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Dalia Kusbeh
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 9 Introduction to MBED
environment

Figure 1 didactic board

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 1.Objective

To be familiar with MBED software libraries, hardware designs and online or offline
tools for professional rapid prototyping of products based on ARM microcontrollers.

2.Overview

The mbed platform provides free software libraries, hardware designs and online tools for
professional rapid prototyping of products based on ARM microcontrollers.
The platform includes a standards-based C/C++ SDK, a microcontroller HDK and
supported development boards, an online compiler and online developer collaboration
tools.
2.1 Rapid prototyping

• Easy to transfer the object code : USB link, no need of a specific programmer
• Easy to wire on a protoboard : 40 pins DIP package
• Easy to write a program :
• Efficient C++ libraries
• No need to install any software : online development tool
• There is offline development tool
• Community forum and wiki

Figure 3 mbed controller

Figure 2 online compiler

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 2.2 MBED module

Figure 4 Schematic :http://mbed.org/media/uploads/chris/mbed-005.1.pdf

2.3 C++ basics

Necessary to use MBED libraries

myled is a DigitalOut object

Call the constructor of DigitalOut class

Figure 5 example code

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 2.3 Offline compiler (Kel uVision 4)

Figure 6 Offline compiler (Kel uVision 4)

2.4 The didactic board (shows in figure 1) has:

External power supply

5V regulator

Selector 5V from USB or from regulator

Motor control

1 chopper (LMD18200)

1 connector for a quadratic encoder

1 connector for a reference position encoder

HMI

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 3 pushbuttons

2 potentiometers

1 LCD screen 2x16

Analog

1 analog input (BNC connector) filtered or not

1 analog output filtered or not

Communications

1 Ethernet RJ-45

1 USB host

1 I2C

Figure 7 Schematic of didactic board

2.5 Benefits and Limitations of using MBED

 MBED (microcontroller, website and documentation) is user-friendly.The MBED module is

really interesting to make practices and projects with students.

 Using well tested libraries is a good practice.

 Use USB link as serial communication with a PC.

 Only features provided by libraries avoid low level programming.

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  MBED libraries are not open source not easy to extend low-level implementation of existing
libraries and it’s difficult to understand the low-level behavior.

 Not yet debugging functionality.

3.Procedure

1. Create your first program.

Write down the following code in the “main.cpp” file

Figure 8

This program defines a digital output connected to the LED1. Four blue leds are present on the
MEBD module. They are associated with pins names LED1, LED2, LED3, LED4.

Click compile button. The program is compiled and a binary file is downloaded. Save this file on
the MBED drive. Rest the MBED module. A led is blinking.

Task: Write a code to make the four leds switch on one after the other. First LED1 is
on for 0.2s, then LED2 is on for 0.2s, then LED3 is on for 0.2s …

2. Serial communication via USB.

 Enter this code to the main.cpp file.
 Compile this file and copy the binary file on the MBED driver.
 Execute TeraTerm program and configure the serial link.
 Connect to the MBED virtual serial port and verify the communication.

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 TeraTerm serial communication configuration.

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 3. TextLCD_HelloWorld! – main.cpp

// Hello World! for the TextLCD

#include "mbed.h"
#include "TextLCD.h"

TextLCD lcd(p28, p27, p26, p25, p24, p23);// rs, e, d4-d7

int main() {
lcd.printf("Hello World!\n");
}

We have sent data from the MBED to the PC. Now we will send data from the PC to the MBED.
The member function readable() of Serial class return 1 if there is a character available to read,
0 otherwise. The member function getc() reads the character.

TODO:

We will write the code to do the following:

 Character ‘1’ send by the PC switch on the LED1, and LCD display 1 is received.
 Character ‘0’ send by the PC switch of the LED1, and LCD display 1 is received.

Define myled as a DigitalOut connected to LED1.

Define c as an int and insert and complete this code inside the infinite loop:

If ( pc.readable( ) ) {

C = pc.getc( );

If (c == ‘0’) {

} else if ( c == ‘1’)

….

}
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 Test your code.

Now we will use the interrupt mechanism of Serial class instead of polling the reception.
The method attach(myFunction) of Serial class attach a function to call whenever
character is received.

Create a function receive ( ) which reads and analyzes a received character. Attach the
function receive ( ) to the Serial object pc before the infinite loop:

pc.attach ( receive( ));

Remove any code inside the infinite loop.

Test your code.

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