Transmit Interrupt

Starting with the TransmitBasic sample application I modified the code so that a hardware interrupt (specified in RegDioMapping1) was generated on TxDone (FIFO Payload Transmission completed).

My first couple of attempts didn’t work as I had the RegDioMapping1 wrong and the RegIrqFlags bitmasks in the interrupt handler weren’t consistent (need to get rid of the magic numbers & bitmasks soon)

The application inserts a message into the RFM95 transmit FIFO every 10 seconds with confirmation of transmission displayed shortly afterwards

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namespace devMobile.IoT.Rfm9x.TransmitInterrupt
{
	using System;
	using System.Diagnostics;
	using System.Text;
	using System.Runtime.InteropServices.WindowsRuntime;
	using System.Threading.Tasks;
	using Windows.ApplicationModel.Background;
	using Windows.Devices.Spi;
	using Windows.Devices.Gpio;

	public sealed class Rfm9XDevice
	{
		private SpiDevice Rfm9XLoraModem = null;
		private GpioPin ChipSelectGpioPin = null;
		private GpioPin InterruptGpioPin = null;
		private const byte RegisterAddressReadMask = 0X7f;
		private const byte RegisterAddressWriteMask = 0x80;

		public Rfm9XDevice(byte chipSelectPin, byte resetPin, byte interruptPin)
		{
			SpiController spiController = SpiController.GetDefaultAsync().AsTask().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
			var settings = new SpiConnectionSettings(0)
			{
				ClockFrequency = 500000,
				Mode = SpiMode.Mode0,
			};

			// Chip select pin configuration
			GpioController gpioController = GpioController.GetDefault();
			ChipSelectGpioPin = gpioController.OpenPin(chipSelectPin);
			ChipSelectGpioPin.SetDriveMode(GpioPinDriveMode.Output);
			ChipSelectGpioPin.Write(GpioPinValue.High);

			// Reset pin configuration to do factory reset
			GpioPin resetGpioPin = gpioController.OpenPin(resetPin);
			resetGpioPin.SetDriveMode(GpioPinDriveMode.Output);
			resetGpioPin.Write(GpioPinValue.Low);
			Task.Delay(10);
			resetGpioPin.Write(GpioPinValue.High);
			Task.Delay(10);

			// Interrupt pin for RX message & TX done notification
			InterruptGpioPin = gpioController.OpenPin(interruptPin);
			resetGpioPin.SetDriveMode(GpioPinDriveMode.Input);

			InterruptGpioPin.ValueChanged += InterruptGpioPin_ValueChanged;

			Rfm9XLoraModem = spiController.GetDevice(settings);
		}

		private void InterruptGpioPin_ValueChanged(GpioPin sender, GpioPinValueChangedEventArgs args)
		{
			if (args.Edge != GpioPinEdge.RisingEdge)
			{
				return;
			}

			byte IrqFlags = this.RegisterReadByte(0x12); // RegIrqFlags
			Debug.WriteLine(string.Format("RegIrqFlags {0}", Convert.ToString(IrqFlags, 2).PadLeft(8, '0')));

			if ((IrqFlags & 0b00001000) == 0b00001000)  // TxDone
			{
				Debug.WriteLine("Transmit-Done");
			}

			this.RegisterWriteByte(0x12, 0xff);// RegIrqFlags
		}

		public Byte RegisterReadByte(byte address)
		{
			byte[] writeBuffer = new byte[] { address &= RegisterAddressReadMask };
			byte[] readBuffer = new byte[1];
			Debug.Assert(Rfm9XLoraModem != null);

			ChipSelectGpioPin.Write(GpioPinValue.Low);
			Rfm9XLoraModem.Write(writeBuffer);
			Rfm9XLoraModem.Read(readBuffer);
			ChipSelectGpioPin.Write(GpioPinValue.High);

			return readBuffer[0];
		}

		public ushort RegisterReadWord(byte address)
		{
			byte[] writeBuffer = new byte[] { address &= RegisterAddressReadMask };
			byte[] readBuffer = new byte[2];
			Debug.Assert(Rfm9XLoraModem != null);

			ChipSelectGpioPin.Write(GpioPinValue.Low);
			Rfm9XLoraModem.Write(writeBuffer);
			Rfm9XLoraModem.Read(readBuffer);
			ChipSelectGpioPin.Write(GpioPinValue.High);

			return (ushort)(readBuffer[1] + (readBuffer[0] << 8));
		}

		public byte[] RegisterRead(byte address, int length)
		{
			byte[] writeBuffer = new byte[] { address &= RegisterAddressReadMask };
			byte[] readBuffer = new byte[length];
			Debug.Assert(Rfm9XLoraModem != null);

			ChipSelectGpioPin.Write(GpioPinValue.Low);
			Rfm9XLoraModem.Write(writeBuffer);
			Rfm9XLoraModem.Read(readBuffer);
			ChipSelectGpioPin.Write(GpioPinValue.High);

			return readBuffer;
		}

		public void RegisterWriteByte(byte address, byte value)
		{
			byte[] writeBuffer = new byte[] { address |= RegisterAddressWriteMask, value };
			Debug.Assert(Rfm9XLoraModem != null);

			ChipSelectGpioPin.Write(GpioPinValue.Low);
			Rfm9XLoraModem.Write(writeBuffer);
			ChipSelectGpioPin.Write(GpioPinValue.High);
		}

		public void RegisterWriteWord(byte address, ushort value)
		{
			byte[] valueBytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(value);
			byte[] writeBuffer = new byte[] { address |= RegisterAddressWriteMask, valueBytes[0], valueBytes[1] };
			Debug.Assert(Rfm9XLoraModem != null);

			ChipSelectGpioPin.Write(GpioPinValue.Low);
			Rfm9XLoraModem.Write(writeBuffer);
			ChipSelectGpioPin.Write(GpioPinValue.High);
		}

		public void RegisterWrite(byte address, [ReadOnlyArray()] byte[] bytes)
		{
			byte[] writeBuffer = new byte[1 + bytes.Length];
			Debug.Assert(Rfm9XLoraModem != null);

			Array.Copy(bytes, 0, writeBuffer, 1, bytes.Length);
			writeBuffer[0] = address |= RegisterAddressWriteMask;

			ChipSelectGpioPin.Write(GpioPinValue.Low);
			Rfm9XLoraModem.Write(writeBuffer);
			ChipSelectGpioPin.Write(GpioPinValue.High);
		}

		public void RegisterDump()
		{
			Debug.WriteLine("Register dump");
			for (byte registerIndex = 0; registerIndex <= 0x42; registerIndex++)
			{
				byte registerValue = this.RegisterReadByte(registerIndex);

				Debug.WriteLine("Register 0x{0:x2} - Value 0X{1:x2} - Bits {2}", registerIndex, registerValue, Convert.ToString(registerValue, 2).PadLeft(8, '0'));
			}
		}
	}

	public sealed class StartupTask : IBackgroundTask
	{
		private const byte ChipSelectLine = 25;
		private const byte ResetLine = 17;
		private const byte InterruptLine = 4;
		private Rfm9XDevice rfm9XDevice = new Rfm9XDevice(ChipSelectLine, ResetLine, InterruptLine);

		public void Run(IBackgroundTaskInstance taskInstance)
		{
			// Put device into LoRa + Sleep mode
			rfm9XDevice.RegisterWriteByte(0x01, 0b10000000); // RegOpMode 

			// Set the frequency to 915MHz
			byte[] frequencyWriteBytes = { 0xE4, 0xC0, 0x00 }; // RegFrMsb, RegFrMid, RegFrLsb
			rfm9XDevice.RegisterWrite(0x06, frequencyWriteBytes);

			// More power PA Boost
			rfm9XDevice.RegisterWriteByte(0x09, 0b10000000); // RegPaConfig

			// Interrupt on TxDone
			rfm9XDevice.RegisterWriteByte(0x40, 0b01000000); // RegDioMapping1 0b00000000 DI0 TxDone

			while (true)
			{
				// Set the Register Fifo address pointer
				rfm9XDevice.RegisterWriteByte(0x0E, 0x80); // RegFifoTxBaseAddress 

				// Set the Register Fifo address pointer
				rfm9XDevice.RegisterWriteByte(0x0D, 0x0); // RegFifoAddrPtr 

				string messageText = "Hello LoRa!";

				// load the message into the fifo
				byte[] messageBytes = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(messageText);
				foreach (byte b in messageBytes)
				{
					rfm9XDevice.RegisterWriteByte(0x0, b); // RegFifo
				}

				// Set the length of the message in the fifo
				rfm9XDevice.RegisterWriteByte(0x22, (byte)messageBytes.Length); // RegPayloadLength
				Debug.WriteLine("Sending {0} bytes message {1}", messageBytes.Length, messageText);
				rfm9XDevice.RegisterWriteByte(0x01, 0b10000011); // RegOpMode 

				Task.Delay(10000).Wait();
			}
		}
	}
}

The output in the debug window

Sending 11 bytes message Hello LoRa!
'backgroundTaskHost.exe' (CoreCLR: CoreCLR_UWP_Domain): Loaded 'C:\Data\Users\DefaultAccount\AppData\Local\DevelopmentFiles\TransmitInterrupt-uwpVS.Debug_ARM.Bryn.Lewis\System.Runtime.Extensions.dll'. Skipped loading symbols. Module is optimized and the debugger option 'Just My Code' is enabled.
RegIrqFlags 00001000
Transmit-Done
The thread 0xe38 has exited with code 0 (0x0).
Sending 11 bytes message Hello LoRa!
RegIrqFlags 00001000
Transmit-Done
The thread 0x92c has exited with code 0 (0x0).
Sending 11 bytes message Hello LoRa!
RegIrqFlags 00001000
Transmit-Done
The thread 0xcc4 has exited with code 0 (0x0).
Sending 11 bytes message Hello LoRa!
RegIrqFlags 00001000
Transmit-Done
The thread 0xb54 has exited with code 0 (0x0).

On the Arduino test client the serial monitor displayed

ending HeLoRa World! 0
Sending HeLoRa World! 2
Sending HeLoRa World! 4
Sending HeLoRa World! 6
Sending HeLoRa World! 8
Sending HeLoRa World! 10
Message: Hello LoRa!
RSSI: -67
Snr: 9.00

Sending HeLoRa World! 12
Sending HeLoRa World! 14
Sending HeLoRa World! 16
Sending HeLoRa World! 18
Message: Hello LoRa!
RSSI: -67
Snr: 9.50

Sending HeLoRa World! 20
Sending HeLoRa World! 22

The next step is most probably either chopping apart the existing code, modularising it,  and removing the magic numbers etc. or getting bidirectional interrupt driven connectivity working.