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Component: SRF (WirelessThings) (SRF) (Wireless)

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SRF (WirelessThings) component

The SRF is designed for wireless transmission and reception of serial data in an easy to use surface mounted module. It has an on-board balun and chip antenna, which can be detached for applications where an external antenna is required.

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Downloadable macro reference

SendString
Send a string of data using the SRF Module 
- STRING Data
 
- VOID Return


Wake
Wake the SRF module. Includes a 10ms delay to allow radio to wake. 
- VOID Return


SendChar
 
[[File:]] - Char
 
- VOID Return


Sleep
Sets the SRF module to sleep mode. (Includes a 10mS delay to allow any data to finish sending) 
- VOID Return


SRFInitialise
Initialise the SRF Module. Activate device through 'enable' pin, and wake device to ensure it is not sleeping. 
- VOID Return


ReceiveString
Send a string of data using the SRF Module 
- BYTE Timeout
 
- BYTE NumBytes
 
- STRING Return


ReceiveChar
 
- BYTE Timeout
 
[[File:]] - Return


I2CStop
Put the I2C Module into Stop mode 
- BYTE Channel
 
- VOID Return


SPIPrescaler
Modify the speed of the SPI bus 
- BYTE Channel
Channel Index: Range 0 - SPI Bus Count - 1 
- BYTE Prescaler
Range: 0-2 
- VOID Return


PWMSetDuty
Sets the duty for the PWM output 
- BYTE Channel
Range: 0-5 
- BYTE Duty
 
- VOID Return


ADCSample10
Reads the voltage present on an Alanog pin as an 10-bit value range 0-1023 
- BYTE ADCChannel
Range: 0-12 
- UINT Return


I2CTransSend
Sends an I2C Transaction on the selected I2C channel. Returns the number of bytes sent. 
- BYTE Channel
Channel Index: Range 0 - I2C Bus Count - 1 
- BYTE Data
Data to send 
- UINT Count
Number of bytes to send out, MS bit 0x8000 signifies no Stop if set 
- UINT Return


I2CTransInit
Initialises the I2C Transaction mode with the 7-bit device address 
- BYTE Channel
Channel Index: Range 0 - I2C Bus Count - 1 
- BYTE DeviceAddress
7-bit Device Address 
- BYTE Baud
0=100KHz, 1=400KHz, 2=1MHz 
- VOID Return


IOSetOutputPin
Sets the selected digital pin to an output and assigns the output state. 
- BYTE Pin
Range: 0-29 
[[File:]] - State
Range: 0-1 
- VOID Return


UARTReceive
Receives a data byte from the UART. Recommend calling the UARTCheckRx function first to ensure data is available. 
- BYTE Channel
Channel Index: Range 0 - UART Bus Count - 1 
- BYTE Return


SPIInitialise
Initialsie the SPI module ready for communications 
- BYTE Channel
Channel Index: Range 0 - SPI Bus Count - 1 
- VOID Return


I2CSend
Transmit a byte using the I2C bus 
- BYTE Channel
Channel Index: Range 0 - I2C Bus Count - 1 
- BYTE DataOut
 
[[File:]] - Return


UARTSend
Send a byte via the UART module 
- BYTE Channel
Channel Index: Range 0 - UART Bus Count - 1 
- BYTE Data
Data Byte to send. Range: 0-255 
- VOID Return


PWMSetPrescaler
Sets the prescaler for the PWM output 
- BYTE Channel
 
- BYTE Prescaler
 
- BYTE Period
 
- VOID Return


PWMEnable
Enable a PWM output 
- BYTE Channel
Range: 0-1 
- VOID Return


Initialise
Initialise the comms to the Arduino board ready for commands to be sent. 
- VOID Return


IOSetOutputPin
Sets the selected digital pin to an output and assigns the output state. 
- BYTE Pin
Range: 0-29 
[[File:]] - State
Range: 0-1 
- VOID Return


UARTReceive
Receives a data byte from the UART. Recommend calling the UARTCheckRx function first to ensure data is available. 
- BYTE Channel
Channel Index: Range 0 - UART Bus Count - 1 
- BYTE Return


ADCSampleAverage10
Reads the voltage present on an Analog pin as an 10-bit value range 0-1023. Performs the selected number of samples with the selected time in microseconds in between samples 
- BYTE ADCChannel
Range: 0, 3-7 
- BYTE SampleCount
Range: 1- 100 
- BYTE SampleDelay
Delay in us between each sample 
- UINT Return


OneWireScanBus
Scans the one wire bus to detect all connected devices. Returns the number of one wire devices found. 
- BYTE Channel
Channel Index: Range 0 - I2C Bus Count - 1 
- BYTE Return


SPIInitialise
Initialsie the SPI module ready for communications 
- BYTE Channel
Channel Index: Range 0 - SPI Bus Count - 1 
- VOID Return


OneWireReceiveByte
Receives a byte from the one wire bus a bit at a time 
- BYTE Channel
Channel Index: Range 0 - I2C Bus Count - 1 
- BYTE Return


I2CSend
Transmit a byte using the I2C bus 
- BYTE Channel
Channel Index: Range 0 - I2C Bus Count - 1 
- BYTE DataOut
 
[[File:]] - Return


UARTSend
Send a byte via the UART module 
- BYTE Channel
Channel Index: Range 0 - UART Bus Count - 1 
- BYTE Data
Data Byte to send. Range: 0-255 
- VOID Return


OneWireGetDeviceCount
Returns the number of devices found by the last ScanBus operation. 
- BYTE Channel
Channel Index: Range 0 - I2C Bus Count - 1 
- BYTE Return


PWMSetPrescaler
Sets the prescaler for the PWM output 
- BYTE Channel
Range: 0 - 11 
- BYTE Prescaler
 
- BYTE Period
 
- VOID Return


PWMEnable
Enable a PWM output 
- BYTE Channel
Range: 0-11 
- VOID Return


ADCSampleArray10
Reads the voltage present on an Analog pin as an 10-bit value range 0-1023 Performs the selected number of samples with the selected time in microseconds in between samples and returns each sample in a single packet 
- BYTE ADCChannel
Range: 0, 3-7 
- BYTE SampleCount
Range: 1- 32 
- UINT SampleDelay
Delay in us between each sample 
- UINT Samples
10-bit samples returned from the function 
- VOID Return


ADCSampleAverage8
Reads the voltage present on an Analog pin as an 8-bit value range 0-255 Performs the selected number of samples with the selected time in microseconds in between samples 
- BYTE ADCChannel
Range: 0, 3-7 
- BYTE SampleCount
Range: 1- 100 
- BYTE SampleDelay
Delay in us between each sample 
- BYTE Return


Initialise
Initialise the comms to the Arduino board ready for commands to be sent. 
- VOID Return


PWMEnable
Allows pulse width modulated transistor outputs to be switched on or off. Bit 0 = Enable AB Bit 1 = A / Bit 2 = B Bit 3 = C / Bit 4 = D Bit 5 = Enable CD 
- BYTE EnableMask
Range 0-63 or 0b00000 to 0b111111 
- VOID Return


Initialise
 
- VOID Return



Property reference

Properties
Sleep Mode (ATSM)
Defines which sleep mode will be used when calling the Sleep component macro. 
Baud Rate
Serial comms data rate specified in bits per second. 
Connections
Channel
Onboard UART peripheral to use to perform serial commands. Software mode available but not recommended for receive applications unless combined with a pin interrupt. 
TX
Serial data transmit pin, output from the target microcontroller and should be connected to the RX pin of the module. 
RX
Serial data receive pin, input to the target microcontroller and should be connected to the TX pin of the module. 
Sleep
 
Simulations
Scope Traces
Selects if the scope traces are automatically generated or not 
Console Data
Selects if the console data is automatically generated or not 
Data Source
Simulation data source used to allow the component to connect to COM port hardware or the the data API components. 
COM Port
Lists all the current available COM port hardware on your PC.