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authorMarti Bolivar <mbolivar@leaflabs.com>2011-03-30 00:55:51 -0400
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Board-specific values; corresponding QA test generalizations.
Various board-specific #defines and arrays of pins added. For the changelog (some of this information predates this commit): * wirish/boards.h now declares the following arrays of pin numbers: * boardPWMPins - PWM-capable pins * boardADCPins - ADC-capable pins * boardUsedPins - pins already in use, e.g. BOARD_BUTTON_PIN It also declares a bool boardUsesPin(uint8 pin) function for convenient testing of whether a pin is in use. * wirish/boards/*.h now define: * BOARD_USART1_TX_PIN * BOARD_USART1_RX_PIN * BOARD_USART2_TX_PIN * BOARD_USART2_RX_PIN * BOARD_USART3_TX_PIN * BOARD_USART3_RX_PIN * BOARD_NR_GPIO_PINS (renamed from NR_GPIO_PINS) * BOARD_NR_USARTS (renamed from NR_USARTS) * BOARD_NR_PWM_PINS * BOARD_NR_ADC_PINS * BOARD_NR_USED_PINS * wirish/boards/maple_native.h now defines: * BOARD_UART4_TX_PIN * BOARD_UART4_RX_PIN * BOARD_UART5_TX_PIN * BOARD_UART5_RX_PIN (Unfortunately, wirish/boards/maple_RET6.h cannot, since at least one of the UART4/UART5 pins are used already; this will require layout changes for a wide-release Maple form factor RET6 board). * wirish/boards/*.cpp all include the corresponding array definitions. They all live in flash by default, thanks to the new __FLASH__ macro in wirish/wirish_types.h, which is a synonym for the existing __attr_flash #define in libmaple/libmaple_types.h. The documentation was updated to include this information. It also gained various FIXME/TODO comments related to its generalization across boards. The quality assurance-related examples (examples/qa-slave-shield.cpp and examples/test-session.cpp) now make heavy use of board-specific values to ensure portability.
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@@ -293,23 +293,16 @@ exponent indicators. Some examples are given in the following table:
Board-Specific Constants
------------------------
-This section documents constants whose value might change across
-different LeafLabs boards. You can use these constants to help ensure
-that your code will be portable across different boards.
+There are several :ref:`board-specific constants <lang-board-values>`
+whose value depends on which LeafLabs board you have. If you use
+them, it will help make sure that your code will work well on all
+LeafLabs boards, not just the one you have. This will make it much
+easier to share your code with others.
-.. TODO replace "upcoming" when Mini, Native come out
-
-.. _lang-constants-led:
-
-- ``BOARD_LED_PIN``: the number of the pin which connects to the
- built-in LED. On the Maple, this is pin 13, but it's not guaranteed
- to be the same in upcoming boards like the Maple Mini.
-
-.. _lang-constants-but:
-
-- ``BOARD_BUTTON_PIN``: the number of the pin which connects to the
- built-in button (labeled "BUT"). On the Maple, this is pin 38, but
- it's not guaranteed to be the same in other boards.
+For example, the pin number connected to the board's built-in LED is
+different on the different boards, but the board-specific constant
+:ref:`BOARD_LED_PIN <lang-board-values-led>` will always be the
+correct value for each board.
See Also
--------
@@ -325,5 +318,6 @@ See Also
- :ref:`unsigned long long <lang-unsignedlonglong>`
- :ref:`float <lang-float>`
- :ref:`double <lang-double>`
+- :ref:`Board-Specific Values <lang-board-values>`
.. include:: cc-attribution.txt