Addition Overflow Detect

[Anonymous]

I'm new to the PSoC system, and to programming for the 8051 core in general. However, I've been working on 8-bit MCUs for a while now. Mostly in ASM, so I'm used to having a lot of access to the MCUs flags and such.

   

What I want to do is add a small error correction value inside and ISR and have another value adjust when the 8bit error counter overflows.

   

uint8 ErrAdjust = 8; // Pre-calculated error adjust (changed by software) CY_ISR(Err_Adjust_ISR) {     static uint8 errValue = 0;     errValue += ErrAdjust;      if (__carry_bit__)     {        // Adjust another value        ++ValueToAdjust;     } }

   

How should I go about this. Keep in mind that I'd like it to be as efficient as possible.

[KishoreS_96]

Hi,

       

Please go thorough the Application Note on Interrupts handling in PSoC3 over <a href = "http://www.cypress.com/?rID=38267">here</a>.

       

You need to add your custom code in the specified section (Between Start and Stop).

       

Regards,

   

Kishore.

[Anonymous]

 It looks and sounds like you are trying to apply asembly programming constructs to the C language.

   

If you state what it is you are trying to achieve (not just how you are trying to achieve it) then it will help.

   

In C there is no concept of a carry flag, but there are various ways to detect if an 8bit add has overflowed. However, it's unusual to do that in C, which makes me think there would be a better way to approach whatever it is you are trying to do.

   

However, to detect if an unsigned 8 bit add has overflowed, you could check to see if the result was smaller than you started with - that would indicate an overflow. Or you could use a signed 8 bit value, and check the sign after the add. But like I said, it's pretty unusual.

   

Best wishes,

   

K.

[Anonymous]

My reason for doing something like this is to adjust timing accuracy for a slower frequency output.

   

I am generating a sinewave output at between 0.1 and 50.1 Hz, with 0.1Hz accuracy. To update the sinewave sample I am using a 16-bit counter, running at about 75kHz. The counter's period is filled with a value calculated to give 180 samples per wave. So a 10Hz wave would have a count of 41.667. Using a count of 42 produces a sine wave at 9.9Hz. That error is unacceptable.

   

So to solve it I have 2 values: a count of 41 and an 8-bit error correction value. In assembler (which is what I'm more familiar with) what I would do is recalculate that error of .667 into 171 by multiplying by 256 (all of these values are precalculated anyway). Then every sample I add the error value to a rolling 8-bit counter. When the counter rolls over the counter period is updated for a period of step+1. The samples have a small amount of jitter (+/-13us) but the overall waveform has a very accurate frequency.

   

I know that this can be done by using a 16-bit rolling counter, checking for values above 255 and then subtracting 256, but that adds extra overhead I don't want.

   

static uint16 errTotal = 0;  errTotal += errValue; if (errTotal >= 256) {     // Not Efficient Rollover     errTotal -= 256;     ++tickCount; }

   

I know with some other 8-bit processors (such as Freescale) their compiler has built-in macros that allow for quick checks of some of the accumulator status bits. Specifically the carry bit. I've written my previous example code in C for the freescale micro almost exactly as above. What I want to know is if I can do something similar for the PSoC, or if I have to use the less efficient workaround.