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TinyCLR OS V2 RC1 LoRa library Part2

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Receive and Transmit

The first step was to confirm the transmission of messages with polled completion confirmation was working as expected.

   class Program
   {
      static void Main()
      {
#if TINYCLR_V2_SC20100DEV
         Rfm9XDevice rfm9XDevice = new Rfm9XDevice(SC20100.SpiBus.Spi3, SC20100.GpioPin.PA13, SC20100.GpioPin.PA14);
#endif
#if TINYCLR_V2_FEZDUINO
         Rfm9XDevice rfm9XDevice = new Rfm9XDevice(SC20100.SpiBus.Spi6, SC20100.GpioPin.PB1, SC20100.GpioPin.PA15);
#endif
         int SendCount = 0;

         // 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

         rfm9XDevice.RegisterDump();

         while (true)
         {
            rfm9XDevice.RegisterWriteByte(0x0E, 0x0); // RegFifoTxBaseAddress 

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

            string messageText = $"Hello LoRa {SendCount += 1}!";
               
            // load the message into the fifo
            byte[] messageBytes = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(messageText);
            rfm9XDevice.RegisterWrite(0x0, messageBytes); // RegFifo

            // Set the length of the message in the fifo
            rfm9XDevice.RegisterWriteByte(0x22, (byte)messageBytes.Length); // RegPayloadLength

            Debug.WriteLine($"Sending {messageBytes.Length} bytes message {messageText}");
            /// Set the mode to LoRa + Transmit
            rfm9XDevice.RegisterWriteByte(0x01, 0b10000011); // RegOpMode 

            // Wait until send done, no timeouts in PoC
            Debug.WriteLine("Send-wait");
            byte IrqFlags = rfm9XDevice.RegisterReadByte(0x12); // RegIrqFlags
            while ((IrqFlags & 0b00001000) == 0)  // wait until TxDone cleared
            {
               Thread.Sleep(10);
               IrqFlags = rfm9XDevice.RegisterReadByte(0x12); // RegIrqFlags
               Debug.WriteLine(".");
            }
            rfm9XDevice.RegisterWriteByte(0x12, 0b00001000); // clear TxDone bit
            Debug.WriteLine("Send-Done");

            Thread.Sleep(30000);
         }
      }
   }

The diagnostic output shows messages being sent and on another device I could see the messages arriving. I do wonder why the first message often takes so long to send?

Register dump
Register 0x00 - Value 0Xc3
Register 0x01 - Value 0X80
Register 0x02 - Value 0X1a
Register 0x03 - Value 0X0b
Register 0x04 - Value 0X00
Register 0x05 - Value 0X52
Register 0x06 - Value 0Xe4
Register 0x07 - Value 0Xc0
Register 0x08 - Value 0X00
Register 0x09 - Value 0X80
Register 0x0a - Value 0X09
Register 0x0b - Value 0X2b
Register 0x0c - Value 0X20
Register 0x0d - Value 0X01
Register 0x0e - Value 0X80
Register 0x0f - Value 0X00
Register 0x10 - Value 0X00
Register 0x11 - Value 0X00
Register 0x12 - Value 0X00
Register 0x13 - Value 0X00
Register 0x14 - Value 0X00
Register 0x15 - Value 0X00
Register 0x16 - Value 0X00
Register 0x17 - Value 0X00
Register 0x18 - Value 0X10
Register 0x19 - Value 0X00
Register 0x1a - Value 0X00
Register 0x1b - Value 0X00
Register 0x1c - Value 0X00
Register 0x1d - Value 0X72
Register 0x1e - Value 0X70
Register 0x1f - Value 0X64
Register 0x20 - Value 0X00
Register 0x21 - Value 0X08
Register 0x22 - Value 0X01
Register 0x23 - Value 0Xff
Register 0x24 - Value 0X00
Register 0x25 - Value 0X00
Register 0x26 - Value 0X04
Register 0x27 - Value 0X00
Register 0x28 - Value 0X00
Register 0x29 - Value 0X00
Register 0x2a - Value 0X00
Register 0x2b - Value 0X00
Register 0x2c - Value 0X00
Register 0x2d - Value 0X50
Register 0x2e - Value 0X14
Register 0x2f - Value 0X45
Register 0x30 - Value 0X55
Register 0x31 - Value 0Xc3
Register 0x32 - Value 0X05
Register 0x33 - Value 0X27
Register 0x34 - Value 0X1c
Register 0x35 - Value 0X0a
Register 0x36 - Value 0X03
Register 0x37 - Value 0X0a
Register 0x38 - Value 0X42
Register 0x39 - Value 0X12
Register 0x3a - Value 0X49
Register 0x3b - Value 0X1d
Register 0x3c - Value 0X00
Register 0x3d - Value 0Xaf
Register 0x3e - Value 0X00
Register 0x3f - Value 0X00
Register 0x40 - Value 0X00
Register 0x41 - Value 0X00
Register 0x42 - Value 0X12
Sending 13 bytes message Hello LoRa 1!
Send-wait
.
.
.
.
.
Send-Done
Sending 13 bytes message Hello LoRa 2!
Send-wait
Send-Done
Sending 13 bytes message Hello LoRa 3!
Send-wait
Send-Done
Sending 13 bytes message Hello LoRa 4!
Send-wait
Send-Done
Sending 13 bytes message Hello LoRa 5!
Send-wait
Send-Done
Sending 13 bytes message Hello LoRa 6!
Send-wait
Send-Done

The second step was to confirm the polled reception of messages was working as expected.

   class Program
   {
      static void Main()
      {
#if TINYCLR_V2_SC20100DEV
         Rfm9XDevice rfm9XDevice = new Rfm9XDevice(SC20100.SpiBus.Spi3, SC20100.GpioPin.PA13, SC20100.GpioPin.PA14);
#endif
#if TINYCLR_V2_FEZDUINO
         Rfm9XDevice rfm9XDevice = new Rfm9XDevice(SC20100.SpiBus.Spi6, SC20100.GpioPin.PB1, SC20100.GpioPin.PA15);
#endif


         // 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);

         rfm9XDevice.RegisterWriteByte(0x0F, 0x0); // RegFifoRxBaseAddress 

         rfm9XDevice.RegisterWriteByte(0x01, 0b10000101); // RegOpMode set LoRa & RxContinuous

         while (true)
         {
            // Wait until a packet is received, no timeouts in PoC
            Debug.WriteLine("Receive-Wait");
            byte irqFlags = rfm9XDevice.RegisterReadByte(0x12); // RegIrqFlags
            while ((irqFlags & 0b01000000) == 0)  // wait until RxDone cleared
            {
               Thread.Sleep(100);
               irqFlags = rfm9XDevice.RegisterReadByte(0x12); // RegIrqFlags
               //Debug.Write(".");
            }
            Debug.WriteLine("");
            Debug.WriteLine($"RegIrqFlags 0X{irqFlags:X2}");
            Debug.WriteLine("Receive-Message");
            byte currentFifoAddress = rfm9XDevice.RegisterReadByte(0x10); // RegFifiRxCurrent
            rfm9XDevice.RegisterWriteByte(0x0d, currentFifoAddress); // RegFifoAddrPtr

            byte numberOfBytes = rfm9XDevice.RegisterReadByte(0x13); // RegRxNbBytes

            byte[] messageBytes = rfm9XDevice.RegisterRead(0x00, numberOfBytes); // RegFifo

            rfm9XDevice.RegisterWriteByte(0x0d, 0);
            rfm9XDevice.RegisterWriteByte(0x12, 0b11111111); // RegIrqFlags clear all the bits

            string messageText = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetString(messageBytes);
            Debug.WriteLine($"Received {messageBytes.Length} byte message {messageText}");

            Debug.WriteLine("Receive-Done");
         }
      }
   }

The diagnostic output shows messages being received from one of my other devices.

The thread ” (0x2) has exited with code 0 (0x0).
Receive-Wait

RegIrqFlags 0X50
Receive-Message
Received 23 byte message �LoRaIoT1N3WT 18.8,H 78
Receive-Done
Receive-Wait

RegIrqFlags 0X50
Receive-Message
Received 23 byte message �LoRaIoT1N3WT 18.8,H 78
Receive-Done
Receive-Wait

The next step was to confirm the interrupt driven reception of messages was working as expected.

   class Program
   {
      static void Main()
      {
#if TINYCLR_V2_SC20100DEV
         Rfm9XDevice rfm9XDevice = new Rfm9XDevice(SC20100.SpiBus.Spi3, SC20100.GpioPin.PA13, SC20100.GpioPin.PA14, SC20100.GpioPin.PE4);
#endif
#if TINYCLR_V2_FEZDUINO
         Rfm9XDevice rfm9XDevice = new Rfm9XDevice(SC20100.SpiBus.Spi6, SC20100.GpioPin.PB1, SC20100.GpioPin.PA15, SC20100.GpioPin.PA1);
#endif

         // 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);

         rfm9XDevice.RegisterWriteByte(0x0F, 0x0); // RegFifoRxBaseAddress 

         rfm9XDevice.RegisterWriteByte(0x40, 0b00000000); // RegDioMapping1 0b00000000 DI0 RxReady & TxReady

         rfm9XDevice.RegisterWriteByte(0x01, 0b10000101); // RegOpMode set LoRa & RxContinuous

         rfm9XDevice.RegisterDump();

         Debug.WriteLine("Receive-Wait");
         Thread.Sleep(Timeout.Infinite);
      }
   }

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

         byte irqFlags = this.RegisterReadByte(0x12); // RegIrqFlags
         Debug.WriteLine($"RegIrqFlags 0X{irqFlags:x2}");
         if ((irqFlags & 0b01000000) == 0b01000000)  // RxDone 
         {
            Debug.WriteLine("Receive-Message");
            byte currentFifoAddress = this.RegisterReadByte(0x10); // RegFifiRxCurrent
            this.RegisterWriteByte(0x0d, currentFifoAddress); // RegFifoAddrPtr

            byte numberOfBytes = this.RegisterReadByte(0x13); // RegRxNbBytes

            // Get number of bytes in the message
            byte[] messageBytes = this.RegisterRead(0x00, numberOfBytes);

            string messageText = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetString(messageBytes);
            Debug.WriteLine($"Received {messageBytes.Length} byte message {messageText}");
         }

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

The diagnostic output shows messages being received from one of my other devices.

The thread '<No Name>' (0x2) has exited with code 0 (0x0).
Receive-Wait
RegIrqFlags 0X50
Receive-Message
Received 23 byte message  �LoRaIoT1N3WT 18.8,H 78
RegIrqFlags 0X50
Receive-Message
Received 23 byte message  �LoRaIoT1N3WT 18.7,H 79

The final step was to confirm the interrupt driven transmission of messages was working as expected.

   class Program
   {
      static void Main()
      {
#if TINYCLR_V2_SC20100DEV
         Rfm9XDevice rfm9XDevice = new Rfm9XDevice(SC20100.SpiBus.Spi3, SC20100.GpioPin.PA13, SC20100.GpioPin.PA14, SC20100.GpioPin.PE4);
#endif
#if TINYCLR_V2_FEZDUINO
         Rfm9XDevice rfm9XDevice = new Rfm9XDevice(SC20100.SpiBus.Spi6, SC20100.GpioPin.PB1, SC20100.GpioPin.PA15, SC20100.GpioPin.PA1); // Doesn't work
#endif
         int SendCount = 0;

         // 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, 0x00); // RegFifoTxBaseAddress 

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

            string messageText = $"Hello LoRa {SendCount += 1}!";

            // load the message into the fifo
            byte[] messageBytes = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(messageText);
            rfm9XDevice.RegisterWrite(0x0, messageBytes); // RegFifo 

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

            Thread.Sleep(10000);
         }
      }
   }


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

         byte irqFlags = this.RegisterReadByte(0x12); // RegIrqFlags
         Debug.WriteLine($"RegIrqFlags 0X{irqFlags:x2}");

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

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

The diagnostic output shows messages being sent but after the first message (sometimes the second or third) there are no confirmations.

The thread ” (0x2) has exited with code 0 (0x0).
Sending 13 bytes message Hello LoRa 1!
RegIrqFlags 0X08
Transmit-Done
Sending 13 bytes message Hello LoRa 2!
Sending 13 bytes message Hello LoRa 3!
Sending 13 bytes message Hello LoRa 4!
Sending 13 bytes message Hello LoRa 5!
Sending 13 bytes message Hello LoRa 6!
Sending 13 bytes message Hello LoRa 7!
Sending 13 bytes message Hello LoRa 8!
Sending 13 bytes message Hello LoRa 9!
Sending 14 bytes message Hello LoRa 10!
Sending 14 bytes message Hello LoRa 11!
Sending 14 bytes message Hello LoRa 12!
Sending 14 bytes message Hello LoRa 13!
Sending 14 bytes message Hello LoRa 14!

It looks like something has been broken (possibly by RC1) in my implementation of interrupt driven transmission of messages.

RFM69 hat library Part8

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ReceiveTransmit Interrupt: Rasmatic/RFM69-Arduino-Library

I started by merging the transmit and receive interrupt samples, taking into account the simplex RFM69HCW radio link. I modified the code in the interrupt handler to process receive and transmit interrupts based on bit flags set in RegIrqFlags2.

The receive interrupt handler loads the inbound message (Need to set CRC checking flag) into a buffer for display. The transmit interrupt handler sets RegOpMode to receive mode and enables PayloadReady interrupts as soon as the outbound message had been sent.

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	 LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
    OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
	 SOFTWARE

 */
namespace devMobile.IoT.Rfm69Hcw.ReceiveTransmitInterrupt
{
	using System;
	using System.Diagnostics;
	using System.Runtime.InteropServices.WindowsRuntime;
	using System.Text;
	using System.Threading.Tasks;
	using Windows.ApplicationModel.Background;
	using Windows.Devices.Gpio;
	using Windows.Devices.Spi;

	public sealed class Rfm69HcwDevice
	{
		private SpiDevice Rfm69Hcw;
		private GpioPin InterruptGpioPin = null;
		private const byte RegisterAddressReadMask = 0X7f;
		private const byte RegisterAddressWriteMask = 0x80;

		public Rfm69HcwDevice(int chipSelectPin, int resetPin, int interruptPin)
		{
			SpiController spiController = SpiController.GetDefaultAsync().AsTask().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
			var settings = new SpiConnectionSettings(chipSelectPin)
			{
				ClockFrequency = 500000,
				Mode = SpiMode.Mode0,
			};

			// Factory reset pin configuration
			GpioController gpioController = GpioController.GetDefault();
			GpioPin resetGpioPin = gpioController.OpenPin(resetPin);
			resetGpioPin.SetDriveMode(GpioPinDriveMode.Output);
			resetGpioPin.Write(GpioPinValue.High);
			Task.Delay(100);
			resetGpioPin.Write(GpioPinValue.Low);
			Task.Delay(10);

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

			InterruptGpioPin.ValueChanged += InterruptGpioPin_ValueChanged;

			Rfm69Hcw = spiController.GetDevice(settings);
		}

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

			byte irqFlags = this.RegisterReadByte(0x28); // RegIrqFlags2
			Debug.WriteLine("{0:HH:mm:ss.fff} RegIrqFlags {1}", DateTime.Now, Convert.ToString((byte)irqFlags, 2).PadLeft(8, '0'));
			if ((irqFlags & 0b00000100) == 0b00000100)  // PayLoadReady set
			{
				// Read the length of the buffer
				byte numberOfBytes = this.RegisterReadByte(0x0);

				// Allocate buffer for message
				byte[] messageBytes = new byte[numberOfBytes];

				for (int i = 0; i < numberOfBytes; i++)
				{
					messageBytes[i] = this.RegisterReadByte(0x00); // RegFifo
				}

				string messageText = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetString(messageBytes);
				Debug.WriteLine("{0:HH:mm:ss} Received {1} byte message {2}", DateTime.Now, messageBytes.Length, messageText);
			}

			if ((irqFlags & 0b00001000) == 0b00001000)  // PacketSent set
			{
				this.RegisterWriteByte(0x01, 0b00010000); // RegOpMode set ReceiveMode
				Debug.WriteLine("{0:HH:mm:ss.fff} Transmit-Done", DateTime.Now);
			}
		}

		public Byte RegisterReadByte(byte address)
		{
			byte[] writeBuffer = new byte[] { address &= RegisterAddressReadMask };
			byte[] readBuffer = new byte[1];
			Debug.Assert(Rfm69Hcw != null);

			Rfm69Hcw.TransferSequential(writeBuffer, readBuffer);

			return readBuffer[0];
		}

		public ushort RegisterReadWord(byte address)
		{
			byte[] writeBuffer = new byte[] { address &= RegisterAddressReadMask };
			byte[] readBuffer = new byte[2];
			Debug.Assert(Rfm69Hcw != null);

			Rfm69Hcw.TransferSequential(writeBuffer, readBuffer);

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

		public void RegisterWriteByte(byte address, byte value)
		{
			byte[] writeBuffer = new byte[] { address |= RegisterAddressWriteMask, value };
			Debug.Assert(Rfm69Hcw != null);

			Rfm69Hcw.Write(writeBuffer);
		}

		public void RegisterWriteWord(byte address, ushort value)
		{
			byte[] valueBytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(value);
			byte[] writeBuffer = new byte[] { address |= RegisterAddressWriteMask, valueBytes[0], valueBytes[1] };
			Debug.Assert(Rfm69Hcw != null);

			Rfm69Hcw.Write(writeBuffer);
		}

		public void RegisterDump()
		{
			Debug.WriteLine("Register dump");
			for (byte registerIndex = 0; registerIndex <= 0x3D; 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 int ChipSelectLine = 1;
		private const int ResetPin = 25;
		private const int InterruptPin = 22;
		private Rfm69HcwDevice rfm69Device = new Rfm69HcwDevice(ChipSelectLine, ResetPin, InterruptPin);

		const double RH_RF6M9HCW_FXOSC = 32000000.0;
		const double RH_RFM69HCW_FSTEP = RH_RF6M9HCW_FXOSC / 524288.0;

		public void Run(IBackgroundTaskInstance taskInstance)
		{
			//rfm69Device.RegisterDump();

			// regOpMode standby
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x01, 0b00000100);

			// BitRate MSB/LSB
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x03, 0x34);
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x04, 0x00);

			// Frequency deviation
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x05, 0x02);
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x06, 0x3d);

			// Calculate the frequency accoring to the datasheett
			byte[] bytes = BitConverter.GetBytes((uint)(915000000.0 / RH_RFM69HCW_FSTEP));
			Debug.WriteLine("Byte Hex 0x{0:x2} 0x{1:x2} 0x{2:x2} 0x{3:x2}", bytes[0], bytes[1], bytes[2], bytes[3]);
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x07, bytes[2]);
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x08, bytes[1]);
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x09, bytes[0]);

			// RegRxBW
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x19, 0x2a);

			// RegDioMapping1
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x26, 0x01);

			// Setup preamble length to 16 (default is 3) RegPreambleMsb RegPreambleLsb
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x2C, 0x0);
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x2D, 0x10);

			// RegSyncConfig Set the Sync length and byte values SyncOn + 3 custom sync bytes
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x2e, 0x90);

			// RegSyncValues1 thru RegSyncValues3
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x2f, 0xAA);
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x30, 0x2D);
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x31, 0xD4);

			// RegPacketConfig1 Variable length with CRC on
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x37, 0x90);

			rfm69Device.RegisterDump();

			while (true)
			{
				// Standby mode while loading message into FIFO
				rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x01, 0b00000100);

				byte[] messageBuffer = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("hello world " + DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString());
				rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x0, (byte)messageBuffer.Length);
				rfm69Device.RegisterWrite(0x0, messageBuffer);

				// Transmit mode once FIFO loaded
				rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x01, 0b00001100);

				Debug.WriteLine("{0:HH:mm:ss.fff} Send-Done", DateTime.Now);

				Task.Delay(5000).Wait();
			}
		}
	}
}
Arduino based transmit and receive test rig

I used the same Arduino devices and code as my receive and transmit samples. After sorting out the timing for enabling receive mode on the Windows 10IoT Core the transmission and receiving of packets was reliable (as long as two devices weren’t transmitting at the same time). 

Byte Hex 0x00 0xc0 0xe4 0x00
Register dump
Register 0x00 - Value 0X00 - Bits 00000000
Register 0x01 - Value 0X04 - Bits 00000100
Register 0x02 - Value 0X00 - Bits 00000000
…
Register 0x3b - Value 0X00 - Bits 00000000
Register 0x3c - Value 0X0f - Bits 00001111
Register 0x3d - Value 0X02 - Bits 00000010
20:20:14.952 Send-Done
20:20:15.146 RegIrqFlags 00001000
20:20:15.160 Transmit-Done
20:20:15.298 RegIrqFlags 01000110
20:20:15 Received 14 byte message Hello world:89
20:20:17.429 RegIrqFlags 01000110
20:20:17 Received 14 byte message Hello world:90
The thread 0x1658 has exited with code 0 (0x0).
The thread 0x15cc has exited with code 0 (0x0).
20:20:19.560 RegIrqFlags 01000110
20:20:19 Received 14 byte message Hello world:91
20:20:20.031 Send-Done
20:20:20.178 RegIrqFlags 00001000
20:20:20.194 Transmit-Done

The above trace is from the Windows 10 IoT Core device as it transmits and receives messages.

20:24:36.311 -> RX start
20:24:36.345 -> 0x0: 0x0
20:24:36.345 -> 0x1: 0x10
20:24:36.345 -> 0x2: 0x0
20:24:36.380 -> 0x3: 0x34
...
20:24:37.028 -> 0x3B: 0x0
20:24:37.028 -> 0x3C: 0x1
20:24:37.063 -> 0x3D: 0x0
20:24:38.024 -> MessageIn:Hello world:212
20:24:38.848 -> MessageIn:hello world 8:24:38 PM
20:24:40.156 -> MessageIn:Hello world:213
20:24:42.293 -> MessageIn:Hello world:214
20:24:43.914 -> MessageIn:hello world 8:24:43 PM
20:24:44.427 -> MessageIn:Hello world:215
20:24:46.567 -> MessageIn:Hello world:216
20:24:48.674 -> MessageIn:Hello world:217
20:24:48.984 -> MessageIn:hello world 8:24:48 PM
20:24:50.841 -> MessageIn:Hello world:218
20:24:52.943 -> MessageIn:Hello world:219
20:24:54.044 -> MessageIn:hello world 8:24:53 PM
20:24:55.100 -> MessageIn:Hello world:220
20:24:57.235 -> MessageIn:Hello world:221
20:24:59.133 -> MessageIn:hello world 8:24:58 PM
20:24:59.377 -> MessageIn:Hello world:222
20:25:01.496 -> MessageIn:Hello world:223
20:25:03.655 -> MessageIn:Hello world:224
20:25:04.176 -> MessageIn:hello world 8:25:04 PM
20:25:05.777 -> MessageIn:Hello world:225
20:25:07.927 -> MessageIn:Hello world:226
20:25:09.281 -> MessageIn:hello world 8:25:09 PM
20:25:10.048 -> MessageIn:Hello world:227
20:25:12.208 -> MessageIn:Hello world:228
20:25:14.352 -> MessageIn:hello world 8:25:14 PM

The above trace is from the Arduino device configured to receive messages and it is receiving messages from the Windows 10 IoT Core device and the other Arduino.

RFM69 hat library Part7

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Transmit Interrupt: Rasmatic/RFM69-Arduino-Library

I started with the transmit basic code, the first step was to add a parameter to the constructor for the interrupt pin connected to the RFM69HCW (based on Receive Interrupt code). I then added a Debug.Writeline my new interrupt handler to show when the message had been sent.

The Adafruit Radio Bonnet has pin 22 connected to the DIO0 pin the RFM69HCW so I set the RegDioMapping1 register to trigger DIO0 on PayloadSent. (Ignoring other flags)

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namespace devMobile.IoT.Rfm69Hcw.TransmitInterrupt
{
	using System;
	using System.Diagnostics;
	using System.Runtime.InteropServices.WindowsRuntime;
	using System.Text;
	using System.Threading.Tasks;
	using Windows.ApplicationModel.Background;
	using Windows.Devices.Spi;
	using Windows.Devices.Gpio;


	public sealed class Rfm69HcwDevice
	{
		private SpiDevice Rfm69Hcw;
		private GpioPin InterruptGpioPin = null;
		private const byte RegisterAddressReadMask = 0X7f;
		private const byte RegisterAddressWriteMask = 0x80;

		public Rfm69HcwDevice(int chipSelectPin, int resetPin, int interruptPin)
		{
			SpiController spiController = SpiController.GetDefaultAsync().AsTask().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
			var settings = new SpiConnectionSettings(chipSelectPin)
			{
				ClockFrequency = 500000,
				Mode = SpiMode.Mode0,
			};


			// Factory reset pin configuration
			GpioController gpioController = GpioController.GetDefault();
			GpioPin resetGpioPin = gpioController.OpenPin(resetPin);
			resetGpioPin.SetDriveMode(GpioPinDriveMode.Output);
			resetGpioPin.Write(GpioPinValue.High);
			Task.Delay(100);
			resetGpioPin.Write(GpioPinValue.Low);
			Task.Delay(10);

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

			InterruptGpioPin.ValueChanged += InterruptGpioPin_ValueChanged;

			Rfm69Hcw = spiController.GetDevice(settings);
		}

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

			byte irqFlags = this.RegisterReadByte(0x28); // RegIrqFlags2
			//Debug.WriteLine("{0:HH:mm:ss.fff} RegIrqFlags {1}", DateTime.Now, Convert.ToString((byte)irqFlags, 2).PadLeft(8, '0'));
			if ((irqFlags & 0b00001000) == 0b00001000)  // PacketSent set
			{
				Debug.WriteLine("{0:HH:mm:ss.fff} Transmit-Done", DateTime.Now);
			}
		}

		public Byte RegisterReadByte(byte address)
		{
			byte[] writeBuffer = new byte[] { address &= RegisterAddressReadMask };
			byte[] readBuffer = new byte[1];
			Debug.Assert(Rfm69Hcw != null);

			Rfm69Hcw.TransferSequential(writeBuffer, readBuffer);

			return readBuffer[0];
		}

		public byte[] RegisterRead(byte address, int length)
		{
			byte[] writeBuffer = new byte[] { address &= RegisterAddressReadMask };
			byte[] readBuffer = new byte[length];
			Debug.Assert(Rfm69Hcw != null);

			Rfm69Hcw.TransferSequential(writeBuffer, readBuffer);

			return readBuffer;
		}

		public void RegisterWriteByte(byte address, byte value)
		{
			byte[] writeBuffer = new byte[] { address |= RegisterAddressWriteMask, value };
			Debug.Assert(Rfm69Hcw != null);

			Rfm69Hcw.Write(writeBuffer);
		}

		public void RegisterWrite(byte address, [ReadOnlyArray()] byte[] bytes)
		{
			byte[] writeBuffer = new byte[1 + bytes.Length];
			Debug.Assert(Rfm69Hcw != null);

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

			Rfm69Hcw.Write(writeBuffer);
		}

		public void RegisterDump()
		{
			Debug.WriteLine("Register dump");
			for (byte registerIndex = 0; registerIndex <= 0x3D; 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 int ChipSelectPin = 1;
		private const int ResetPin = 25;
		private const int InterruptPin = 22;
		private Rfm69HcwDevice rfm69Device = new Rfm69HcwDevice(ChipSelectPin, ResetPin, InterruptPin);

		const double RH_RF6M9HCW_FXOSC = 32000000.0;
		const double RH_RFM69HCW_FSTEP = RH_RF6M9HCW_FXOSC / 524288.0;

		const byte NetworkID = 100;
		const byte NodeAddressFrom = 0x03;
		const byte NodeAddressTo = 0x02;


		public void Run(IBackgroundTaskInstance taskInstance)
		{
			//rfm69Device.RegisterDump();

			// regOpMode standby
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x01, 0b00000100);

			// BitRate MSB/LSB
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x03, 0x34);
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x04, 0x00);

			// Frequency deviation
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x05, 0x02);
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x06, 0x3d);

			// Calculate the frequency accoring to the datasheett
			byte[] bytes = BitConverter.GetBytes((uint)(915000000.0 / RH_RFM69HCW_FSTEP));
			Debug.WriteLine("Byte Hex 0x{0:x2} 0x{1:x2} 0x{2:x2} 0x{3:x2}", bytes[0], bytes[1], bytes[2], bytes[3]);
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x07, bytes[2]);
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x08, bytes[1]);
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x09, bytes[0]);

			// RegRxBW
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x19, 0x55);

			// RegDioMapping1 (Table 22 in the RFMHCW Datasheet)
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x26, 0x00);

			// Setup preamble length to 16 (default is 3)
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x2C, 0x0);
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x2D, 0x10);

			// Set the Sync length and byte values SyncOn + 3 custom sync bytes
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x2e, 0x90);

			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x2f, 0xAA);
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x30, 0x2D);
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x31, 0xD4);

			// RegPacketConfig1 changed for Variable length after 9:00PM vs 10:00PM fail
			rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x37, 0x90);
			//rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x38, 0x14);

			rfm69Device.RegisterDump();

			while (true)
			{
				// Standby mode while loading message into FIFO
				rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x01, 0b00000100);

				byte[] messageBuffer = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(" hello world " + DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString());
				messageBuffer[0] = (byte)messageBuffer.Length;
				rfm69Device.RegisterWrite(0x0, messageBuffer);

				// Transmit mode once FIFO loaded
				rfm69Device.RegisterWriteByte(0x01, 0b00001100);

				Debug.WriteLine("{0:HH:mm:ss.fff} Send-Done", DateTime.Now);

				Task.Delay(5000).Wait();
			}
		}
	}
}

I used the same Arduino device and code as my polled transmit sample and it worked first time. Which is very unusually and worries me as my code never works first time.

Register dump
Register 0x00 - Value 0X00 - Bits 00000000
Register 0x01 - Value 0X04 - Bits 00000100
Register 0x02 - Value 0X00 - Bits 00000000
…
Register 0x3b - Value 0X00 - Bits 00000000
Register 0x3c - Value 0X0f - Bits 00001111
Register 0x3d - Value 0X02 - Bits 00000010
20:44:41.152 Send-Done
20:44:41.343 Transmit-Done
The thread 0xca4 has exited with code 0 (0x0).
The thread 0x9e0 has exited with code 0 (0x0).
20:44:46.205 Send-Done
20:44:46.356 Transmit-Done
20:44:51.242 Send-Done
20:44:51.393 Transmit-Done
The thread 0x1238 has exited with code 0 (0x0).
20:44:56.323 Send-Done
20:44:56.473 Transmit-Done
The thread 0x41c has exited with code 0 (0x0).
20:45:01.389 Send-Done
20:45:01.540 Transmit-Done
The thread 0xaec has exited with code 0 (0x0).
20:45:06.459 Send-Done
20:45:06.610 Transmit-Done
The thread 0x1440 has exited with code 0 (0x0).
20:45:11.535 Send-Done
20:45:11.686 Transmit-Done

I ran the Windows 10 IoT Core Transmit Interrupt client for half an hour (no memory allocation etc. so in theory less to go wrong) and it didn’t appear to drop any send completion interrupts.

I then added the decimal seconds value so I could work out how long it takes for a message to get sent, which is roughly 150mSec.