Comments on: More software! This time some fixes to the Mirf library

By: This and That » Blog Archive » Small Update to Mirf Library - What else would it be?

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:04:14 +0000

[...] of my readers asked ( in the forums too ) for some help on reading register values from the Nordic chip, so I put [...]

By: nisburgh

nisburgh — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:55:53 +0000

JR,

Really glad to hear it’s working well for you! I replied to your comment on the forums. I hope that helps! Check it out here:

Let me know if you have any more questions!

Cheers,
Nathan

By: JR

JR — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:56:45 +0000

Hi Nathan,

The wireless connection is working like a charm, thanks to your modified library. I would like to read some registers but havent managed yet.

Do you know how to use the readRegister void?

Please take a look at:

http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1277323718

Thanks in advance!!

By: nisburgh

nisburgh — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 02:28:47 +0000

Sorry it took so long to reply – I’ve been working around the clock and barely have time to check in with my hobbies. I’m glad you found a workaround! It’s been a while since I looked at the code, so I’m not sure what’s causing this issue, but next time I’m working on it, if I see an obvious problem, I will definitely upload a new version. Good luck with your robot project!

Cheers!

By: Pat

Pat — Thu, 27 May 2010 16:56:31 +0000

I don’t know how long it takes to pass the “Your comment is awaiting moderation.” (been 8 days now…) but I found a workaround for my mirf problem: If it get stuck in the “while isSending loop” for more than 200ms I do a “powerUpRx()” then I “break” the loop…

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 19 May 2010 20:25:57 +0000

Hi, I’m using this library to control a robot (arduino mega with modified SPI library) with a remote (arduino duemilanove). The remote send a command (up,down,left,rigth or stop) to the robot every 100ms. The robot send his batt status every sec to the remote. (There is no synchronisation of any kind so it’s possible that they send at the same time). I also have a button on the remote that turn the healights on the robot on or off. Every now and then, one of the arduino (mega or duemilanove) will get stuck in a while(mirf.isSending()); loop and will never get out (after a few seconds I just reset the board – the other one is still fine). I can pretty much make that append if I press the button on the romote to open the headlight on the robot at the same time that he is sending the batt status. It seem that if both 24L01 are trying to send at the same time, one of them will always return true to isSendingI()…
Any help or insight would be appreciated. Note that this also append with the playground library.
Thanks!

By: nisburgh

nisburgh — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:48:09 +0000

Nice! Keep me posted on progress!

By: nisburgh

nisburgh — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:47:39 +0000

It’s awesome to hear that you’re using the library! I noticed you posted below that you got it working, so congrats! Definitely keep me updated, and I’ll try to do a better job updating the website! =)

Cheers,
Nathan

By: nisburgh

nisburgh — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:46:19 +0000

JR,

Unfortunately, the library has not been updated recently, but I can say that it has been working flawlessly for months in my wireless mesh. Definitely give it a try and let me know how it goes! Maybe I’ll have some more spare time in the next few months to do more electronics projects again!

Cheers,
Nathan

By: JR

JR — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:29:31 +0000

Got it working

The Mega uses other SPI pins, so I had to change the SPI library.

I’ll keep you updated,

Cheers.