_Auto test.
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Major new features:
- No RAM buffer for the NMEA message being parsed; saves 120 bytes of RAM.
- More robust parser, a little less likely to be confused by bad messages.
- Added configuration strings for SiRF, ublox and MediaTek GPS in NMEA mode to select just the messages of interest.
Note that the issue that TinyGPS has with co-ordinates with "different" numbers of decimal digits is addressed in this code.
Size is comparable to the old parser.
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Otherwise, we can end up settling on NMEA as a mode just after switching a SiRF GPS to binary mode.
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This is a partial workaround for not being able to use PSTR at global scope, e.g. in an argument to a constructor; it makes the intent of the otherwise somewhat bulky declaration of the string more obvious.
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Add support for re-opening a port without changing the baudrate or buffer sizes. By passing zero for the parameters that aren't to be changed, code can reconfigure a port without needing to know how it was originally configured.
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Increase the no-data timeout to slightly more than a second, so that GPS' with a 1Hz update rate don't cause problems.
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Add a variant of AP_Float that stores the value as Q5.10 (16-bit fixed-point) to save EEPROM space.
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AP_Vars with either a name or an address are 'interesting' (the latter so we can save_all).
Add the concept of address offsets to scopes. Now we have a container that we can put AP_Vars into that can be moved around in the EEPROM. This will make it easier for things like the PID library which need to support multiple instances getting their parameters from different parts of the ROM.
Improve documentation.
Suck it up and admit that we aren't going to do "identity"-based addressing for the EEPROM and just call the property "address".
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- Add a default ctor/dtor pair. The dtor ensures that all dtors are virtual, and guarantees that there is something in the dtor vtable slot for classes that don't implement their own.
- serialize must not alter the class, mark it const
- Improve documentation
- Fix handle validation to prevent trying to read 2 bytes beyond the end of memory
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The overriding principle here is to keep the use of AP_Vars as simple as possible, whilst letting the implementation do useful things behind the scenes. To that end, we define AP_Float, AP_Int8, AP_Int16 and AP_Int32. These are strongly typed, so that there is no ambiguity about what a variable "really" is.
The classes behave like the variables they are storing; you can use an AP_Float in most places you would use a regular float; you can add to it, multiply by it, etc. If it has been given an address in EEPROM you can load and save it.
Variables can be given names, and if they are named then they can be looked up. This allows e.g. a GCS or a test tool to find and traffic in variables that it may not explicitly know about.
AP_Var does not attempt to solve the problem of EEPROM address space management.
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Most other consumers of the accel/gyro values should be asking us for them anyway. At that point, what they are getting are the values we sampled here.
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Refactor the existing AP_IMU as AP_IMU_Oilpan (this will require changes in other projects TBD).
Add a shim IMU class for use by e.g. HIL protocol handlers.
This paves the way for a better handling of HIL_MODE_SENSORS as well as the mooted SPI-based oilpan IMU.
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This should obsolete AP_GPS_HIL as it's a little more versatile (and it will generate cheaper code).
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Nuke AP_GPS_IMU, as nothing is using it anymore.
Simplify the handling of no GPS/no fix detection.
Fix prototypes for ::init and ::read.
Update AP_GPS_Auto and corresponding example, nearly ready for primetime.
Use uint8_t rather than byte.
Strip some _error() calls to save space. More could still go.
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Drop some unused, old vector code.
Strip the UDR pointer from the class instance, since it's never used.
Fix up the comment describing RAM savings.
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