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-- functions to write registers over microwire interface
-- it resembles SPI but need exrta pin which sends Load Enable (LE) pulse
-- otherwise SPI sequence is sent into 24 bit FIFO buffer 

-- Pins assignment
-- SPI Id selects which pins are used for CLK, MOSI, MISO, CS
spiID = 1; -- ID=1 --> HSPI in nodemcu language
databits=24; -- LMX2487 loads 24 bits sequence per write into a register
-- default SPI clock is 80 MHz
fSPI = 80000000
-- lmx2487 can handle up to 20 MHz speed (50 nS per clock) but optocoupler is good for 240kHz
-- so let's aim for 100 kHz
maxMicrowireInterfaceSpeed = 100000; -- in Hz
clock_divider = math.floor(fSPI/maxMicrowireInterfaceSpeed)

-- we will use SPI ChipSelect pin for LoadEnable pin
microwire_LE_pin = 8; -- microwire Load Enable pin. 8 --> GPIO15

function microwire_setup_interface ()
	-- now microwire <--> SPI setup
	-- microwire is SPI with CPOL=0 and CPHA=0 i.e. SPI mode 0 = 00 = CPOL.CPHA
	-- see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_Peripheral_Interface#Mode_numbers
	-- see https://www.totalphase.com/support/articles/200348506-Using-the-Aardvark-adapter-with-a-Microwire-device
	-- we are setting SPI Id = 1, since Id = 0 used for communication with memory
	spi.setup(spiID, spi.MASTER, spi.CPOL_LOW, spi.CPHA_LOW, databits, clock_divider)
	-- SPI Id=1 uses following pins https://nodemcu.readthedocs.io/en/master/modules/spi
	-- Signal    | IO index | ESP8266 pin
	-- HSPI CLK  | 5        | GPIO14
	-- HSPI /CS  | 8        | GPIO15
	-- HSPI MOSI | 7        | GPIO13
	-- HSPI MISO | 6        | GPIO12
	
	-- Load Enable pin settings
	-- note that it overwrite unused ChipSelect if pin=8, i.e. GPIO15
	gpio.mode(microwire_LE_pin, gpio.OUTPUT)
	gpio.write(microwire_LE_pin, gpio.LOW)

end

function microwire_send_data( data )
	-- essentially send data via spi interface
	-- and raise Load Enable pin for a bit (at least for 25 nS) at the end of transmission
	
	-- first low LE pin
	gpio.write(microwire_LE_pin, gpio.LOW)

	-- second send the data
	local nBytes = spi.send(spiID, data)

	-- finally raise LE pin for at least 25 ns,
	gpio.write(microwire_LE_pin, gpio.HIGH)
	-- but since optocoupler is limiting us we will do it for longer
	local microwireLEonTime = 100; -- time is in uS

	-- the easiest to use tmr.delay( timeIn_uS ) but this halts everything
	-- tmr.delay( microwireLEonTime )
	-- so we use timer but unfortunately the smallest time is 1ms
	microwireLEonTime = 1; -- time is in mS for timers
	microwire_tmr = tmr.create()
	microwire_tmr:register(microwireLEonTime, tmr.ALARM_SINGLE, function() gpio.write(microwire_LE_pin, gpio.LOW) end)
	microwire_tmr:start()
end

microwire_setup_interface()