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-rw-r--r--cores/arduino/wiring_pulse.c37
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/cores/arduino/wiring_pulse.c b/cores/arduino/wiring_pulse.c
index 0d96886..2ac6988 100644
--- a/cores/arduino/wiring_pulse.c
+++ b/cores/arduino/wiring_pulse.c
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@
/* Measures the length (in microseconds) of a pulse on the pin; state is HIGH
* or LOW, the type of pulse to measure. Works on pulses from 2-3 microseconds
* to 3 minutes in length, but must be called at least a few dozen microseconds
- * before the start of the pulse. */
+ * before the start of the pulse.
+ *
+ * This function performs better with short pulses in noInterrupt() context
+ */
unsigned long pulseIn(uint8_t pin, uint8_t state, unsigned long timeout)
{
// cache the port and bit of the pin in order to speed up the
@@ -38,32 +41,12 @@ unsigned long pulseIn(uint8_t pin, uint8_t state, unsigned long timeout)
uint8_t port = digitalPinToPort(pin);
uint8_t stateMask = (state ? bit : 0);
unsigned long width = 0; // keep initialization out of time critical area
-
+
// convert the timeout from microseconds to a number of times through
- // the initial loop; it takes 16 clock cycles per iteration.
+ // the initial loop; it takes approximately 16 clock cycles per iteration
unsigned long numloops = 0;
- unsigned long maxloops = microsecondsToClockCycles(timeout) / 16;
-
- // wait for any previous pulse to end
- while ((*portInputRegister(port) & bit) == stateMask)
- if (numloops++ == maxloops)
- return 0;
-
- // wait for the pulse to start
- while ((*portInputRegister(port) & bit) != stateMask)
- if (numloops++ == maxloops)
- return 0;
-
- // wait for the pulse to stop
- while ((*portInputRegister(port) & bit) == stateMask) {
- if (numloops++ == maxloops)
- return 0;
- width++;
- }
+ unsigned long maxloops = microsecondsToClockCycles(timeout)/16;
- // convert the reading to microseconds. The loop has been determined
- // to be 20 clock cycles long and have about 16 clocks between the edge
- // and the start of the loop. There will be some error introduced by
- // the interrupt handlers.
- return clockCyclesToMicroseconds(width * 21 + 16);
-}
+ width = countPulseASM(portInputRegister(port), bit, stateMask, maxloops);
+ return clockCyclesToMicroseconds(width * 16 + 16);
+} \ No newline at end of file