[Energia Library] HX711 library for use in Energia

[jonmart2090 0]

Has anyone been able to find a library or had any success in making their own library for the HX711 for use with Energia. 

 

I know there is a link on Github with the header and source files for Arduino but they do not work for me. The link I'm referring to is https://github.com/bogde/HX711 

 

Thanks for any help!

[chicken 630]

Please define "not work for me".

 

At a quick glance, it doesn't look like the libraries do something incompatible with Energia.

[jonmart2090 0]

So I found that I was missing something very basic, #include "Energia.h". This did fix a lot of problem but now, these are the error codes that I am getting when I compile the code I am working on in Energia.

 

Errors: 

Energia: 1.6.10E18 (Mac OS X), Board: "MSP-EXP430F5529LP"

/Users/Jon/Documents/Energia/libraries/HX711/HX711.cpp: In member function 'long int HX711::read()':
/Users/Jon/Documents/Energia/libraries/HX711/HX711.cpp:53:9: error: 'yield' was not declared in this scope
/Users/Jon/Documents/Energia/libraries/HX711/HX711.cpp: In member function 'long int HX711::read_average(byte)':
/Users/Jon/Documents/Energia/libraries/HX711/HX711.cpp:91:9: error: 'yield' was not declared in this scope
exit status 1
Error compiling for board MSP-EXP430F5529LP.

 

Edited .h file from the Github repository

/* 
    Header file - Library for HX711
 */

#ifndef HX711_h
#define HX711_h

#include "Energia.h"

class HX711
{
	private:
		byte PD_SCK;	// Power Down and Serial Clock Input Pin
		byte DOUT;		// Serial Data Output Pin
		byte GAIN;		// amplification factor
		long OFFSET;	// used for tare weight
		float SCALE;	// used to return weight in grams, kg, ounces, whatever

	public:
		// define clock and data pin, channel, and gain factor
		// channel selection is made by passing the appropriate gain: 128 or 64 for channel A, 32 for channel B
		// gain: 128 or 64 for channel A; channel B works with 32 gain factor only
		HX711(byte dout, byte pd_sck, byte gain = 128);

		HX711();

		virtual ~HX711();

		// Allows to set the pins and gain later than in the constructor
		void begin(byte dout, byte pd_sck, byte gain = 128);

		// check if HX711 is ready
		// from the datasheet: When output data is not ready for retrieval, digital output pin DOUT is high. Serial clock
		// input PD_SCK should be low. When DOUT goes to low, it indicates data is ready for retrieval.
		bool is_ready();

		// set the gain factor; takes effect only after a call to read()
		// channel A can be set for a 128 or 64 gain; channel B has a fixed 32 gain
		// depending on the parameter, the channel is also set to either A or B
		void set_gain(byte gain = 128);

		// waits for the chip to be ready and returns a reading
		long read();

		// returns an average reading; times = how many times to read
		long read_average(byte times = 10);

		// returns (read_average() - OFFSET), that is the current value without the tare weight; times = how many readings to do
		double get_value(byte times = 1);

		// returns get_value() divided by SCALE, that is the raw value divided by a value obtained via calibration
		// times = how many readings to do
		float get_units(byte times = 1);

		// set the OFFSET value for tare weight; times = how many times to read the tare value
		void tare(byte times = 10);

		// set the SCALE value; this value is used to convert the raw data to "human readable" data (measure units)
		void set_scale(float scale = 1.f);

		// get the current SCALE
		float get_scale();

		// set OFFSET, the value that's subtracted from the actual reading (tare weight)
		void set_offset(long offset = 0);

		// get the current OFFSET
		long get_offset();

		// puts the chip into power down mode
		void power_down();

		// wakes up the chip after power down mode
		void power_up();
};

#endif /* HX711_h */

Edited .cpp file from Github repository

/*
 Source file - Library for HX711
 */

#include "Energia.h"
#include <HX711.h>

HX711::HX711(byte dout, byte pd_sck, byte gain) {
	begin(dout, pd_sck, gain);
}

HX711::HX711() {
}

HX711::~HX711() {
}

void HX711::begin(byte dout, byte pd_sck, byte gain) {
	PD_SCK = pd_sck;
	DOUT = dout;

	pinMode(PD_SCK, OUTPUT);
	pinMode(DOUT, INPUT);

	set_gain(gain);
}

bool HX711::is_ready() {
	return digitalRead(DOUT) == LOW;
}

void HX711::set_gain(byte gain) {
	switch (gain) {
		case 128:		// channel A, gain factor 128
			GAIN = 1;
			break;
		case 64:		// channel A, gain factor 64
			GAIN = 3;
			break;
		case 32:		// channel B, gain factor 32
			GAIN = 2;
			break;
	}

	digitalWrite(PD_SCK, LOW);
	read();
}

long HX711::read() {
	// wait for the chip to become ready
	while (!is_ready()) {
		// Will do nothing on Arduino but prevent resets of ESP8266 (Watchdog Issue)
		yield();
	}

	unsigned long value = 0;
	uint8_t data[3] = { 0 };
	uint8_t filler = 0x00;

	// pulse the clock pin 24 times to read the data
	data[2] = shiftIn(DOUT, PD_SCK, MSBFIRST);
	data[1] = shiftIn(DOUT, PD_SCK, MSBFIRST);
	data[0] = shiftIn(DOUT, PD_SCK, MSBFIRST);

	// set the channel and the gain factor for the next reading using the clock pin
	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < GAIN; i++) {
		digitalWrite(PD_SCK, HIGH);
		digitalWrite(PD_SCK, LOW);
	}

	// Replicate the most significant bit to pad out a 32-bit signed integer
	if (data[2] & 0x80) {
		filler = 0xFF;
	} else {
		filler = 0x00;
	}

	// Construct a 32-bit signed integer
	value = ( static_cast<unsigned long>(filler) << 24
			| static_cast<unsigned long>(data[2]) << 16
			| static_cast<unsigned long>(data[1]) << 8
			| static_cast<unsigned long>(data[0]) );

	return static_cast<long>(value);
}

long HX711::read_average(byte times) {
	long sum = 0;
	for (byte i = 0; i < times; i++) {
		sum += read();
		yield();
	}
	return sum / times;
}

double HX711::get_value(byte times) {
    OFFSET = 0;
	return read_average(times) - OFFSET;
}

float HX711::get_units(byte times) {
    SCALE = 0;
	return get_value(times) / SCALE;
}

void HX711::tare(byte times) {
	double sum = read_average(times);
	set_offset(sum);
}

void HX711::set_scale(float scale) {
	SCALE = scale;
}

float HX711::get_scale() {
	return SCALE;
}

void HX711::set_offset(long offset) {
	OFFSET = offset;
}

long HX711::get_offset() {
	return OFFSET;
}

void HX711::power_down() {
	digitalWrite(PD_SCK, LOW);
	digitalWrite(PD_SCK, HIGH);
}

void HX711::power_up() {
	digitalWrite(PD_SCK, LOW);
}

[Fmilburn 443]

Per the error message, 'yield' was not declared in this scope

 

If you look in the code....

long HX711::read() {
	// wait for the chip to become ready
	while (!is_ready()) {
		// Will do nothing on Arduino but prevent resets of ESP8266 (Watchdog Issue)
		yield();
	}

So it appears that yield() is only needed for the ESP8266.  You can try going through and commenting out yield() wherever it occurs.