// // FILE: ParallelPrinter.cpp // AUTHOR: Rob Tillaart // VERSION: 0.2.4 // PURPOSE: parallel printer class that implements the Print interface // DATE: 2013-09-30 // URL: https://github.com/RobTillaart/ParallelPrinter // // HISTORY // 0.1.0 2013-09-30 initial release // 0.2.0 2020-05-26 refactor, examples // 0.2.1 2021-01-04 Arduino-CI + unit test // 0.2.2 2021-01-14 update readme, add linefeed(), add keywords.txt // 0.2.3 2021-11-11 update Arduino-CI, readme,md // add isBusy(); // 0.2.4 2021-12-23 update library.json, license, minor edits #include "ParallelPrinter.h" ParallelPrinter::ParallelPrinter() { uint8_t dataPins[] = {3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}; ParallelPrinter(13, 2, 12, dataPins ); } ParallelPrinter::ParallelPrinter(uint8_t STROBE, uint8_t BUSY, uint8_t OOP, uint8_t * p ) { // CONTROL LINES _strobePin = STROBE; _busyPin = BUSY; _oopPin = OOP; pinMode(_oopPin, INPUT); pinMode(_busyPin, INPUT); pinMode(_strobePin, OUTPUT); // DATA LINES for (uint8_t i = 0; i < 8; i++) { _pin[i] = p[i]; pinMode(_pin[i], OUTPUT); } setLineLength(80); setPageLength(60); reset(); } void ParallelPrinter::begin(uint8_t lineLength, uint8_t pageLength) { setLineLength(lineLength); setPageLength(pageLength); reset(); } void ParallelPrinter::reset() { _pos = 0; _lineNr = 0; _pageNr = 0; _tabSize = 2; _lineFeed = 1; _strobeDelay = 2000; _printLineNumber = false; } // write() implements the virtual write of the Print class size_t ParallelPrinter::write(uint8_t c) { if (c == '\t') // TAB { uint8_t spaces = _tabSize - _pos % _tabSize; for (uint8_t i = 0; i < spaces; i++) processSingleChar(' '); return spaces; } if (c == '\n') // LINEFEED { for (uint8_t i = 0; i < _lineFeed; i++) { processSingleChar(c); _pos = 0; _lineNr++; } return _lineFeed; } processSingleChar(c); return 1; } void ParallelPrinter::processSingleChar(uint8_t c) { _pos++; if ((_pos == 1) && _printLineNumber) { // not nice - implicit recursion... print(_lineNr); print('\t'); } if (c == FORMFEED) { sendByte(c); sendByte('\n'); _pos = 0; _lineNr = 0; _pageNr++; } else { sendByte(c); } // HANDLE FULL LINE if (_pos > _lineLength) { _pos = 0; for (uint8_t i = 0; i < _lineFeed; i++) { sendByte('\n'); _lineNr++; } } // HANDLE FULL PAGE if (_lineNr > _pageLength) { sendByte(FORMFEED); sendByte('\n'); _pos = 0; _lineNr = 0; _lineNr = 0; _pageNr++; } } // lowest level communication void ParallelPrinter::sendByte(uint8_t c) { // BLOCK WHEN OUT OF PAPER TODO // while (digitalRead(_oopPin) == LOW) yield(); // indication in hardware? Serial.write(c); // debugging return; // wait until printer is ready. while (digitalRead(_busyPin) == HIGH) yield(); uint8_t mask = 0x80; for (uint8_t i = 0; i < 8; i++) { digitalWrite(_pin[i], c & mask ); mask >>= 1; } digitalWrite(_strobePin, LOW); // time consuming part if (_strobeDelay) delayMicroseconds(_strobeDelay); digitalWrite(_strobePin, HIGH); // wait till data is read by printer. while (digitalRead(_busyPin) == LOW) yield(); } // -- END OF FILE --