Gerhard Sittig [Fri, 28 Jul 2023 05:56:46 +0000 (07:56 +0200)]
rgb_led_ws281x: refactor bit/bits handling, use more common code
Pass all .decode() routine's bit handling through a common bit handler.
Accumulate the bit values as well as their ss/es timestamps. Reduce code
duplication in the bits handler. Use common support code to get the
24/32 bit wide integer from the list of bits. Prepare to handle streams
of different per-pixel length or layout.
This commit remains backwards compatible, and keeps all warts of the
previous implementation including inconsistent annotation order. Just
eliminates unnecessary instance members and hidden coupling, to keep
timestamp handling in the .decode() method.
Gerhard Sittig [Fri, 28 Jul 2023 05:40:14 +0000 (07:40 +0200)]
rgb_led_ws281x: rephrase .put() calls for readability
Separate the construction of the list of texts for different zoom levels
from the emission of annotations. Use a .putg() helpers to match other
decoder implementations. Prefer .format() calls over "modulo" operations
on strings.
Gerhard Sittig [Fri, 28 Jul 2023 06:08:38 +0000 (08:08 +0200)]
nes_gamepad: adjust Python style of decoder implementation
Rephrase the NES gamepad decoder to become more idiomatic Python.
Address nits to better match the sigrok project's coding style.
Eliminate hidden coupling by means of instance variables.
Gerhard Sittig [Mon, 17 Jul 2023 18:16:15 +0000 (20:16 +0200)]
i2c: rephrase state machine, eliminate text matching
Rephrase the conditions which drive the I2C decoder's progress. Remove
self.state and its space separated string literals which were tedious to
search for, and which "lent themselves" to magic string matching. Use
other existing conditions instead, which also reduces redundancy.
Defer the "forgetting data bits" until after ACK was seen. Comment on
the motivation to keep the "protocol violating" implementation, which
misses error conditions that happen on the wire, but happens to support
heavily undersampled captures to an astonishing degree.
Also addresses minor style nits: Prefer to think of "dominant ACK" and
"recessive NAK". Rephrase a byte shift for the first address byte. Emit
the first warning annotation for the row which was declared before but
was not used so far.
Gerhard Sittig [Mon, 17 Jul 2023 18:01:07 +0000 (20:01 +0200)]
i2c: concentrate sample number and value getting in main loop
It's unfortunate how the symbol / bit value handlers of the I2C decoder
keep redundantly accessing the .samplenum property. Ideally they should
just get an ss, es, value tuple, while the determination of these params
should be kept in the .decode() main loop.
Prepare the internal implementation to that approach, but enforce an
absolutely backwards compatible behaviour for now. This was verified by
the test suite. The data bit handler still keeps updating previous bits'
end positions when another bit is seen. Which assumes back to back bits
which strictly speaking does not match the protocol's definition. The
unfortunate application of the second last bit time's width to the last
bit time and the ACK slot is kept as well. And the code path needed to
be kept within the bit handler, because the second last bit's width only
becomes available when the last bit _was_ handled. Which means that the
main loop cannot provide a useful es value which matches the previous
implementation's behaviour.
Gerhard Sittig [Mon, 17 Jul 2023 16:51:02 +0000 (18:51 +0200)]
i2c: also shift first address byte for 10bit slave addresses
The first address byte in an I2C transfer always carries the R/W bit.
Always shift this byte regardless of 7/10 bit addresses, and always emit
separate annotations for the address value part and the R/W bit part.
Gerhard Sittig [Mon, 17 Jul 2023 16:50:21 +0000 (18:50 +0200)]
i2c: unobfuscate ss/es passing for put, document BITS order
Eliminate how the I2C decoder's put methods take data as arguments and
hiddenly take ss/es from instance variables. This improves readability
during review. Rename .putx() to .putg() to match other decoders (emits
graphical annotations, in contrast to Python and binary).
Document the surprising BITS pdata order, stacked decoders get LSB first
sequences. To keep awareness during maintenance. Keep an explicit copy
of the LSB bits to simplify the implementation of the data byte handler
(sample numbers remain available at indices in their reception order).
Gerhard Sittig [Mon, 17 Jul 2023 16:37:37 +0000 (18:37 +0200)]
i2c: improve reliability of bitrate estimation (throughput, meta)
The I2C decoder used to track the bitrate of the observed traffic
(number of address and data bits in a transfer). It's uncertain where
this output went (is meta still supported, are applications using it?),
and it appears to not be covered in tests. Improve the logic still.
Adjust the location of the emitted annotation. It used to start at the
most recently observed data byte, which looks suspicious. Output was
attempted when STOP was seen, even if the start was not observed. The
calculation dropped data before a repeated start. The implementation
kept data around after it became obsolete.
Break a long formula across several text lines. Use the fact that Python
division yields floating point results.
Add a comment in the ACK/NAK bit handler. It references data which was
gathered when accumulating data bits. Could be acceptable but must be
remained aware of.
Gerhard Sittig [Mon, 17 Jul 2023 16:23:03 +0000 (18:23 +0200)]
i2c: unify emission of annotations, always use proto{} table
Slightly unobfuscate how the I2C decoder invokes put methods. Present
the annotation class and the list of texts for different zoom levels
for readability. Also keep the data value presentation in that table
so that it holds all texts which users will see during decoder use.
Eliminate how the data bits used to bypass that table in the past.
This commit does not address the unfortunate self.ss/es coupling of
decoding code paths and annotation emitting helpers, which complicates
review of the decoder's implemented logic.
Gerhard Sittig [Fri, 14 Jul 2023 15:43:08 +0000 (17:43 +0200)]
i2c: more idiomatic use of Python list, reduces redundancy, comments
Collect all bits of a byte time in a Python list (as was done before).
Eliminate the bit counter and the value accumulator, use the list's
length during accumulation and common conversion support after the
accumulation instead.
Also comment on the non-trivial start/end sample number update logic.
The decoder implementation likes to claim data validity outside of the
high SCL phase, which does not agree with the strict I2C protocol idea.
Increases usability though (data visibility at zoom levels). This and
backwards compatibility makes us keep the logic, as long as we remain
aware of its implications.
Comment on the rather unexpected LSB first emission of annotations and
stacked layer data passing, while the I2C protocol itself is MSB first.
Gerhard Sittig [Fri, 14 Jul 2023 06:12:13 +0000 (08:12 +0200)]
eeprom24xx: avoid access to caller's data after validity ends
The at24 EEPROM decoder's previous implementation happened to access
caller's data even after the .decode() method invocation ended, and
their content has changed or the data was not valid any longer.
Get deep copies for those details which broke the test suite. Prepare
"generous" deep copies for other data which currently doesn't trigger
exceptions, but might be waiting for an accident to happen. Careful
inspection of the complex implementation and relaxing the current greed
of this commit remains for future commits. Comment heavily for awareness.
It is assumed that the 'databyte' name is misleading. And that much of
this upper layer decoder's complexity would be obsoleted by the lower
layer decoder's providing more useful packets (bytes and their ACK state,
read/write phases of transfers, complete transfers up to STOP, etc).
This commit does not address those readability or layering concerns.
Gerhard Sittig [Fri, 14 Jul 2023 05:40:03 +0000 (07:40 +0200)]
i2cfilter: rephrase decoder implementation for maintainability
The previous implementation suffered from a severe issue (it kept
referencing caller's data beyond its validity) and from style issues
(redundant details, conditions scattered across distant locations).
Rephrase (actually rework) the decoder implementation to improve
readability as well as maintainability. Extend the TODO list while
the existing logic better lends itself to future extensions. Reword
comments while we are here. Some earlier constraints no longer apply
or were unfortunately phrased.
Gerhard Sittig [Fri, 14 Jul 2023 15:28:32 +0000 (17:28 +0200)]
i2c: add support for 10bit slave addresses
Slave addresses can be of 7bit or 10bit type, which occupies one or two
bytes at the start of the frame. Detect when a 10bit address is seen,
and classify the following byte as yet another address byte (which the
previous implementation incorrectly classified as data byte).
This commit only accumulates the address value and adjusts the class of
annotations. It does not introduce new annotation classes or rows, to
not change the decoder in incompatible ways.
Gerhard Sittig [Fri, 14 Jul 2023 15:18:30 +0000 (17:18 +0200)]
i2c: rename variables and adjust data types for readability
Use longer names for variables and adjust their data types to improve
readability of the "is write?", "is repeated start?" conditions. Use a
boolean when the condition is known, and preset to None when the state
is yet uncertain. Rename .bits[] to .data_bits[] to reflect that they
exclusively hold the byte's bits and not the ACK/NAK bit.
Gerhard Sittig [Fri, 30 Dec 2022 16:36:46 +0000 (17:36 +0100)]
adf435x: add support for register field content warnings
Add support for register field content checkers, and emit warning
annotations when they yield non-empty results. Implement a checker for
the INT field of register R0. Reduce the allowed values' lower limit
from 32 (previous implementation) to 23 (ADF4350 datasheet, figure 24).
Gerhard Sittig [Fri, 30 Dec 2022 16:13:19 +0000 (17:13 +0100)]
adf435x: shuffle register description table
Move table columns, put the bit field position to the front before the
name to get a less fragile visual appearance. All fields have a position
and a name (of variable length), some of them have a "parser" (actually
a formatter for their content).
Address Python style while we are here: Prefer tuples over lists for
immutable data. Add trailing commas to reduce future diff sizes.
Add a TODO comment about optional content checkers. The current decoder
implementation lets invalid register data pass unnoticed.
Gerhard Sittig [Fri, 30 Dec 2022 14:28:07 +0000 (15:28 +0100)]
adf435x: rephrase table lookups for display texts
Try a different presentation of exising information in the register
fields' display text construction (extra parsers for known fields).
Attempt a source code format which hopefully better lends itself to
index range verification during review.
Make the number of available expansion texts stand out more visually,
so that readers can compare their count to the register field's width.
Address those register fields with four or more expansion values, keep
the simple single bit cases as they are. Add a comment for awareness.
Gerhard Sittig [Fri, 30 Dec 2022 13:30:55 +0000 (14:30 +0100)]
adf435x: use .format() for Python string formatting
Rephrase the old style '%' operator string formatting, prefer .format()
calls instead. It is assumed that routine call argument lists are more
readable than optional/conditional tuples are, and not running format
specifiers and literal text into each other helps readability as well,
as do the .format() routine's optionally named references to parameters.
Avoid text formatting which involves concatenation, always work from one
single format instruction instead.
Gerhard Sittig [Fri, 30 Dec 2022 10:57:04 +0000 (11:57 +0100)]
adf435x: factor out inspection of 32bit words
Move the inspection of a completed 32bit word into the .decode_word()
routine. This simplifies checks for fatal constraints, as well as
optional inspection of deeper detail levels when extra parsers are
available.
Rename variables in the code path which accumulate bits. Add comments
to helper routines and to essential steps in complex interpretation
code paths. Eliminate the unused return value of the .decode_field()
method. Results in a lean and readable .decode() body.
Gerhard Sittig [Fri, 30 Dec 2022 08:55:30 +0000 (09:55 +0100)]
adf435x: rework emission of annotations
Separate data processing from text formatting in the code paths which
emit annotations. Introduce a local .putg() helper. This unobfuscates
the decoder's operation, and also happens to shorten text lines. Raises
awareness for zoom levels and alternative text during maintenance.
This commit incompatibly rephrases the "Wrong number of bits" message.
Gerhard Sittig [Fri, 30 Dec 2022 13:10:04 +0000 (14:10 +0100)]
adf435x: Python list idioms in bits sequence accumulation
Use .extend() and .clear() for the Python list during accumulation of a
32bit word's bits sequence. This shall improve readability. Performance
is less of an issue since this decoder's data amount remains small
(32bit entities per SPI transfer).
Comment on the unexpected(?) SPI decoder's BITS ordering when passing
details up to stacked decoders. Raise and keep awareness for this
non-obvious implementation detail during decoder maintenance.
This implementation accumulates bits in the MSB order as they are sent
in SPI frames. Yet keeps the LSB bit order when a completely accumulated
32bit word gets inspected, to reduce the diff size. Bit field extraction
and annotation emission code paths assume a specific timestamp ordering.
The separation of transport and inspection also simplifies maintenance,
should a future SPI decoder provide BITS in their received order.
Gerhard Sittig [Fri, 30 Dec 2022 13:09:03 +0000 (14:09 +0100)]
adf435x: use common bits to number conversion helper
Use common support code to convert bit fields to integer numbers. Also
unobfuscate the decode_bits() method and its returned values' layout.
Improves readability and factors out common expressions.
Vesa-Pekka Palmu [Mon, 26 Dec 2022 17:18:36 +0000 (19:18 +0200)]
adf435x: Move decoder logic to SPI transfers
The previous implementation of the ADF435x decoder assumed knowledge of
internal details which are the SPI transport layer's responsibility. And
encoded an inappropriate chip select polarity in the process (falling
CS edge). The datasheet specifies that previously clocked in data bits
get latched on rising LE edges.
Not all setups were affected, that's why the issue went unnoticed before.
Use the lower layer's TRANSFER annotation to process the completion of
an ADF435x register access, after BITS annotations made the location of
individual bits available. The LE (CS) signal's polarity remains a detail
of the SPI decoding layer, and must be configured there. The SPI decoder's
default matches the ADF435x chip's expectation.
Vesa-Pekka Palmu [Mon, 26 Dec 2022 17:05:18 +0000 (19:05 +0200)]
adf435x: Add warning on frame size mismatch
Check the bit count of SPI transfers. Only start inspecting ADF435x
register content when the accumulation of the expected 32bit word has
completed. Emit a warning annotation for unexpected transfer sizes.
Vesa-Pekka Palmu [Mon, 26 Dec 2022 17:00:56 +0000 (19:00 +0200)]
adf435x: Clean up SPI data input
Avoid generic variable names. Only unpack parameters which are provided
by the lower layer decoder after the stacked decoder checked their type
and is aware of their meaning.
Gerhard Sittig [Thu, 24 Nov 2022 12:10:04 +0000 (13:10 +0100)]
util: silence printf format compiler warnings (Python ssize_t)
On some platforms PY_FORMAT_SIZE_T seems to be ineffective, resulting in
compiler warnings about printf format data type mismatches (observed in
MXE builds).
Silence the warnings. Prefer the ssize_t data type instead which we know
the printf format of, reliably.
Gerhard Sittig [Fri, 28 Sep 2018 18:23:36 +0000 (20:23 +0200)]
type_decoder: silence print format warnings, greppable messages
Silence printf(3) format warnings. Python's data types should be
considered opaque, size (and signedness) are usually unknown, as is
the relation to standard C language print format specs.
Unbreak long messages which were spread across several source code
text lines. This complies to Linux style guides. Being able to find
diagnostics messages that were reported by users in sources is more
important than sticking to an arbitrary text line length.
Gerhard Sittig [Mon, 10 Oct 2016 16:25:37 +0000 (18:25 +0200)]
nit: break a long line in different ways, unobfuscate parameter grouping
Break a rather long line for a Python method call at a different
location, to better reflect the parameter groups which organize for the
method to get called, and those which pass parameters to that called
method. This commit also splits the actual action and its check for
successful execution into separate C language statements.
Gerhard Sittig [Mon, 3 Oct 2022 16:29:46 +0000 (18:29 +0200)]
parallel: flush accumulated data when input data is exhausted
The "parallel" decoder buffers the currently seen data pattern, and
defers annotation emission until the end position is known. Which is
why the last data pattern would not show up in the decoder's output.
See bug #292 and its duplicates for examples and concerns.
Catch the EOFError exception, and flush previously accumulated data.
It is yet to get determined whether a warning annotation is due. Most
probably not for "parallel" which merely visualizes data line states.
But other decoders which have the concept of frames shall NOT follow
this "parallel" decoder's naive approach, and claim that a frame had
completed although its end condition was never seen. Add a developer
TODO comment to raise awareness.
Gerhard Sittig [Mon, 3 Oct 2022 16:23:34 +0000 (18:23 +0200)]
type_decoder: update .samplenum before ending .wait() with EOFError
When the protocol decoder's input data is exhausted, then the .wait()
method will raise the EOFError exception. Python decoders can catch this
exception and handle the condition. For proper annotation emission it is
essential that the self.samplenum value corresponds to the last position
in the input stream. Update it before returning from the .wait() call.
Gerhard Sittig [Sun, 21 Aug 2022 11:54:58 +0000 (13:54 +0200)]
srd: add support for SIGROKDECODE_PATH environment variable
The optional SIGROKDECODE_DIR environment variable accepts a single
directory specification. The SIGROKDECODE_PATH variable accepts a list
of directories to search protocol decoders. The list separator is
platform dependent (colon or semicolon). Empty items are explicitly
ignored. Both variables get evaluated. Behaviour remains backwards
compatible, just gets extended for improved usability.
Gerhard Sittig [Sun, 21 Aug 2022 11:52:19 +0000 (13:52 +0200)]
srd: add TODO comment on the SIGROKDECODE_DIR env var's motivation
A comment in the srd.c implementation suggests that the environment
variable SIGROKDECODE_DIR would serve debugging purposes and would
override other incarnations of available decoders. I disagree with
either of these interpretations. Add a TODO comment, the phrase may
need an update or rework.
Gerhard Sittig [Fri, 22 Apr 2022 20:45:06 +0000 (22:45 +0200)]
uart: don't re-calculate in-frame bit position, just count the bits
The .get_wait_cond() routine kept re-calculating the current bit index
in the currently inspected UART frame. Just count the bits instead as
they are seen/taken. This eliminates redundant complex logic which had
hard to track down issues in past revisions. Increases robustness, and
improves maintainability.
Gerhard Sittig [Sat, 23 Apr 2022 17:20:42 +0000 (19:20 +0200)]
uart: handle two stop bits configuration
Sample and process multiple STOP bits as specified, add 2.0 to the list
of supported configurations. This implementation works as expected with
integer numbers of STOP bits (0, 1, 2). For half-bits the sample point
as well as the annotation position will be incorrect (as a result of an
internal implementation detail of the existing decoder which is not easy
to address).
This commit reduces the diff size, and remains backwards bug-compatible.
Fixing the bit boundaries in annotations including support for half-bits
is more involved, and remains for a later commit.
Gerhard Sittig [Wed, 13 Apr 2022 19:10:00 +0000 (21:10 +0200)]
uart: handle zero stop bits configuration
Use common code to advance internal state during UART frame inspection.
This reduces redundancy, and improves robustness. Data bits collectors
need not worry about the optional presence of subsequent fields (parity,
stop bits, both can be absent).
Improve the separation of implementation details of the lower layer UART
frame decoding from upper layer protocol handling. Concentrate the post
processing of UART frames, BREAK and IDLE conditions in the source, and
keep the ss/es determination at the caller which detected the condition
by arbitrary means.
This unbreaks the decoder's operation when 0 stop bits are configured.
The implementation still assumes that the line goes idle between frames
even when zero stop bits are configured. Strictly speaking this decoder
now copes with traffic that uses "less than half a stop bit".
Gerhard Sittig [Wed, 20 Apr 2022 05:58:28 +0000 (07:58 +0200)]
sbus_futaba: add decoder for SBUS hobby remote control by Futaba
This is the SBUS remote control by Futaba, the 25 bytes on top of UART.
Not the computer peripheral bus. Hence the suffix in the decoder name.
The implementation was tested with synthetic data. Example captures with
real world data have yet to become available. This implementation shows
the message framing, the proportional and digital channels' values, and
the flags. Several warnings for short and long and invalid messages are
implemented, as are user adjustable channel value range limits.
The boilerplate may need adjustment. All naming was made up by me based
on what information was available (vendor doc was missing).
Gerhard Sittig [Mon, 14 Feb 2022 19:35:05 +0000 (20:35 +0100)]
libsigrokdecode.h: declare Windows dllexport for SRD_API routines
Add the __declspec(dllexport) decoration to SRD_API routines on Windows
when building the library body (this is new). Stick with the default
visibility on all other platforms (as previously implemented).
This is similar to what Kyle Johnson submitted in PR 66, but phrased
differently. Avoid the non-portable indentation before the hash in
preprocessor instructions. Use positive logic for readability (put
the Windows branch next to the check for the Windows platform).
Gerhard Sittig [Sun, 1 Nov 2020 13:48:14 +0000 (14:48 +0100)]
decoder: rename iteration variables to improve readability
Use longer variable names for the iteration over channels, options,
annotation classes and rows, and binary classes when a decoder gets
loaded. This improves readability, especially in nested loops with
complex test conditions and diagnostics messages.
Although the Python variables were checked for their availability and
expected data type, and we should only see non-negative index values,
the iteration variable's data type remains unchanged in this commit
(sticks with signed size types).
Gerhard Sittig [Sun, 1 Nov 2020 11:33:47 +0000 (12:33 +0100)]
decoder: check annotation rows' references to annotation classes
Check the annotation class indices when iterating annotation rows.
Refuse to load decoders with inconsistent declarations, emit error
messages to raise developers' awareness of implementation bugs.
Gerhard Sittig [Sun, 1 Nov 2020 11:16:07 +0000 (12:16 +0100)]
decoder: don't break error messages, factor out Python variable name
Don't break long error messages in source code, so that developers can
grep for user reported strings during maintenance. This commit does not
change behaviour.
Concentrate repeated references to the 'annotation_rows' Python variable
name in a single spot at the top of the helper routine.
Gerhard Sittig [Sun, 26 Dec 2021 06:38:05 +0000 (08:38 +0200)]
ir_irmp: sigrok PD, make use of IRMP decoder core locking
Rephrase how the external IRMP library gets loaded, to provide better
diagnostics to users. All decoder instances are equal after the recent
introduction of locking support.
Move the "reset state" call for the IRMP decoder core to the .decode()
method's main loop, where the context manager holds the instance lock.
This allows "parallel" execution of multiple IRMP decoders in the same
sigrok application, assuming that the context manager scope will be
left at some point in time.
This fixes bug #1581 when applications communicate EOF to decoders.
Move some Python object members to local variables. They exclusively
are used within the .decode() method.
Gerhard Sittig [Sun, 26 Dec 2021 07:31:02 +0000 (08:31 +0100)]
ir_irmp: Python binding, support instance locking and context manager
Extend the ctypes wrapper for the IRMP decoder core. Add routines for
the instance state creation and lock management. Implement metamethods
for Python context managers which lock the instance to protect the C
library's internal state from changing unexpectedly. Add my copyright
for the non-trivial changes.
This commit eliminates the limitation to a single IRMP decoder core for
the sigrok process to use. Multiple Python callers can synchronize their
library use, and see a consistent library state across the scope of the
context manager. It's essential though that callers leave the context
to not block other callers for extended periods of time.
Gerhard Sittig [Sun, 26 Dec 2021 07:23:27 +0000 (08:23 +0100)]
ir_irmp: wrapper lib, add locking and Python threading support
The IRMP core library is not thread safe (known limitation, heritage of
the AVR firmware origin). Add a mutex so that calling applications can
lock IR decoder core instances. Allow Python threading while waiting for
the locks, we can safely assume that this IRMP wrapper is used in the
sigrok context which does require Python for decoders. Add my copyright
for the non-trivial changes.
This implementation uses glib for locking to improve portability, which
already is a dependency of the libsigrokdecode component. This version
uses belt and suspenders by implementing a constructor as well as adding
auto init calls to each of the public API code paths. The client ID is
not an essential requirement, but useful during application maintenance.
Gerhard Sittig [Sun, 26 Dec 2021 07:21:02 +0000 (08:21 +0100)]
ir_irmp: wrapper lib, silence warnings in "Windows or Unix" condition
Platform detection in the external IRMP library works best when either
the WIN32 or the unix identifiers are provided, which the sigrokdecode
build environment derives from other identifiers which are more reliably
available.
It turns out that other external dependencies like glib or Python may
provide some of these identifiers, too. Which results in the compiler
warning about symbols' redefinition. Only define derived identifiers
when they haven't been provided yet.
Gerhard Sittig [Sun, 26 Dec 2021 06:42:27 +0000 (07:42 +0100)]
session: introduce the public "send EOF" API routine
Introduce the public srd_session_send_eof() routine which is backed by
the internal srd_inst_send_eof() helper. Applications can tell decoders
when the input stream of sample data is exhausted, so that decoders can
optionally "flush" their previously accumulated information when
desired. Previous implementations just kept decoders in blocking .wait()
calls and somehow terminated them at arbitrary times afterwards.
When EOF is sent to the decoder session, then calls to the .wait()
method which typically are done from .decode() or its descendents will
end with an EOFError Python exception. Termination of .decode() with the
EOFError exception is non-fatal for backwards compatibility and to keep
the convenience for current decoder implementations. Decoders can either
catch the exception, or use context managers, or do nothing.
This API extension is motivated by research for bug #1581 and provides
the infrastructure to address bug #292. Decoders need to remain careful,
and should not claim that protocol activities would have completed when
their end condition was not even seen in the capture. Marking incomplete
activities with warnings is the most appropriate reaction.
Gerhard Sittig [Sat, 25 Dec 2021 18:53:11 +0000 (19:53 +0100)]
type_decoder: eliminate explicit string length spec for literals
Rephrase the 'names[]' array declaration in output_type_name() to avoid
the necessity of guessing what the maximum length of the literals might
be during future maintenance. Developers need not care when the compiler
can handle this detail.
Gerhard Sittig [Sat, 25 Dec 2021 18:52:30 +0000 (19:52 +0100)]
type_decoder: use ALL_ZERO for sentinels in method/member tables
Avoid the full listing of all-zero struct members in sentinel items of
object methods and class properties tables. Use the ALL_ZERO phrase
instead which better reflects what's intended, and reliably silences
warnings should structs' lengths differ across Python versions.
Gerhard Sittig [Sat, 25 Dec 2021 18:48:11 +0000 (19:48 +0100)]
type_decoder: update and extend Decoder base class doc strings
Some doc strings have become outdated, update them. Some doc strings
were terse, extend them. Ideally protocol decoder authors would be able
to use the builtin documentation to answer questions on data types and
arguments order. This implementation isn't there yet, needs more work.
Gerhard Sittig [Sat, 25 Dec 2021 18:43:48 +0000 (19:43 +0100)]
type_decoder: move Python doc strings to method implementations
Move Python doc strings to the location where methods and classes get
implemented. This improves awareness during maintenance, and allows for
longer text phrases without obfuscating the registration code path.
This commit does not alter the content of existing doc strings, only
moves their location. And keeps related items together when long decls
span multiple text lines (function name and arguments list, args and
kw args), to improve/keep readability.
Gerhard Sittig [Sat, 25 Dec 2021 18:50:43 +0000 (19:50 +0100)]
internal: introduce ALL_ZERO declaration, modelled after libsigrok
Declare ALL_ZERO in the common libsigrokdecode-internal.h header file.
The implementation and the comment on its motivation were taken from the
libsigrok implementation, slightly rephrased for improved readability.
Gerhard Sittig [Sat, 20 Mar 2021 14:43:13 +0000 (15:43 +0100)]
ieee488: add support for parallel poll (PP)
The concurrent assertion of ATN and EOI is a PP (parallel poll) query.
The host asserts the control signals, and configured devices may assert
the DIO lines in response.
Because DAV is not involved, and because the input capture may not have
DIO at the start of the PP phase, and may neither have DIO any more at
its end, the check for parallel poll is more complex. Unconditionally
inspecting each sample of the capture is inefficient. Keep manipulating
the main loop's wait conditions instead, to stick with edge navigation
as long as possible, and only switch to inspection of individual samples
when strictly needed.
It's also important to gracefully handle low oversampling. Existing test
cases suffered from PP glitches when ATN asserted in the same location
where EOI deasserted. Be extra conservative about the presence of the
PP phase, expect at least two samples (a difference between its start
and end position) before emitting the annotation.
Soeren Apel [Thu, 26 Mar 2020 15:02:36 +0000 (16:02 +0100)]
pca9571/tca6408a: Rework logic output
For now, libsigrokdecode clients expect to receive a 1:1 number of
input samples to logic output samples, along with a logic output
samplerate equal to the PD's input sample rate
Soeren Apel [Sun, 1 Mar 2020 15:50:46 +0000 (16:50 +0100)]
Remove samplerate from srd_decoder_logic_output_channel
This means that the samplerate for logic output channels is
implicitly determined by the input channel samplerate.
The motivation for this is that hard-coding a samplerate isn't
possible - but at the same time, it's also not possible to
determine the samplerate at the time the logic output channels
are initialized, as the samplerate can be set at runtime.
From my point of view, we would need one of two mechanisms to
make this work:
1) Allow creation of logic outputs at runtime via some
registration callback
or
2) Allow changing a logic output's samplerate after it has been
created, again requiring some kind of callback
To me, both currently are overkill because making the assumption
that samplerate_in = samplerate_out not only makes this problem
go away as it can easily be handled on the client side where
samplerate_in is already known, it also makes handling of the
logic data in the PDs easier.
Gerhard Sittig [Wed, 13 Jan 2021 19:12:07 +0000 (20:12 +0100)]
seven_segment: cosmetics in decode(), reduce redundancy
"Un-clutter" the decode() routine. Group related instructions to improve
readability. Drop redundant statements where common code can handle all
cases. Also fixes an unconditional access to the optional decimal point
input signal (which had caused a runtime error, and ceased decoding).
Gerhard Sittig [Wed, 13 Jan 2021 18:51:52 +0000 (19:51 +0100)]
seven_segment: document segment layout for awareness during maintenance
Add a comment to the table which maps LED segment combinations to their
textual presentation. Mention the table's sort order for awareness, and
provide column captions as well as a segment layout illustration to
simplify maintenance.
The LED segment layout comment was Submitted-by: Ben Gardiner <redacted>
Ben Gardiner [Sun, 22 Nov 2020 20:43:01 +0000 (20:43 +0000)]
seven_segment: expand to a full alphabet
Expand the list of characters that will be recognized by the seven
segment decoder to include many display character 'encodings.'
Including some punctuation characters and tricky letters like W and V.
Signed-off-by: Ben Gardiner <redacted>
[ gsi: sort by ASCII codes (keep ignoring letter case) ]
Gerhard Sittig [Sat, 7 Nov 2020 14:44:37 +0000 (15:44 +0100)]
parallel: increase number of data lines to 16
The 'parallel' decoder supported 32 channels when it was introduced.
Commit a3b4f1684a8f lowered the channel count to 8 which is quite a
small number. Increase the number of supported channels to 16 again.
This should result in increased usability while keeping an acceptable
UI dialog size for the decoder properties.
Gerhard Sittig [Sat, 7 Nov 2020 15:07:10 +0000 (16:07 +0100)]
parallel: update builtin documentation
Update the decoder's doc string to catch up with recent extensions.
Rephrase how clock and data lines interact. Sparse assignment of data
lines is supported (has been for a while). Discuss the optional reset
signal and its enable/select use.
Gerhard Sittig [Sat, 7 Nov 2020 12:49:06 +0000 (13:49 +0100)]
parallel: adjust Python output to match its documentation
The parallel decoder documented the layout of the Python output but used
to emit something different (mere data values). Add the bit width of
data items and the bus cycle count for demultiplexed words, to match the
documented layout.
No harm was done, there are no in-tree decoders which stack on top of
the parallel decoder.
Gerhard Sittig [Sat, 7 Nov 2020 12:49:06 +0000 (13:49 +0100)]
parallel: rephrase word accumulation after reset introduction
Straighten the accumulation of words from bit chunks that are spread
across several bus cycles (multiplexed transmission). Simplify the PD's
instance variables, keep more state in local vars and explicitly pass
related information to API calls. This also unobfuscates the emission
of annotations and simplifies future maintenance.
Split the accumulation of word data and the emission of its annotation
such that reset related activity can flush accumulated data. Introduce a
warning when word data gets emitted which does not match the configured
word width (early de-assertion of select/enable, or unexpected reset).
Presenting this data and amending it with a warning is considered more
desirable than not seeing the data at all. This does not affect previous
use cases since support for the reset signal was only introduced lately.
Also emit annotations in a more logical order. It's unexpected to see
the resulting word before its last item is seen. Graphical presentation
may not care but automated processing of the decoder output will. This
is the previous order of annotation emission which is surprising and got
fixed in this commit:
This adjusted emission order won't pass the current test implementation,
but manual inspection of the output reveals that all the expected data
is present and matches previously extracted information:
Gerhard Sittig [Sat, 7 Nov 2020 13:38:05 +0000 (14:38 +0100)]
parallel: add support for optional reset/enable/select signal
Add an optional 'reset' signal of user configurable polarity. When the
signal is asserted, the data lines are not interpreted. Assertion will
flush previously accumulated data bits and words. Deassertion can help
synchronize to input streams when the capture started in the middle of
a word. Despite the "reset" name this signal can also be thought of as
"enable" or "select", and increases the versatility and usefulness of
the parallel decoder beyond strictly parallel memory busses.
Construct the list of .wait() conditions and track the positions of
individual terms in that list. This is necessary because "always false"
conditions are not available, thus pin/channel indices and .matched[]
indices don't correspond for sparse input signal assignments.
Accept when previously gathered information became void again, and
re-use existing initialization code for reset related activity.
Gerhard Sittig [Sat, 7 Nov 2020 13:47:21 +0000 (14:47 +0100)]
parallel: add option to sample data on either clock edge
Add 'either' as another choice in addition to rising and falling clock
edge. This is useful since parallel busses exist which communicate at
double data rate (DDR).
Unobfuscate the mapping between displayed option text and .wait()
condition codes while we are here.
Gerhard Sittig [Sat, 7 Nov 2020 12:46:56 +0000 (13:46 +0100)]
parallel: rephrase handling of data lines, symbolic upper bound
Strictly speaking this decoder considers all input signals as optional.
The previous version accepted clock alone. Though reading values from
zero data bits is of limited. Tighten the check for connected inputs.
Inline the declaration of all channels in the decoder boiler plate, the
helper routine was only used in a single spot. Change the order of the
data lines stripe details and the .wait() conditions, improve locality
of assignment and use of related variables.
Don't assume that "all channels but clock" are data lines. Use a
symbolic upper bound for the data lines partition, to prepare the
introduction of a reset/enable signal.
Gerhard Sittig [Sat, 1 Aug 2020 07:29:39 +0000 (09:29 +0200)]
ir_nec: sort and comment timing specs, drop tolerance option
Extend comments on the IR NEC timing details. Sort the symbols by their
width to reflect their relation (ONE to ZERO to STOP is each half of
their predecessor's width).
Increase the open coded tolerance percentage, and remove the option for
the value. Make sure leader and repeat codes still can be told from each
other.
Gerhard Sittig [Sat, 1 Aug 2020 07:17:37 +0000 (09:17 +0200)]
ir_nec: concentrate timing at the top of the source file
Move IR NEC protocol timing details to the top of the source file, for
raised awareness and easier adjustment. Specs are "unit-less" (only have
comments), but are scaled for improved readability. Values are copies of
the previous implementation.
ir_nec: Add option for automatic polarity detection
Provide an option to have the decoder automatically detect the IR signal's
polarity. Stick with active-low by default for backwards compatibility,
because this auto-detect implementation assumes that the capture starts
with an idle phase.
[ gsi: rephrased message and implementation, auto-detect off by default ]
Provide an option to adjust the IR NEC decoder's tolerance. Which makes
signals accessible that are generated by cheap remotes which would not
decode at all with the previous implementation and its fixed limit.
[ gsi: rephrased commit message and implementation ]
ir_nec: Annotate IR frame already at the end of the STOP bit
Emit annotations for the current IR frame as soon as possible, at the
very end of the STOP bit. Don't defer annotation emission until the
start of the next frame is seen. This unbreaks captures where the last
IR frame would not decode before.
[ gsi: rephrased commit message, updated comment in the implementation ]
Gerhard Sittig [Sun, 30 Aug 2020 05:20:33 +0000 (07:20 +0200)]
sle44xx: support memory read "to end of capacity"
Assume a maximum memory capacity, currently open coded, could become a
user servicable option when needed. Automatically flush the accumulated
outgoing data when a memory read reaches address 256.
Drop the unconditional START condition check now that it became obsolete.
Gerhard Sittig [Tue, 28 Jul 2020 15:37:11 +0000 (17:37 +0200)]
sle44xx: optionally use samplerate to show processing durations
The protocol is clocked, so strictly does not depend on the samplerate.
When the samplerate is available, the duration of internal processing
(memory erase and write) can get annotated. It's an optional feature.
The datasheet suggests that write and erase time are in the range of a
few milliseconds. Normalize to ms units and provide 10us resolution.
Rephrase how the decoder's progress during data interpretation gets
tracked. Extend the set of .wait() conditions in the main loop, and
determine START/STOP conditions and BIT validity there already, which
reduces redundancy with called handlers.
Increase the decoder's coverage of the memory card's feature set and
constraints. Handle the optional CLK during RST, to tell interrupted
memory access from card reset. Interpret known command codes, to present
their meaning and arguments to users, and to tell "outgoing data" (the
card's memory content) from "internal processing" (providing clock until
the card signals completion of a write access). Get initial statistics
on internal processing (clock count, and terminal I/O level, no duration
in units of wall clock time yet).
Unfortunately there is no reliable condition to detect the end of a
memory read when it executes to the end of the memory card's capacity.
That's why START detection is more greedy than specified, to reliably
re-sync to subsequent commands and their byte sequences.
Arrange for an improved set of annotation rows with symbols (bit level),
fields (data bytes), and operations details (summary of memory access
including protection).
Rename the binary output. It carries "any bytes" which were seen, the
command bytes as well as response data bytes.
Gerhard Sittig [Sat, 29 Aug 2020 10:31:31 +0000 (12:31 +0200)]
sle44xx: rephrase ss/es passing for annotation emission
Coupling the logic which interprets input signals at different levels
and the helpers which emit annotations by means of "global" variables
(public members of the decoder object) is unfortunate. It complicates
the logic, adds unnecessary dependencies, and makes maintenance rather
tedious and error prone.
Pass ss/es times to put() routines the same way as annotation classes
and annotation texts are passed. This simplifies the logic where bits
and bytes levels and additional rows are handled. The data values and
their spans all become local information that gets determined in the
same context. Which dramatically simplifies review.
Gerhard Sittig [Tue, 18 Aug 2020 19:05:17 +0000 (21:05 +0200)]
sle44xx: minor developer comment and style nits
These are just nits, behaviour remains. The comment may be incorrect
how command and data modes are detected. Add a developer comment for
later revisit. Drop unneeded parentheses in a ternary operation, and
move an ATR related comment around.
Gerhard Sittig [Tue, 28 Jul 2020 15:38:45 +0000 (17:38 +0200)]
sle44xx: don't assume RESET at the start of the capture
The decoder cannot know the state of the input signal before the start
of the capture. Assuming the RESET state results in incorrect output for
data bits which we don't know the context of. Start from unknown state
instead until a reliable condition is seen to synchronize to.
Gerhard Sittig [Mon, 27 Jul 2020 19:58:55 +0000 (21:58 +0200)]
sle44xx: rework data bits accumulation, and byte presentation
The 'databyte' is strictly local to the routine when 8 bits were seen.
The 'bitcount' is redundant and becomes obsolete when bits[] is a Python
list. The comment and the code disagreed, the wire is said to communicate
bits in LSB first order, the implemenation kept accumulating bits in the
reverse order (the annotation part, not the data byte math). Prefer the
common helper to convert bits to bytes.
There is uncertainty about the bit width "estimation" logic. The main
loop's .wait() conditions suggest that data bit values are valid for the
period of high CLK, which provides an easier and more robust condition
for annotation boundaries. Add a comment for now. The order of bit and
byte values' annotation emission is unfortunate, too.
Gerhard Sittig [Mon, 27 Jul 2020 19:15:20 +0000 (21:15 +0200)]
sle44xx: rephrase annotation text construction
Concentrate all text variants for zoom levels in a single spot. Remove
duplicates, and on the other hand add more verbose phrases to support
users which are not intimately familiar with the protocol. Prefer the
Python strings .format() method over the % operator for its versatility
and readability.
Gerhard Sittig [Mon, 27 Jul 2020 18:20:52 +0000 (20:20 +0200)]
sle44xx: use symbolic identifiers for annotation classes
Eliminate magic numbers for annotation classes, prefer symbolic names
instead to improve readability. Put the annotation classes in an order
which matches the annotation rows' order. Reduce indentation in the
'proto' table while we are here (yet keep the vertical alignment).