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Maurice Ribble
8-30-2009
http://www.glacialwanderer.com/hobbyrobotics
Used Arduino 0017
This does does some error checking to try to make sure the receiver on this o
way RF
serial link doesn't repond to garbage

#define NETWORK_SIG_SIZE 3
#define VAL_SIZE
#define CHECKSUM_SIZE
#define PACKET_SIZE

2
1
(NETWORK_SIG_SIZE + VAL_SIZE + CHECKSUM_SIZE)

// The network address byte and can be change if you want to run different devic
es in proximity to each other without interfearance
#define NET_ADDR 5
const byte g_network_sig[NETWORK_SIG_SIZE] = {0x8F, 0xAA, NET_ADDR}; // Few byt
es used to initiate a transfer
// Sends an unsigned int over the RF network
void writeUInt(unsigned int val)
{
byte checksum = (val/256) ^ (val&0xFF);
Serial.write(0xF0); // This gets reciever in sync with transmitter
Serial.write(g_network_sig, NETWORK_SIG_SIZE);
Serial.write((byte*)&val, VAL_SIZE);
Serial.write(checksum); //CHECKSUM_SIZE
}
// Receives an unsigned int over the RF network
unsigned int readUInt(bool wait)
{
int pos = 0;
// Position in the network signature
unsigned int val;
// Value of the unsigned int
byte c = 0;
// Current byte
if((Serial.available() < PACKET_SIZE) && (wait == false))
{
return 0xFFFF;
}
while(pos < NETWORK_SIG_SIZE)
{
while(Serial.available() == 0); // Wait until something is avalible
c = Serial.read();
if (c == g_network_sig[pos])
{
if (pos == NETWORK_SIG_SIZE-1)
{
byte checksum;
while(Serial.available() < VAL_SIZE + CHECKSUM_SIZE); // Wait until some
thing is avalible
val
= Serial.read();
val
+= ((unsigned int)Serial.read())*256;
checksum = Serial.read();

if (checksum != ((val/256) ^ (val&0xFF)))

{
// Checksum failed
pos = -1;
}
}
++pos;
}
else if (c == g_network_sig[0])
{
pos = 1;
}
else
{
pos = 0;
if (!wait)
{
return 0xFFFF;
}
}
}
return val;
}