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Counter triggering counter

pcrobotpcrobot Posts: 103
edited 2006-04-21 14:14 in BASIC Stamp
Hey,

I'm trying to get a counter to trigger another counter... So far I'm not having much success...

What I have:

DO

FOR counterone 1 to 60

HIGH 14
PAUSE 500
LOW 14
PAUSE 500

NEXT

IF counterone = 60
THEN countertwo + 1

LOOP

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  • SSteveSSteve Posts: 808
    edited 2006-04-04 02:12
    You don't need the test "IF counterone = 60". You've already fallen out of the FOR/NEXT loop so you know you've gone through 60 values of counterone. You can simply increment countertwo after the NEXT statement.

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  • pcrobotpcrobot Posts: 103
    edited 2006-04-04 02:57
    SSteve said...
    You don't need the test "IF counterone = 60". You've already fallen out of the FOR/NEXT loop so you know you've gone through 60 values of counterone. You can simply increment countertwo after the NEXT statement.
    I want it to add 1 to countertwo, then go through counterone again, add 1 to countertwo, etc.

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  • PJAllenPJAllen Banned Posts: 5,065
    edited 2006-04-04 03:15 
    counterone VAR Byte
countertwo VAR Byte
 
init:
 counterone = 1
 
cntr_one:
  HIGH 14
  PAUSE 500
  LOW 14
  PAUSE 500
  counterone = counterone + 1
  if counterone < 61 then cntr_one

cntr_two:
  countertwo = countertwo + 1
  goto init
  • Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,570
    edited 2006-04-04 03:22
    pcrobot,

    What SSteve is saying, is that the line that reads "IF counterone = 60" is redundant, because the "FOR counterone 1 to 60"
    loop automatically takes care of this.

    ' {$STAMP BS2}
' {$PBASIC 2.5}

  counterone VAR  Byte
  countertwo VAR  Byte

DO
   FOR counterone = 1 to 60
       HIGH 14
       PAUSE 500
       LOW 14
       PAUSE 500
   NEXT
   countertwo = countertwo + 1
   
   'IF counterone = 60 THEN countertwo = countertwo + 1

LOOP

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  • pcrobotpcrobot Posts: 103
    edited 2006-04-07 17:10
    OK, now, I want to save the value of counterone & countertwo whenever the pushbutton on PIN3 is pressed. But, it only goes for 1 second, then stops. confused.gif

    counterone  VAR BYTE
countertwo  VAR Byte

DO

FOR counterone = 1 TO 60
HIGH 14
PAUSE 500
LOW 14
PAUSE 500

DEBUG ? counterone

IF IN3 = 1 THEN FOR eepromAddress 0 TO 58 STEP 2
FOR eepromAddress, Word counterone, Word countertwo
NEXT

countertwo = countertwo + 1

DEBUG ? countertwo

LOOP

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    Post Edited (pcrobot) : 4/7/2006 7:15:54 PM GMT
  • FranklinFranklin Posts: 4,747
    edited 2006-04-07 18:38
    It looks like you need to study the BASIC manual a little longer. you have two for statements and only one next. I'm not 100% sure but I think that won't work.

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  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2006-04-07 19:32
    Not only two FOR statements, but no TO value in the second.· Also, besides what Steve and Beau were saying about the conditional for IF variable = 60 being redundant, so is the counter = counter + 1 since that too is being incremented by the FOR...NEXT loop.· Definately give the "What's A Microcontroller?" text a good read.

    http://www.parallax.com/dl/docs/books/edu/wamv2_2.pdf

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  • pcrobotpcrobot Posts: 103
    edited 2006-04-10 17:41
    Well, then what code should I use to record the value of 2 counters (1 counter every 60 seconds, and the other every second) when a pushbutton is pushed? (without interupting the counters, or reseting.)

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  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2006-04-10 18:19
    Could you please be more specific as to what you mean?· Exactly what needs to happen?· Do the counters need to run concurrently?·

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  • pcrobotpcrobot Posts: 103
    edited 2006-04-10 19:10
    Sorry...

    counterone flashes an LED on 500ms, then off 500ms. When it does that 60 times, countertwo adds 1, and counterone resets. I just want to send the value of each counter to the eeprom when the pushbutton is pressed.

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  • PJAllenPJAllen Banned Posts: 5,065
    edited 2006-04-10 19:42
    · I guess you figure to use this as a stop-watch.
    · By checking for a button-push you have to stop counting or account for it in your PAUSEs, by writing to eeprom you have to stop counting long enough to perform that operation.
    · Why don't you get a PocketWatch-B which will run all the time?· Have your program query the PW-B for the time when there is a button-push and write that to eeprom.
  • pcrobotpcrobot Posts: 103
    edited 2006-04-10 20:13
    I was thinking I'd cut some of the time off the LED off pause and use that for writing to the eeprom.

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  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2006-04-10 20:27
    This code does what you ask...The problems I see are that you only have 1 second resolution on the timing, but 1/2 second to stop it and after writing the data to the EEPROM what do you plan on doing with it? 
    ' {$STAMP BS2}
' {$PBASIC 2.5}
But1      PIN   0
LED       PIN   1
counter   VAR   byte
index     VAR   byte
do
  IF But1 = 1 THEN exit
  HIGH LED
  PAUSE 500
  IF But1 = 1 THEN EXIT
  LOW LED
  PAUSE 500
  counter = counter + 1
  IF counter = 60 THEN
    counter = 0
    index = index + 1
  endif
loop
WRITE 0, counter
WRITE 1, index

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  • pcrobotpcrobot Posts: 103
    edited 2006-04-14 22:41
    Thanks Chris!

    ... now... how do I save multiple values? (several values of counter, and index.)

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  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2006-04-15 03:17
    You make the 0 and 1 variables (or one variable) and you increment them after each write.· With a single variable you would write the current value, then next value would be the current counter +1, then you increment by 2 and start over.

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  • pcrobotpcrobot Posts: 103
    edited 2006-04-18 20:51
    Now, why on earth does this keep resetting instead of continuing? jumpin.gif

    I've been working at it for at least an hour! shocked.gif

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  • SSteveSSteve Posts: 808
    edited 2006-04-18 22:26
    What do you mean when you say it keeps resetting?

    Here's a coding tip. Instead of 
        IF IN3 = 1 THEN WRITE eepromAddress1, month
    IF IN3 = 1 THEN WRITE eepromAddress2, day
    IF IN3 = 1 THEN WRITE eepromAddress3, hour
    IF IN3 = 1 THEN WRITE eepromAddress4, minute


    write it like this: 
        IF IN3 = 1 THEN 
        WRITE eepromAddress1, month
        WRITE eepromAddress2, day
        WRITE eepromAddress3, hour
        WRITE eepromAddress4, minute
    ENDIF


    With the current version, you'll only get a partial timestamp if the button is released between statements.

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  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2006-04-19 01:32
    Or better yet, try: 
    IF IN3 = 1 THEN 
        WRITE eepromAddress, month
        WRITE eepromAddress + 1, day
        WRITE eepromAddress + 2, hour
        WRITE eepromAddress + 3, minute
    ENDIF

    Then you only have one address to increment by 4 each time.

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  • SSteveSSteve Posts: 808
    edited 2006-04-19 05:56
    I was thinking of suggesting that also, but I decided to address one thing at a time. (No pun intended.) smile.gif

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  • pcrobotpcrobot Posts: 103
    edited 2006-04-19 18:14
    SSteve said...
    What do you mean when you say it keeps resetting?
    Thanks for the tips...

    When I press the pushbutton (and it sends the variables to the EEPROM) then it starts the program over again... confused.gif

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  • SSteveSSteve Posts: 808
    edited 2006-04-19 21:12
    I don't see anything in your code that would cause a reset. Perhaps something in your circuit is causing the stamp to reset when the button is pushed.

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  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2006-04-20 05:00
    Most likely the button (connection) is shorting out the supply rails.

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  • pcrobotpcrobot Posts: 103
    edited 2006-04-20 21:35
    Chris Savage (Parallax) said...
    Most likely the button (connection) is shorting out the supply rails.
    How would I fix that?

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  • FranklinFranklin Posts: 4,747
    edited 2006-04-20 22:19
    How about a circuit diagram. To fix the problem of a switch shorting out the rails you don't connect it across the rails.
  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2006-04-21 04:01
    Please see the circuits listed in the BASIC Stamp Manual or the Editor Help File under the BUTTON command.· Match what you have to one of those.· I would also highly recommend reading the, "What's A Microcontroller?" text, available as a free PDF download from the bottom of the following link.

    http://www.parallax.com/detail.asp?product_id=28152


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    Post Edited (Chris Savage (Parallax)) : 4/21/2006 2:13:31 PM GMT
  • pcrobotpcrobot Posts: 103
    edited 2006-04-21 12:03
    I'm using the curcuit on page 76 of the WAM text along with the LED curcuit on page 314 of the "Robotics with the BOE-Bot" text.

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  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2006-04-21 14:14
    If you're using that circuit, then re-check your wiring.· If in doubt remove it all and start over one connection at a time.· You'd be surprised how often this works for many.

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