SJ One Board

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Introduction

This article provides details of the SJ-One Board used by San Jose State University.

Obtain the Board

  • If you are a San Jose State University student, you can obtain the board from SCE at Engr294.
  • For remote users, you can contact Preet

About the Board

  • LPC1758 User Manual
  • File:2012SJOneBoardSchematic.pdf
  • 512K ROM, 64K RAM, 1M SPI Flash, and Micro-SD for storage.
  • Built-in Nordic Wireless (Board-to-Board communication)
    Software Stack for Mesh Network
  • 4 Switches and 4 LEDs (both hard-wired)
  • Sensors :
    Temperature, 3-Axis Acceleration, IR (remote control), and Light
  • 2-Digit 7-Segment Display
  • RTC Crystal with Backup Battery
  • Socket for Xbee or Wifi Module (Uart2 or Uart3)
  • Many GPIOs with two SPI, Multiple UARTs, and I2C availability
  • Power from USB or External Power

Programming the Board

There are three ways to program the board:

  1. Use Hyperload; the instructions are documented here.
  2. **Write the programming binary file on SPI Flash or SD Card named "prog.bin"
    Hold the Button 1 & 2 on the board, and press RESET
  3. **Write the programming binary file on SPI Flash or SD Card
    Use example at "prog_handlers.cpp" or terminal command to flash from this file.
 ** Note about flashing from a file
  * This will only work with updated bootloader (boards shipped after Oct. 2013)
  * You can update the bootloader using FlashMagic
  * The *.bin file should be created as part of your project build/compilation

Board Block Diagrams

The block diagrams below show the connectivity to various different chips on the PCB, and also show which GPIOs are available to you. The first diagram shows the pins used for on-board sensors or interfaces. The second diagram shows IOs you can use.

Board Connections

SJ One Board Connections

Board IO

SJ One Board IO

Board Overlay

This board overlay can be compared against diagrams above to get an idea of where the IOs are located.

SJ One Board Overlay



External SPI Devices

To hook up your external SPI device(s), use SPI#1 connections because there is already a driver in SJ-One sample project for this SPI. See the connections below and the sample code: 
#include "spi1.h"

void access_my_spi_device()
{
   // Send 0xDEAD over to SPI device and get 2 bytes back:
   chip_select_my_device(true);
   {
       char byte_0 = spi1_exchange_byte(0xDE);
       char byte_1 = spi1_exchange_byte(0xAD);
   }
   chip_select_my_device(false);

   /**
    * You can use any GPIO for CS (chip-select) signal.
    * This example assumes CS is done through a function: 
    *   chip_select_my_device(bool); 
    */
}
SJ One Board SPI



External I2C Devices

I2C#2 is tied to on-board sensors and you should utilize I2C 2's connection to hook up external I2C devices. See the connections below and the sample code: 

#include "I2C2.hpp"

void send_byte_to_my_i2c_device()
{
    const char my_dev_addr = 0xBA; // Your device address
    const char my_dev_reg  = 0x01; // Write to 1st register of your device
    const char my_dev_data = 0xAB; // Write 0xAB to reg 0x01
    I2C2::getInstance().writeReg(my_dev_addr, my_dev_reg, my_dev_data);
}
SJ One Board I2C


Board Sample Code & Experiments

LEDs, Switches & LED Display

There are on-board switches and LEDs you may use. Furthermore, you can interface your board to external LEDs or switches as well. 

#include "io.hpp"

void led_sw()
{    
    if (SW.getSwitch(1)) { /* Check if button 1 is pressed */
        LE.on(1);          /* Turn on LED # 1              */
        LD.setNumber(1);   /* LED display will show "1"    */
    }
    else {
        LE.setAll(0); /* Turn off all LEDs */
        LD.clear();   /* Clear the display */
    }
}

#include "gpio.hpp"
void external_led()
{
    /* You can use any pin defined at gpio.hpp file
     * Use "Ctrl+Shift+R" and search for "gpio.hpp" file.
     */
    GPIO pin20(P1_20);  /* Use P1.20 as General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) */
    pin20.setAsOutput(); /* Use this pin as OUTPUT */

    pin20.setHigh(); /* Turn on voltage to 3.3v */
    pin20.setLow();  /* Turn off voltage to 0v  */
}


Sensors

This section provides examples of how to read data values from the sensors. 

#include "io.hpp"

void sensors()
{
    int light_value = LS.getRawValue();

    int tilt_x = AS.getX();
    int tilt_y = AS.getY();
    int tilt_z = AS.getZ();

    int temperature_f = TS.getFarenheit();
}


Wireless

This board can communicate to other boards using a very low-powered wireless technology. Here are various resources :


Motor & Servo Control

/* Read this include file for more info */
#include "lpc_pwm.hpp"

/**
 * You can control up to 6 servos with hardware signals (and more with sw)
 * Each signal is mapped to from P2.0 to P2.5
 */
void motor_control()
{
    /* Use 1Khz PWM */
    PWM motor1(PWM::pwm1, 1000);
    PWM motor2(PWM::pwm2, 1000);

    /* Set to 50% motor speed */
    motor1.set(50);
    motor2.set(50);
}
void servo_control()
{
    /* Use 50Hz PWM for servos */
    PWM servo1(PWM::pwm1, 50);
    PWM servo2(PWM::pwm2, 50);

    servo1.set(5.0);  ///< Set to left position
    servo2.set(10.0); ///< Set to right position
}


File I/O

You can read or write files on the SPI Flash or an SD card. You can open a limited amount of files using standard C libraries. First, at your sys_config.h file, please enable ENABLE_C_FILE_IO 

#include "io.hpp"

void file_io()
{
    /* Option 1 : C library I/O (less efficient) 
     * 0: is for SPI Flash
     * 1: is for SD Card
     */
    FILE *fd = fopen("0:myfile.txt", "r");
    char line[128] = { 0 };
    if (fd) {
        fgets(line, sizeof(line)-1, fd);
        fclose(fd);
    }


    /* Option 2 : Use "storage" object (more efficient)
     * This option doesn't require 'ENABLE_C_FILE_IO'
     */
    
    /* Write "hello" to "myfile.txt" */
    Storage::write("0:myfile.txt", "hello", 5, 0))

    /* Read the size of data array from myfile.txt
     * Not using 0: or 1: will default to 0: (SPI Flash)
     */
    char data[16] = { 0 };
    Storage::read("myfile.txt", data, sizeof(data)-1, 0));
}


Uart Socket

You can install BT, Xbee, or RN-XV (Wifi) onto the black socket on the board. The pins can either be routed to UART2 or UART3 using a tiny switch in the middle of the socket. Once the wireless module is installed, you can use the following code to interact with it. 

#include "uart2.hpp"
#include "uart3.hpp"

void uart()
{
    Uart2& u2 = Uart2::getInstance();
    Uart3& u3 = Uart3::getInstance();

    u2.init(38400); /* Init baud rate */
    u3.init(19200); /* Init baud rate */

    u2.putline("Hello World\n");
    u3.putline("Hello World\n");

    /* Reference the documentation of Uart2 or Uart3 header file for more functions.
     * Most of the functionality is in a base class called uart_dev.cpp
     */
}


FreeRTOS Sample Project

Add a Task

/* Add this on top of main()
 * Read "scheduler.task" for more documentation
 * Read "examples.cpp" for more examples.
 */
class myTask : public scheduler_task
{
    public:
        myTask (uint8_t priority) : scheduler_task("mytask", 512*8, priority) {
        }

        bool run(void *p)
        {
            puts("Hello");
            vTaskDelay(1000);
            return true; /* Returning false will suspend the task */
        }
};

int main(void)
{
   // ...
   /* Add your new task here */
   scheduler_add_task(new myTask(PRIORITY_LOW));
   // ...
   scheduler_start(false);
   // ...
}


Add a Terminal Command

/* At terminal.cpp, add the following code at the taskEntry() function */
bool terminalTask::taskEntry()
{
    // ...

    CMD_HANDLER_FUNC(myCmdHandler);
    cp.addHandler(myCmdHandler,   "newcmd",  "This is help message. 'newcmd test' will display: 'OK'");

    // ...
    return true;
}




/* ----------------------------------------------
 * Your source file, such as "my_source.cpp"
 * We will add our command handler function here
 */
#include "command_handler.hpp"

CMD_HANDLER_FUNC(myCmdHandler)
{
    /* cmdParams is a str passed to you after user's command, ie: "newcmd test"
     * output is a UartDev base class that you can use to output a reply message
     * See "handlers.cpp" for more examples
     */
    if(cmdParams == "test") {
        output.printf("OK!\n");
    }
    else {
        output.printf("ERROR for my command\n");
    }
}

Add Source Code

C++ File

Adding C++ code is simple. Simply add your *.hpp and *.cpp files and you are good to go! The file extensions must be *.hpp or *.cpp


C File

Adding C source code is a bit more hassle since compiling with mixed C/C++ requires some extra headers, so please use the following code as template for your header file. The *.c file doesn't require any extra stuff though. 

#ifndef MY_NEW_FILE_H__
#define MY_NEW_FILE_H__

/* need the C++ header */
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C"
#endif



/* Now include your function headers */



#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#endif /* end MY_NEW_FILE_H__ */
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