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Bugfix: No need to consider surface custom view in count of enabled view: In early motion control versions the detection was also applied in surface mode (as development support). The condition check is no longer needed because motion control is only applied in dive mode.
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1 # OSTC4 Resources #
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3 ## Hardware ##
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5 There are two processors in the OSTC4:
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7 * an [STM32F427IIT6](http://www.st.com/content/st_com/en/products/microcontrollers/stm32-32-bit-arm-cortex-mcus/stm32-high-performance-mcus/stm32f4-series/stm32f427-437/stm32f427ii.html) as main processor. It is a Cortex-M4 processor with FPU, running at 180 MHz.
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8 It crunches most of the decompression code, the graphic display operations and the user interface.
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10 * an [STM32F411RET6](http://www.st.com/en/microcontrollers/stm32f411re.html) as the RTE (Real-Time-Environment) processor.
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11 This is another processor of the ARM Cortex M4 family, but with extremely low power modes and plenty of communication ports.
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12 It runs real-time gas exchange simulation during dive, and interface to most peripherals.
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14 Various peripherals are connected to them:
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16 - A 800x480 pixels _LCD_ screen, with a live stream of color pixels send by an auto-refresh SDRAM.
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17 - A pressure sensor.
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18 - A magnetic compass.
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19 - An ambient light sensor.
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20 - Three buttons.
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21 - A battery, and a battery gauge.
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23 _OSTC4_ programming is based on the _HAL_ (for _Hardware Abstraction Layer_) provided by _ST_.
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24 This allows to have a more readable C code, and to evolve more easily to another processors of the same familly.
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26 ## Drivers Used by the Main CPU - aka CPU1-Discovery ##
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28 The main _ARM-Cortex 4_ CPU uses the following resources provided by the
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29 _HAL_ (_Hardware Abstraction Layer_)
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30 provided by the processors makers _ST_ to ease code developement, security and portability:
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32 - **HAL_DMA** _Direct Memory Accelerator_: automated memory transfers, used to manage SPI reception and transmission channels.
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33 - **HAL_DMA2D** : a _specialized DMA dedicated to images manipulation_, used by `gfx_engine`to clear screens.
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34 - **HAL_FMC** _Flexible Memory Controller_ to drice the external SDRAM used for display.
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35 - **HAL_GPIO** _General Purpose Input/Output_: this is the programmable pins of the chip, used to connect nearly evrything.
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36 - **HAL_LTDC** _LCD TFT Display Controller_: to transfer images to the screen memory ?
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37 - **HAL_NVIC** _Nested Vector Interrupt Controller_: CORTEX IRQs used in `base.c` to handle buttons interrupts, in `gfx_engine.c` to manage VSYNC (screen's vertical sync) and in `stm32f4xx_hal_msp_hw2.c` to manage all other interrupts (ticks, DMA, DMA2D, TIM and USART).
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38 - **HAL_RCC** _Reset and Clock Control_: used in `base.c` to setup system, PLL and screen clocks.
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39 - **HAL_SDRAM** RAM controller used in `stm32f4xx_hal_msp_hw2.c` and in `base.c` to interface the external memory used by the screen.
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40 - **HAL_SPI** _Serial Peripheral Interface_: implement the [standard SPI protocol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_Peripheral_Interface_Bus). Used to do full duplex communication between the two CPU in `data_exchange_main.c` to exchange dive settings and state, and in `externCPU2bootloader.c` to send firmware to _CPU2-RTE_.
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41 - **HAL_TIM** basic _Timers_ used in `base.c` and PWM (_Pulse Width Modulation_) used to control backlight intensity.
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42 - **HAL_UART** _Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter_: serial communications used in `bonnexConnect.c`, `ostc.c`, `stm32f4xx_hal_msp_hw2.c`, `tCCR.c`, `tCpmm.c` and `tDebug.c`
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44 ## Drivers Used by the Secondary CPU - aka CPU2-RTE ##
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46 - **HAL_ADC** _Analog to Digital Converter_ channel 1 is used in `adc.c` for the ambient light sensor.
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47 - **HAL_DMA** _Direct Memory Accelerator_: automated memory transfers, used to manage SPI reception and transmission channels when communicating to main CPU.
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48 - **HAL_FLASH** allow erasing, programming, and managing read/write protection mechanisms of the internal FLASH memory.
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49 - **HAL_GPIO** _General Purpose Input/Output_: this is the programmable pins of the chip, used to connect nearly evrything.
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50 - **HAL_I2C** _Inter-Integrated Circuit_ [bus controller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I2C) is another standard bus, used to connect the pressure sensor in `pressure.c`, the magnetic compass in `compass.c` and the battery state in `batteryGauge.c`. Initialisations are in `baseCPU2.c` and `stm32f4xx_hal_msp_v3.c`.
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51 - **HAL_NVIC** _Nested Vector Interrupt Controller_: CORTEX IRQs used in `baseCPU2.c` to handle clock ticks, buttons and wireless state. In `spi.c` to know end of SPI transmissions. And in `stm32f4xx_hal_msp_v3.c` to setup various _I2C_ interupts.
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52 - **HAL_PWR** _Power Controller_: to manage sleep mode, low power and wakeup. And in `rtc.c` to manage FLASH power down.
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53 - **HAL_RCC** _Reset and Clock Control_: used in `baseCPU2.c` to setup system, PLL clocks for ...
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54 - **HAL_RTC** _Real Time Clock_ to handle date and time in `scheduler.c`
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55 - **HAL_SPI** _Serial Peripheral Interface_: implement the [standard protocol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_Peripheral_Interface_Bus). Used to do full duplex communication between the two CPUs. In `spi.c`, SPI1 is used to communicate to the maon CPU, and SPI3 to commicate to buttons.
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56 - **HAL_UART** _Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter_: serial communications used in `uart.c`