Intro to Computer Engineering

Assignment 5 - More Morse Mayhem: - - - - - .-. … .

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The idea

In this module you will incorporate delta timing into the Morse code assignment from Module 4. You will add an LED to your Arduino which will turn on for short (and slightly longer) amounts of time corresponding to dots and dashes in the Morse encoding of messages sent from Java.

By the end of this assignment you should have a better understanding of how delta timing works and how it can be used. In addition, you will practice: iterating through arrays, working with ASCII characters, and considering the logic required to properly implement non-blocking (i.e., delta) timing.

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The Arduino Assignment

  1. Begin by importing your Java code and MorseCoder.ino from Assignment 4 into their appropriate spots in Assignment 5. All functionality from Assignment 4 should still be in this assignment. Java will still send a user-input message to Arduino to be encoded. The Arduino will then still encode the message and send it back to Java.

  2. Update your C code to have the Arduino blink an LED for the given Morse code. You will have to process each character of the Morse code separately. For example, the morseEncode() function will return a String. You will have to loop through the returned string, retrieve each character, and use the character to turn on an LED for the appropriate amount of time. You can access an individual letter by using array-like notation. For example, this would print each letter in a string one-at-a-time:

String words = "Hello World!";
for(int i=0;i<words.length();i++) {
    Serial.print(words[i]);
}
  1. The timing of Morse code should be as follows:
    • you chose the duration of 1 unit; 500 ms is a good choice
    • a dot, ., turns the LED on for 1 unit
    • a dash, -, turns the LED on for 3 units
    • a space ensures the LED is off for a total of 7 units
    • between the dots and dashes of a single symbol’s code, turn the LED off for 1 unit. For example, the code for A is .-. The LED needs to be off for 1 unit between when it is on for the . and then on again for the -.
    • between symbols the LED should be off for 3 units. For example, if coding two letters, like AB you would have to blink the code for A, which is ._, and the code for B, which is -.... The LED should be off for three units of time between the final symbol of A and the start of B to indicate the end of a letter.
    • when not displaying a dot or a dash the LED should be turned off.

Here are two visualizations showing the full encoding of OH HELLO:


Time:       1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123
Message:    O----------   H----       H----   E   L--------   L--------   O----------
Signal:     HHHLHHHLHHHLLLHLHLHLLLLLLLHLHLHLLLHLLLHLHHHLHLHLLLHLHHHLHLHLLLHHHLHHHLHHH
             ^     ^      ^       ^             ^
            dash   |     dot      |             |
             symbol space     word space  letter space
Character Complete Morse Code Each Symbol LED On Time LED Off Time
O --- - (1st -) 3 1
”   - (2nd -) 3 1
”   - (3rd -) 3 1
(between letter)       2 (total of 3 including above)
H .... . (1st) 1 1
”   . (2nd) 1 1
”   . (3rd) 1 1
(between letter)       2 (total of 3 including above)
` ` (space)       4 (total of 7 including above)
H ... . (1st) 1 1
”   . (2nd) 1 1
”   . (3rd) 1 1
(between letter)       2 (total of 3 including above)
E . . 1 1
(between letter)       2 (total of 3 including above)
L .-.. . 1 1
”   - 3 1
”   . 1 1
”   . 1 1
(between letter)       2 (total of 3 including above)
L .-.. . 1 1
”   - 3 1
”   . 1 1
”   . 1 1
(between letter)       2 (total of 3 including above)
O --- - (1st -) 3 1
”   - (2nd -) 3 1
”   - (3rd -) 3 1

Although you may initially use delay() timing to get going with the assignment, when you’re done you should only be using delta timing (i.e., NO delay() allowed).

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Demo

The following video shows a brief demo of the expected timing:

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The check-in

Verify that you have completed the following files:

    - `MorseCoder/`
            - `MorseCoder.ino`
            - `MorseCodes.cpp`
            - `MorseCodes.h`
    - `communication/`
            - `SerialComm.java`

  1. Commit all your code. Do not ask to be checked out by a TA until after you have made certain that your work is committed. Failing to do this may result in you losing points on your assignment.

  2. Follow the checklist below to see if you have everything done before demo your assignment to a TA.
    • Your sketch is able to read input from Java
    • Your sketch correctly iterates over the string returned by moreseEncode()
    • Your sketh sends each '.' '-' and ' ' to your Java program over the Serial port
    • Your LED lights up for one unit of time for a dot
    • Your LED lights up for three units of time for a dash
    • Your LED is off for one unit of time between dots/dashes
    • Your LED is off for three units of time between symbols
    • Your LED is off for seven units of time between words
    • Your sketch uses delta timing
    • Your Java program reads lines of characters and sends them through the serial port
    • Your Java program uses debug to display the outgoing and incoming data
    • All of your files are committed
  3. Check out with a TA.

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