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-rw-r--r--.gitignore1
-rw-r--r--Arduino sketch/serial_rgb.pde1
-rwxr-xr-xPython code/rgbled.py17
-rw-r--r--Python code/serialrgb.py18
4 files changed, 32 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d20b64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.pyc
diff --git a/Arduino sketch/serial_rgb.pde b/Arduino sketch/serial_rgb.pde
index 84d331b..f6121a2 100644
--- a/Arduino sketch/serial_rgb.pde
+++ b/Arduino sketch/serial_rgb.pde
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ void loop()
r = Serial.read();
g = Serial.read();
b = Serial.read();
+ Serial.write('1'); // Sync
}
analogWrite(LEDR, r);
analogWrite(LEDG, g);
diff --git a/Python code/rgbled.py b/Python code/rgbled.py
index 8d699b4..8378577 100755
--- a/Python code/rgbled.py
+++ b/Python code/rgbled.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
from __future__ import division
import wx, math
from wx.lib.colourchooser.pycolourchooser import PyColourChooser
-from serialrgb import SerialRGB
+from serialrgb import SerialRGB, SyncError
def hsv2rgb(h, s, v):
h *= 360.0
@@ -63,14 +63,23 @@ class rgbled_frame(wx.Frame):
g = colour.Green()
b = colour.Blue()
if isinstance(self.rgbled, SerialRGB):
- self.rgbled.change_color((r, g, b))
+ try:
+ self.rgbled.change_color((r, g, b))
+ except SyncError:
+ wx.MessageDialog(None, "Could not synchronize with Arduino!", "Sync Error", wx.ICON_ERROR | wx.OK).ShowModal()
+ self.Close()
class rgbled_app(wx.App):
def OnInit(self):
self.rgbled = None
portdlg = wx.TextEntryDialog(None, "Serial port:")
if portdlg.ShowModal() == wx.ID_OK:
- self.rgbled = SerialRGB(portdlg.GetValue())
+ try:
+ self.rgbled = SerialRGB(portdlg.GetValue())
+ except SyncError:
+ pass
+ # wx.MessageDialog(None, "Could not synchronize with Arduino!", "Sync Error", wx.ICON_ERROR | wx.OK).ShowModal()
+ # return False
frame = rgbled_frame(self.rgbled)
portdlg.Destroy()
frame.Show()
@@ -78,7 +87,7 @@ class rgbled_app(wx.App):
return True
def OnExit(self):
if isinstance(self.rgbled,SerialRGB):
- self.rgb2hsv.close_connection()
+ self.rgbled.close_connection()
if __name__ == '__main__':
myapp = rgbled_app()
diff --git a/Python code/serialrgb.py b/Python code/serialrgb.py
index 7296e22..8d7c6d8 100644
--- a/Python code/serialrgb.py
+++ b/Python code/serialrgb.py
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-import serial
+import serial, time
+
+class SyncError(Exception):
+ """Synchronisation error"""
+ def __init__(self, msg=""):
+ self._msg = str(msg)
+
+ def __str__(self):
+ return msg
class SerialRGB(object):
"""Easy controlling of the RGB-LED / Arduino"""
@@ -16,6 +24,12 @@ class SerialRGB(object):
self.ser = serial.Serial(addr, baud)
except:
raise IOError("Could not connect to Arduino via serial port.")
+ # Sync...
+ while self.ser.inWaiting() < 1:
+ self.ser.write("\x00")
+ time.sleep(.01)
+ if self.ser.read(1) != "1":
+ raise SyncError
def __del__(self):
self.close_connection()
@@ -28,6 +42,8 @@ class SerialRGB(object):
"""
r, g, b = color
self.ser.write(chr(r) + chr(g) + chr(b))
+ if self.ser.read(1) != "1":
+ raise SyncError
def close_connection(self):
"""Closes the connection to the Arduino."""