diff options
| author | Loek Le Blansch <loek@pipeframe.xyz> | 2024-06-21 16:31:43 +0200 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Loek Le Blansch <loek@pipeframe.xyz> | 2024-06-21 16:31:43 +0200 |
| commit | 79e60b430143b2acc4b93f62e23770e6bcbd7861 (patch) | |
| tree | 5335973e8e3b36d2897ce8be109e12066846de42 /docs | |
| parent | 8bd40843cbaafd82e11d897fe210c0975b5bd73c (diff) | |
design doc TODOs done
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/design.adoc | 26 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/reqs.adoc | 5 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/docs/design.adoc b/docs/design.adoc index 06cd100..9e48fd4 100644 --- a/docs/design.adoc +++ b/docs/design.adoc @@ -486,18 +486,20 @@ Detailed specifications on the TCP socket server are in ==== Operating system -TODO - -- main controller does tcp and i2c at the same time -- simple scheduler is needed -- curriculum only has FreeRTOS and Zephyr -- Zephyr is overkill -- FreeRTOS it is - -- due to RP2040 limitations, delays are used -- most SDKs I2C drivers directly call I2C message handlers from ISR -- puzzle bus driver functions can no longer be called directly from ISR handlers due to the delay -- FreeRTOS is also used in puzzle modules, though this can likely be removed in the future +Because the main controller needs to asynchronously handle state exchanges with +puzzle modules while serving a TCP socket connection, the decision to use a +task scheduler was made. Due to the requirement that most software should be +covered by the standard curriculum (<<reqs.adoc#req:curriculum-cov>>), this +choice was between FreeRTOS and Zephyr. FreeRTOS was chosen because it is the +simplest solution, and because the features Zephyr offers over FreeRTOS are +already present in the Raspberry Pi Pico SDK. + +NOTE: Due to the issues with the RP2040 that were later discovered +cite:[handover], delays are used within the puzzle bus driver's message +handling logic. This means that due to the use of the RP2040, *all puzzle +modules* are required to use a task scheduler or similar mechanism for +deferring calls to the puzzle bus driver from the I^2^C interrupt service +routine (ISR). === NeoTrellis puzzle diff --git a/docs/reqs.adoc b/docs/reqs.adoc index 611c8f3..a221173 100644 --- a/docs/reqs.adoc +++ b/docs/reqs.adoc @@ -543,8 +543,11 @@ technical specifications of the puzzle box. | <<req:135>> | <<must>> | [[req:135,R-135]] Puzzle modules are initialized by the main controller module. -| <<req:165>> | <<must>> | +| <<req:165>> | <<wont>> | [[req:165,R-165]] Puzzle modules repeatedly send 'update' messages to the main controller while their global state is 'uninitialized' + +| <<req:curriculum-cov>> | <<should>> | +[[req:curriculum-cov,R-169]] External software and libraries that are covered in the standard curriculum should be used where possible |=== === Main controller |