On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 10:12 PM, James Snyder <jbsnyder at fanplastic.org>wrote:
> Hi -
>
> I've dropped in another large ADC commit. I've mentioned most of what was
> done in the commit message, but here's a rundown:
>
> - When samples are available from ADC, they're initially copied into an
> elua buf.
> - buf length is adjusted according to number of expected samples coming in
> (when burst is requested, buf is resized to accomodate the number of burst
> samples, size is dropped back down when single samples are requested)
> - if smoothing is enabled, and has no samples, smoothing buffer (not an
> elua buf) is filled first to warm up the filter, then samples begin to
> accumulate in the main buffer.
> - a flush function has been added to manually clear out both smoothing and
> primary buffers in case one doesn't want old samples or old smoothing data
> being used for future measurements
>
> Also, I forgot to mention one thing in the commit message: As per a
> discussion with Bogdan, the type checking on buf_write and buf_read have
> been pulled out.
>
> One adjustment that I'd like to consider before the 0.6 freeze is to remove
> the option for blocking and non-blocking as it applies to sample and burst
> functions (used to initiate sampling) and to instead make these always
> non-blocking, and never have them return any samples (only errors, if
> needed). A separate function, say getsamples would pull in data collected
> using either mode. Right now, if one uses non-blocking mode, samples will
> always be returned for the last time you ran sample or burst. This means
> that if you want to get the data already requested, you also have to always
> request new samples, even if you don't want them.
>
> I should be able to make this change with minimal code changes, but I
> haven't done it yet because it changes the pre-existing paradigm, and I
> wanted to get these changes in sooner rather than later :-)
>
> I think it might just take me another hour or so to get adjustments along
> those lines working. There wouldn't be as long of a delay as this ADC
> commit.
>
> Suggestions/comments are welcome :-)
>
> -jsnyder
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