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3 years ago Hi. Thank you for trying out the library.
Looking at the error you pasted, it seems that your code is trying to use a custom timing function because you are using a special constructor:
SoftTimerMillis() : SoftTimer(&millis);(you probably created an instance of SoftTimerMillis in your example)
I do not know about 8266 but on an arduino, the millis() function is already linked with a SoftTimer instance so you do not have to specify your own timing function.
In other words, you can just do SoftTimer myTimer;.
Maybe this is something particular about 8266.
To use your own timing function, your custom timing function need to have no argument and return an uint32_t. This is not a native c++ type but a construction that can vary on each platform. Based on your error message SoftTimer::CounterFunctionPointer {aka unsigned int ()()}, it seems to be resolving to an unsigned int.
However, the millis() function is returning an long unsigned int. This is somewhat strange to me as I am more used to deal the term unsigned first followed by either int or long. Anyway, I think long unsigned int is the same as an unsigned long which is not the same type (and possibly not the same size) as an unsigned int.
This is why the compiler is complaining about the problem. It tell you that both type are not identical. With the -fpermissive compilor flag, it could copy the unsigned long to the unsigned int but there is a possibility of truncating the value since one type is bigger than the other.
I think the problem here relies on the fact that, for the arduino platform, uint32_t resolves to an unsigned long (or that unsigned int and unsigned long are the same size) and that matches the return type of the millis() function.
When programming for the 8266, uint32_t and the return type of millis() don't match.
I think you could solve the issue by changing the definition of CounterFunctionPointer from uint32_t to unsigned long.
Please try this and tell me if this as indeed solved the compilation problem.
dduehren
I got this error running a slightly modified version of one of your examples running it on an 8266. Hard to see how my small mods could have caused this. Here's more of the compiler ouput <D:\David\MyDocuments\Arduino\libraries\SoftTimers\src/SoftTimers.h: In constructor 'SoftTimerMillis::SoftTimerMillis()':
D:\David\MyDocuments\Arduino\libraries\SoftTimers\src/SoftTimers.h:122:40: error: invalid conversion from 'long unsigned int ()()' to 'SoftTimer::CounterFunctionPointer {aka unsigned int ()()}' [-fpermissive]
SoftTimerMillis() : SoftTimer(&millis)
D:\David\MyDocuments\Arduino\libraries\SoftTimers\src/SoftTimers.h:36:3: error: initializing argument 1 of 'SoftTimer::SoftTimer(SoftTimer::CounterFunctionPointer)' [-fpermissive]
SoftTimer(CounterFunctionPointer iCntFuncPtr);
^ D:\David\MyDocuments\Arduino\libraries\SoftTimers\src/SoftTimers.h: In constructor 'SoftTimerMicros::SoftTimerMicros()':
D:\David\MyDocuments\Arduino\libraries\SoftTimers\src/SoftTimers.h:131:40: error: invalid conversion from 'long unsigned int ()()' to 'SoftTimer::CounterFunctionPointer {aka unsigned int ()()}' [-fpermissive]
SoftTimerMicros() : SoftTimer(µs)
D:\David\MyDocuments\Arduino\libraries\SoftTimers\src/SoftTimers.h:36:3: error: initializing argument 1 of 'SoftTimer::SoftTimer(SoftTimer::CounterFunctionPointer)' [-fpermissive]
SoftTimer(CounterFunctionPointer iCntFuncPtr);>
Here's the code <#include
include "Arduino_DebugUtils.h"
// My libraries
include "boardconfig.h"
/**
void setup() { pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
Serial.begin(115200);
//update timers delayTimer.setTimeOutTime(1000); // 1 second. ledTimer.setTimeOutTime(2000); // 2 second.
//start counting now delayTimer.reset(); ledTimer.reset(); }
void loop() {
if (!delayTimer.hasTimedOut()) { Serial.println("waiting...");
}
//did we waited long enough ? else if (delayTimer.hasTimedOut() && !ledTimer.hasTimedOut()) { Serial.println("turning LED ON...");
}
//should the LED be turned OFF ? else if (delayTimer.hasTimedOut() && ledTimer.hasTimedOut()) { Serial.println("turning LED OFF...");
} }> and </*
ifndef BOARDCONFIG_H
define BD_VER 1 // set to board version being targetted
ifndef D5
if defined(ESP8266)
define D0 (16)
define D1 (5)
define D2 (4)
define D3 (0)
define D4 (2)
define D5 (14)
define D6 (12)
define D7 (13)
define D8 (15)
define TX (1)
define RX (3)
elif defined(ESP32)
define D5 (18)
define D6 (19)
define D7 (23)
define D8 (5)
define TX (1)
endif
endif
if BD_VER == 1
const int sclPin = D1; const int sdaPin = D2; const int fanPin = D3; const int ledPin = D4; const int piezoPin = D5; const int thPin = D6; const int h2oPin = D7; const int adcPin = A0;
elif BD_VER == 2
const int sclPin = D1; const int sdaPin = D2; const int fanPin = D3; const int ledPin = D4; const int swrxPin = D5; const int swtxPin = D6; const int openPin = D7; const int dirPin = D8; const int adcPin = A0;
else
const int ledPin = D0; const int sclPin = D1; const int sdaPin = D2; const int fanPin = D3; const int fanspdPin = D4; const int swrxPin = D5; const int swtxPin = D6; const int openPin = D7; const int dirPin = D8; const int adcPin = A0; //Connected to fault output of switch to fan
endif //BD_VER logic
endif BOARDCONFIG_H>