// ============================================================================ // Nixie driver: shared/multiplexed BCD-to-decimal decoder (SN74141 / 7441 / K155ID1) // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- // ESP32 port of multiplex74141.ino - identical hardware/multiplex strategy // (one shared BCD decoder driving all tubes, one digitEnablePins[] transistor // per tube selects which tube's cathodes are actually connected at any given // instant; see the header comment in multiplex74141.ino for the full write-up // of the wiring/timing rationale). The two files are kept separate rather // than merged behind #ifdefs because the ESP8266 and ESP32 hardware-timer // APIs are different enough (timer1_write single-shot vs. timerAlarmWrite // auto-reload, ICACHE_RAM_ATTR vs IRAM_ATTR/DRAM_ATTR placement, and the // dual-core critical-section requirements on ESP32) that sharing one file // would need almost as many #ifdefs as duplicating it. // // Platform: ESP32 ONLY. // Used by these clocks.h configs (search for "#define MULTIPLEX74141_ESP32"): // CLOCK_23, CLOCK_23A, CLOCK_23B, CLOCK_31, CLOCK_33, CLOCK_43, CLOCK_44, CLOCK_45 // digitEnablePins[], ABCDPins[4] and DP_PIN are defined per-CLOCK_NN in clocks.h. // ============================================================================ #ifdef MULTIPLEX74141_ESP32 char tubeDriver[] = "MULTIPLEX74141_ESP32"; //define here the digit enable pins from 4 to 8 //byte digitEnablePins[] = {15,13,12,14}; //for example... But SET in clocks.h !!! //byte ABCDPins[4] = {2,4,5,0}; //int DP_PIN = -1; // decimalPoint inside Nixie tube, set -1, if not used! int maxDigits = sizeof(digitEnablePins); //digitEnablePins is byte[], so sizeof == element count int DRAM_ATTR maxDig = maxDigits; //memory variable version; DRAM_ATTR forces it into internal RAM (never flash-cached) so the IRAM ISR can safely read it //byte convert[] = {1,0,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2}; //tube pin conversion, is needed (for example: bad tube pin layout) // NOTE: despite the "msec" comment these are raw hardware-timer tick counts (see // PRESCALER in the core .ino / startTimer()), not real milliseconds - they only // control the ON/OFF ratio of each tube's multiplex slot (= brightness). int DRAM_ATTR PWMrefresh=11000; //msec, Multiplex time period. Greater value => slower multiplex frequency int DRAM_ATTR PWM_min = 1000; int DRAM_ATTR PWM_max = 10000; //int DRAM_ATTR PWMtiming[11] = {0,1000,2000,3000,4000,5000,6000,7000,8000,9000,10000}; #if defined(ESP32) #else #error "Only ESP32 board is supported by this driver!" #endif void setup_pins() { char tmp[30]; DPRINTLN("Nixie clock - setup pins - Multiplex 74141 mode..."); DPRINTLN("digitEnablePins: "); for (int i=0;i=0 pinMode(DP_PIN,OUTPUT); // POSSIBLE BUG: no regPin(DP_PIN,"DP_PIN") call here, unlike the ESP8266 sibling // (multiplex74141.ino) and the other drivers in this family. DP_PIN will therefore // be silently missing from the "USED CLOCK PINS" diagnostic list even though it is // actively driven below in writeDisplay(). DPRINT("DP_PIN:"); DPRINTLN(DP_PIN); #endif startTimer(); } void IRAM_ATTR writeDisplay(){ //void IRAM_ATTR writeDisplay(){ // All static locals are DRAM_ATTR: code and read-only data placed by the linker in // flash can become briefly inaccessible while the ESP32 is reading/writing SPI flash // (e.g. Wi-Fi, EEPROM/OTA). An IRAM_ATTR ISR is safe to run during that time, but only // if every byte of data it touches - not just the function code - is forced into // internal DRAM instead of flash-backed memory. Hence DRAM_ATTR on every static here // and on the module-level PWM constants above. static DRAM_ATTR byte pos = 0; static DRAM_ATTR byte state=0; static DRAM_ATTR int timer = PWMrefresh; static DRAM_ATTR int num,brightness; static DRAM_ATTR byte DPpos; static DRAM_ATTR int PWMtimeBrightness=PWM_min; if (EEPROMsaving) { //stop refresh, while EEPROM write is in progress! // Note: unlike the ESP8266 sibling, this does NOT re-arm the hardware timer before // returning. That's fine here because startTimer() configured ESP32timer with // autoreload=true (see timerAlarmWrite(...,true) in startTimer()), so the timer // keeps firing on its own at whatever period was last programmed; only the display // content update is skipped while EEPROM is being written. return; } // ESP32 is dual-core: portENTER/EXIT_CRITICAL_ISR takes a spinlock so the other core // (e.g. running Wi-Fi/loop() code) cannot preempt this ISR mid-update of shared state, // while noInterrupts()/interrupts() additionally blocks other interrupt sources on // THIS core. Both are used together defensively so the digitalWrite() sequence below // (which must stay atomic - partial BCD + digit-enable writes would flash a wrong // digit) can't be interleaved with anything else. portENTER_CRITICAL_ISR(&timerMux); noInterrupts(); intCounter++; brightness = displayON ? prm.dayBright : prm.nightBright; if (brightness>MAXBRIGHTNESS) brightness = MAXBRIGHTNESS; //only for safety timer = PWMrefresh; // Same 4-state per-tube multiplex/animation state machine as the ESP8266 version // (multiplex74141.ino) - see the detailed comments there. In short: state 0 advances // to the next tube and (if a wipe animation is active for it) shows the OLD digit for // part of the slot; state 1 shows the NEW digit for the rest; state 2 blanks the tube // for the remainder of the refresh period (this ON/OFF ratio is what implements // brightness); state 3 is a one-tick marker consumed immediately below. switch (state) { //state machine... case 0: pos++; if (pos>maxDig-1) { pos = 0; //go to the first tube // Brightness/lux is only resampled once per full refresh cycle (all tubes), not per-tube. if (autoBrightness && displayON) { PWMtimeBrightness = max(PWM_min,PWM_max*lx/MAXIMUM_LUX); } else PWMtimeBrightness = max(PWM_min,PWM_max*brightness/MAXBRIGHTNESS); } if (animMask[pos] > 0) { //Animation? num = oldDigit[pos]; //show old character timer = (PWMtimeBrightness * (20-animMask[pos]))/20; //older digit gets the (20-mask)/20 share of ON time state = 1; //next state is: show newDigit } else { num = digit[pos]; //show active character timer = PWMtimeBrightness; state = 2; //next state is: BLANK display } break; case 1: //show new character, if animation num = newDigit[pos]; timer = (PWMtimeBrightness * animMask[pos])/20; //new digit gets the mask/20 share -> "wipe" transition within one tube's slot state = 2; //default next state is: BLANK display break; case 2: //blank display timer = PWMrefresh-PWMtimeBrightness; state = 3; break; } //end switch if (timer<500) timer = 500; //safety only... (too-short alarm periods risk missed/late reloads) // if ((pos>0) && (num<=9)) num = convert[num]; //tube character conversion, if needed... (maybe bad pin numbering) // num>9 (BLANK/MINUS/DP-glyph/... codes >=10) is treated as "blank" here purely as a // software shortcut; the 74141 hardware itself also outputs nothing for BCD 10-15. if ((brightness == 0) || (state == 3) || (num >9) || (!radarON)) { //blank digit state = 0; digitalWrite(digitEnablePins[pos],LOW); //switch off anode #if DP_PIN >=0 digitalWrite(DP_PIN,LOW); #endif #if COLON_PIN >= 0 digitalWrite(COLON_PIN,LOW); // Colon pin OFF #endif #if DECIMALPOINT_PIN >=0 digitalWrite(DECIMALPOINT_PIN,LOW); #endif } else { for (int i=0;i<4;i++) {digitalWrite(ABCDPins[i],num & 1< ABCDPins[i]) to the shared decoder digitalWrite(digitEnablePins[pos],HIGH); //switch on the new digit #if DP_PIN >=0 // LEFTDECIMAL: some tube types have the DP cathode physically positioned to the // left of the digit glyph, so the DP for logical position `pos` must be lit // together with the NEXT tube's slot instead of this one's. if (LEFTDECIMAL) DPpos = min(maxDig-1,pos+1); else DPpos = pos; if (digitDP[DPpos]) digitalWrite(DP_PIN,HIGH); //switch ON decimal point, if needed else digitalWrite(DP_PIN,LOW); #endif #if COLON_PIN >= 0 digitalWrite(COLON_PIN,colonBlinkState); // Blink colon pin #endif #if DECIMALPOINT_PIN >=0 digitalWrite(DECIMALPOINT_PIN,decimalpointON); #endif } portEXIT_CRITICAL_ISR(&timerMux); //ESP32timer = timerBegin(0, PRESCALER, true); //set prescaler, true = edge generated signal //timerAttachInterrupt(ESP32timer, &writeDisplay, true); // Even though startTimer() configured the alarm as auto-reload, we still rewrite the // alarm value + re-enable every call: `timer` changes call-to-call (it encodes the // current state's ON/OFF duration), so this is how the variable-period software PWM // is actually implemented on top of a fixed-period hardware auto-reload timer. timerAlarmWrite(ESP32timer, timer, true); timerAlarmEnable(ESP32timer); interrupts(); } void clearTubes() { for (int i=0;i=0) digitalWrite(DP_PIN,LOW); #endif } // Not implemented for this driver: writeDisplay() (the timer ISR) already refreshes the // display continuously on its own; kept only for interface parity with drivers that need it. void writeDisplaySingle() {} #endif