The Iron Handshake

After a brief reprieve from the world of circuits (and their bending) I decided to begin work on the codebase for the S1 sensor. The first forays have been into bus communication, with a simple templated foundation in the works. Often the pattern of bus operations is fixed, with variation in the data layout and signals. The library, called Iron, exposes only the essential components, hiding the details (read: gory) of bus management from the user.

For the S1 project the main role of the bus will be the transfer of image buffers. The library scans all serial ports, signalling to any devices that satisfy a signature. A device matching the protocol is connected to, enabling the start of bus operations.

EN_DEFINE_BUS_PROTOCOL( IR, 16, 0xB0, 0x7B, 0xA6 )
std::vector< Device > devs = Bus< IR, CPU >::listDevices( All );
Bus< IR, CPU >::connect( devs[0], baudRate );
Bus< IR, MCU >::write( image);

The video below shows a simple handshake between a PC application with an Arduino using the Bluetooth Serial Port Protocol. The LED blinks once to indicate a successful handshake. The next step is to send some image data from the Arduino, maybe using sensor values... or I bin it ;)