/* * receiver.ino -- UART -> two LEGO Powered Up hubs (ESP32 "B") * * Board package: esp32 (the normal Espressif one) * Libraries: Legoino + NimBLE-Arduino 1.4.x (both via Library Manager) * * Listens for gamepad frames from the Bluepad32 board on Serial2 and drives * two Powered Up / Technic hubs over BLE using Legoino. * * Wiring to the transmitter board: * RX GPIO16 <- TX GPIO17 on transmitter * TX GPIO17 -> RX GPIO16 on transmitter * GND -> GND * * Created by: Jess Rogerson (yelling commands at Claude.AI) */ #include "Lpf2Hub.h" // ---------------------------------------------------------------- settings // Hub BLE addresses. Run tools/hub_scanner to find them - do not guess. // Lower case, colon separated. static const char *HUB_TRACKS_ADDR = "90:84:2b:61:e6:8c"; static const char *HUB_UPPERBODY_ADDR = "90:84:2b:61:f2:d7"; // Port numbers are just bytes in the LEGO protocol, same on every hub type: static const byte PORT_A = 0x00; static const byte PORT_B = 0x01; static const byte PORT_C = 0x02; static const byte PORT_D = 0x03; // Technic / Control+ motors (42100 etc.) are tacho motors -> leave this at 1. // Plain train motors and the simple Powered Up motors -> set it to 0. #define USE_TACHO_MOTORS 1 static const int DEADZONE = 40; // raw stick counts ignored around centre static const int TRACK_MAX = 100; // LEGO speed range is -100..100 static const int HEAD_MAX = 60; static const unsigned long MOTOR_MIN_INTERVAL_MS = 60; // per port throttle static const unsigned long LINK_TIMEOUT_MS = 400; // failsafe static const int LINK_RX_PIN = 16; static const int LINK_TX_PIN = 17; static const long LINK_BAUD = 115200; static const int STATUS_LED_PIN = 2; // ------------------------------------------------------------------ state Lpf2Hub hubTracks; Lpf2Hub hubUpperBody; static bool tracksInitialised = false; static bool upperInitialised = false; static unsigned long tracksRetryAt = 0; static unsigned long upperRetryAt = 0; static unsigned long lastFrameAt = 0; static bool failsafeEngaged = true; struct PortState { int lastSpeed; unsigned long lastSentAt; }; static PortState trackLeft = {0, 0}; static PortState trackRight = {0, 0}; static PortState headTurn = {0, 0}; // ----------------------------------------------------------------- helpers // Apply a deadzone, then scale what is left so the usable travel still // reaches full speed instead of jumping from 0 to a third of the range. static int stickToSpeed(int raw, int maxSpeed) { if (raw > -DEADZONE && raw < DEADZONE) return 0; int sign = (raw < 0) ? -1 : 1; long magnitude = abs((long)raw) - DEADZONE; long span = 512L - DEADZONE; long scaled = (magnitude * maxSpeed) / span; if (scaled > maxSpeed) scaled = maxSpeed; return sign * (int)scaled; } static void driveMotor(Lpf2Hub &hub, byte port, int speed, PortState &state) { if (!hub.isConnected()) return; unsigned long now = millis(); bool changed = (speed != state.lastSpeed); bool stopping = (speed == 0 && state.lastSpeed != 0); // Stops always go out immediately; everything else is throttled so we // don't flood the hub's BLE queue and stall it. if (!stopping && (!changed || (now - state.lastSentAt) < MOTOR_MIN_INTERVAL_MS)) return; #if USE_TACHO_MOTORS hub.setTachoMotorSpeed(port, speed); #else hub.setBasicMotorSpeed(port, speed); #endif state.lastSpeed = speed; state.lastSentAt = now; } static void stopEverything() { driveMotor(hubTracks, PORT_A, 0, trackLeft); driveMotor(hubTracks, PORT_B, 0, trackRight); driveMotor(hubUpperBody, PORT_A, 0, headTurn); } // Connect the hubs one at a time. Kicking off two scans at once upsets the // shared NimBLE scanner and you end up with one hub connected and one sulking. static void serviceHub(Lpf2Hub &hub, const char *address, bool &initialised, unsigned long &retryAt, const char *label) { if (hub.isConnected()) return; if (hub.isConnecting()) { hub.connectHub(); if (hub.isConnected()) { Serial.printf("[%s] connected\n", label); hub.setLedColor(GREEN); } else { Serial.printf("[%s] connect failed, retrying\n", label); initialised = false; retryAt = millis() + 2000; } return; } if (!initialised && millis() >= retryAt) { Serial.printf("[%s] scanning for %s\n", label, address); hub.init(std::string(address)); initialised = true; } } static uint8_t xorChecksum(const char *s, size_t len) { uint8_t c = 0; for (size_t i = 0; i < len; i++) c ^= (uint8_t)s[i]; return c; } // Returns true if a valid frame was parsed. static bool parseFrame(char *line, int &lx, int &ly, int &rx, int &ry, unsigned &buttons) { char *star = strrchr(line, '*'); if (!star) return false; *star = '\0'; unsigned expected = 0; if (sscanf(star + 1, "%2x", &expected) != 1) return false; if (xorChecksum(line, strlen(line)) != (uint8_t)expected) return false; return sscanf(line, "G,%d,%d,%d,%d,%u", &lx, &ly, &rx, &ry, &buttons) == 5; } // -------------------------------------------------------------------- main void setup() { Serial.begin(115200); Serial2.begin(LINK_BAUD, SERIAL_8N1, LINK_RX_PIN, LINK_TX_PIN); pinMode(STATUS_LED_PIN, OUTPUT); digitalWrite(STATUS_LED_PIN, LOW); Serial.println("LEGO hub receiver starting"); } void loop() { // 1. Keep the hubs connected, tracks first. serviceHub(hubTracks, HUB_TRACKS_ADDR, tracksInitialised, tracksRetryAt, "tracks"); if (hubTracks.isConnected()) { serviceHub(hubUpperBody, HUB_UPPERBODY_ADDR, upperInitialised, upperRetryAt, "upper"); } digitalWrite(STATUS_LED_PIN, (hubTracks.isConnected() && hubUpperBody.isConnected()) ? HIGH : LOW); // 2. Pull whole lines off the link. static char buf[96]; static size_t idx = 0; while (Serial2.available()) { char c = (char)Serial2.read(); if (c == '\r') continue; if (c == '\n') { buf[idx] = '\0'; int lx, ly, rx, ry; unsigned buttons; if (idx > 0 && parseFrame(buf, lx, ly, rx, ry, buttons)) { lastFrameAt = millis(); failsafeEngaged = false; int leftTrack = stickToSpeed(-ly, TRACK_MAX); // push forward = positive int rightTrack = stickToSpeed(-ry, TRACK_MAX); int head = stickToSpeed(lx, HEAD_MAX); driveMotor(hubTracks, PORT_A, leftTrack, trackLeft); driveMotor(hubTracks, PORT_B, rightTrack, trackRight); driveMotor(hubUpperBody, PORT_A, head, headTurn); } idx = 0; } else if (idx < sizeof(buf) - 1) { buf[idx++] = c; } else { idx = 0; // overrun, throw the line away } } // 3. Failsafe - link went quiet, stop before something drives off a table. if (!failsafeEngaged && (millis() - lastFrameAt) > LINK_TIMEOUT_MS) { Serial.println("Link timeout - stopping motors"); stopEverything(); failsafeEngaged = true; } }