- library interface suggestions for generic fallback support.

README.md

@@ -17,22 +17,23 @@ The uClock library API operates through attached callback functions mechanism:
 4. **setOnClockStart(onClockStartCallback) > onClockStartCallback()** on uClock Start event
 5. **setOnClockStop(onClockStopCallback) > onClockStopCallback()** on uClock Stop event
 
-### (optional) Generic mode - for unsupported boards (or avoiding usage of interrupts)
+### (optional) Software Timer mode - for unsupported boards (or avoiding usage of interrupts)
 If a supported board isn't detected during compilation then a generic fallback approach will be used. This does not utilise any interrupts and so does not ensure accurate timekeeping.  This can be useful to port your projects to boards that do not have support in uClock yet, or to test if suspected bugs in your code are related to interactions with interrupts or task handling.
 
-You can force this non-interrupt "generic mode" even on supported boards by defining the build flag `USE_UCLOCK_GENERIC`.
+You can force this non-interrupt "software timer mode" even on supported boards by defining the build flag `USE_UCLOCK_SOFTWARE_TIMER`.
 
-In order for generic mode to work, you need to add a call to your `loop()` function to process ticks. For example,
+In order for software timer mode to work, you need to add a call to your `loop()` function to process ticks. For example,
 
 ```c++
-
-// pre-declare this function somewhere, so that compiler knows about it.
-void uClockCheckTime(uint32_t micros_time);
-
 void loop() {
-  uClockCheckTime(micros());
+  uClock.run();
   
   // do anything else you need to do inside loop()...
+  // you can intercalate your main processing with other uClock.run() calls to avoid timming accuracy loss.
+  //uClock.run();
+  // do anything other inside loop()...
+  //uClock.run();
+  // the faster you can call uClock.run() without blocking the better and accurate timming you can achieve.
 }
 ```
 

library.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "uClock",
-  "version": "2.1.0",
+  "version": "2.2.0",
   "description": "A Library to implement BPM clock tick calls using hardware interruption. Supported and tested on AVR boards(ATmega168/328, ATmega16u4/32u4 and ATmega2560) and ARM boards(Teensy, STM32XX, ESP32, Raspberry Pico, Seedstudio XIAO M0 and RP2040)",
   "keywords": "bpm, clock, timing, tick, music, generator",
   "repository":

library.properties

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name=uClock
-version=2.1.0
+version=2.2.0
 author=Romulo Silva <contact@midilab.co>
 maintainer=Romulo Silva <contact@midilab.co>
 sentence=BPM clock generator for Arduino platform.

src/platforms/software.h

@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 /* 
     Generic fallback approach that doesn't rely on any particular MCU's interrupts or RTOS threads etc.
     Simply checks micros() and compares last time tick happened and interval size to determine when a tick is due.
-    requires calling uClockCheckTime(micros()); inside loop() in order to trigger tick processing. 
-    function signature: void uClockCheckTime(uint32_t micros_time);
+    requires calling softwareTimerHandler(micros()); inside loop() in order to trigger tick processing. 
+    function signature: void softwareTimerHandler(uint32_t micros_time);
+
+    @author     Doctea
 */
 
 #define ATOMIC(X) X;
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ uint32_t uclock_last_time_ticked;
 uint32_t uclock_us_interval;
 
 // call this as often as possible to tick the uClock
-void uClockCheckTime(uint32_t micros_time) {
+void softwareTimerHandler(uint32_t micros_time) {
     if (micros_time - uclock_last_time_ticked >= uclock_us_interval) {
         uclock_last_time_ticked = micros_time;
         uClockHandler();

src/uClock.cpp

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  *  @file       uClock.cpp
  *  Project     BPM clock generator for Arduino
  *  @brief      A Library to implement BPM clock tick calls using hardware interruption. Supported and tested on AVR boards(ATmega168/328, ATmega16u4/32u4 and ATmega2560) and ARM boards(RPI2040, Teensy, Seedstudio XIAO M0 and ESP32)
- *  @version    2.1.0
+ *  @version    2.2.0
  *  @author     Romulo Silva
  *  @date       10/06/2017
  *  @license    MIT - (c) 2024 - Romulo Silva - contact@midilab.co
@@ -27,10 +27,8 @@
  */
 #include "uClock.h"
 
-//
-// Generic, board-agnostic, not-accurate, no-interrupt, software-only port
-//
-#if !defined(USE_UCLOCK_GENERIC)
+// no hardware timer clock? use USE_UCLOCK_SOFTWARE_TIMER
+#if !defined(USE_UCLOCK_SOFTWARE_TIMER)
     //
     // General Arduino AVRs port
     //
@@ -66,17 +64,21 @@
         #include "platforms/stm32.h"
         #define UCLOCK_PLATFORM_FOUND
     #endif
-#endif
-
-#if !defined(UCLOCK_PLATFORM_FOUND)
-    #pragma message ("NOTE: uClock is using the 'generic' approach instead of specific board support, because board is not supported or because of USE_UCLOCK_GENERIC build flag.")
-    #include "platforms/generic.h"
-#endif
     //
     // RP2040 (Raspberry Pico) family
     //
     #if defined(ARDUINO_ARCH_RP2040)
         #include "platforms/rp2040.h"
+        #define UCLOCK_PLATFORM_FOUND
+    #endif
+#endif
+
+//
+// Software Timer for generic, board-agnostic, not-accurate, no-interrupt, software-only port
+//
+#if !defined(UCLOCK_PLATFORM_FOUND)
+    #pragma message ("NOTE: uClock is using the 'software timer' approach instead of specific board interrupted support, because board is not supported or because of USE_UCLOCK_SOFTWARE_TIMER build flag. Remember to call uClock.run() inside your loop().")
+    #include "platforms/software.h"
 #endif
 
 
@@ -209,13 +211,6 @@ void uClockClass::setTempo(float bpm)
     setTimerTempo(bpm);
 }
 
-// this function is based on sync24PPQN
-float inline uClockClass::freqToBpm(uint32_t freq)
-{
-    float usecs = 1/((float)freq/1000000.0);
-    return (float)((float)(usecs/(float)24) * 60.0);
-}
-
 float uClockClass::getTempo() 
 {
     if (mode == EXTERNAL_CLOCK) {
@@ -234,6 +229,22 @@ float uClockClass::getTempo()
     return tempo;
 }
 
+// for software timer implementation(fallback for no board support)
+void uClockClass::run()
+{
+#if !defined(UCLOCK_PLATFORM_FOUND)
+    // call software timer implementation of software
+    softwareTimerHandler(micros());
+#endif
+}
+
+// this function is based on sync24PPQN
+float inline uClockClass::freqToBpm(uint32_t freq)
+{
+    float usecs = 1/((float)freq/1000000.0);
+    return (float)((float)(usecs/(float)24) * 60.0);
+}
+
 void uClockClass::setMode(SyncMode tempo_mode) 
 {
     mode = tempo_mode;

src/uClock.h

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  *  @file       uClock.h
  *  Project     BPM clock generator for Arduino
  *  @brief      A Library to implement BPM clock tick calls using hardware interruption. Supported and tested on AVR boards(ATmega168/328, ATmega16u4/32u4 and ATmega2560) and ARM boards(RPI2040, Teensy, Seedstudio XIAO M0 and ESP32)
- *  @version    2.1.0
+ *  @version    2.2.0
  *  @author     Romulo Silva
  *  @date       10/06/2017
  *  @license    MIT - (c) 2024 - Romulo Silva - contact@midilab.co
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ class uClockClass {
         void setTempo(float bpm);
         float getTempo();
 
+        // for software timer implementation(fallback for no board support)
+        void run();
+
         // external timming control
         void setMode(SyncMode tempo_mode);
         SyncMode getMode();