decoding La Crosse TX20 Anemometer data with Arduino

Thanks to the excellent work done by John Geek I wrote a small sketch for Arduino to decode and display data coming from the anemometer.

A simple level translator is needed to adapt the signal coming from the anemometer to Arduino board.

level-shifter

The level translator also inverts the signal coming from pin 1 of the anemometer.

The following picture shows on the top track the frame coming from TX20, on the lower track the sampling signal, used to debug the sketch.

scope

 

P1040014tx20

P1040016

The sketch is a proof of concept, it simply prints out the data coming from the anemometer, and can be used as starting point to develop more complex projects.

 

#include <avr io.h="">
#include <avr interrupt.h="">
 
#define _MDEBUG
 
unsigned int icr1;
 
void setup() {
 
// Initialize the digital pin as an output.
// Pin 13 has an LED connected on most Arduino boards
#ifdef _MDEBUG
  pinMode(13, OUTPUT);      
#endif
 
  Serial.begin(9600);
  pinMode(2, INPUT);
 
  EICRA  = _BV(ISC01);    // set INT0 to trigger on falling edge
  EIMSK = _BV(INT0);     // Turns on INT0
 
  icr1 = 19500;
 
  TCCR1A = 0;     // set entire TCCR1A register to 0
  TCCR1B = 0;     // same for TCCR1B
  OCR1A = icr1;
}
 
volatile int rx=0;
volatile int bitcount=0;
volatile char pin;
volatile unsigned char sa,sb,sd,se;
volatile unsigned int sc,sf;
 
void loop(){
  char a[90];
  unsigned char chk;
 
  // Main code loop
  // TODO: Put your regular (non-ISR) logic here
 
  if (rx){
    chk= ( sb + (sc&amp;0xf) + ((sc&gt;&gt;4)&amp;0xf) + ((sc&gt;&gt;8)&amp;0xf) );chk&amp;=0xf;
    if (sa==4 &amp;&amp; sb==se &amp;&amp; sc==sf &amp;&amp; sd==chk){      
      sprintf (a,"%d\t%d\n",sb,sc);
      Serial.write (a);
    }
    rx=0;
  }
 
}
 
// pin change interrupt ( start of frame )
ISR (INT0_vect){
 
  // reset accumulators
  sa=sb=sd=se=0;
  sc=0;sf=0;
 
  EIMSK &amp;= ~_BV(INT0);     // disable pin interrupt
 
  bitcount=41;
 
  TCCR1B = 0; // stop timer
  TCNT1 = icr1&gt;&gt;1; // set counter
  TIFR1 |= _BV(OCF1A); // clear timer interrupt
  TCCR1B = _BV(WGM12)| _BV(CS10); // start timer
  TIMSK1 |= _BV(OCIE1A);  // enable timer interrupt
 
}
 
// timer irq ( bit accumulator )
ISR(TIMER1_COMPA_vect){
 
  if (bitcount==1){
    TIMSK1 &amp;= ~_BV(OCIE1A); // disable timer interrupt
    EIFR |= _BV(INTF0);     // clear pin interrupt flag
    EIMSK = _BV(INT0);      // enable pin interrupt flag for next frame
 
  }
  if (bitcount&gt;0){
    pin = digitalRead(2);
 
    if (bitcount &gt; 41-5){
      // start
      sa = (sa&lt;&lt;1)|pin;
    } else
    if (bitcount &gt; 41-5-4){
      // wind dir
      sb = sb&gt;&gt;1 | (pin&lt;&lt;3);
    } else
    if (bitcount &gt; 41-5-4-12){
      // windspeed
      sc = sc&gt;&gt;1 | (pin&lt;&lt;11);
    } else
    if (bitcount &gt; 41-5-4-12-4){
      // checksum
      sd = sd&gt;&gt;1 | (pin&lt;&lt;3);
    } else 
    if (bitcount &gt; 41-5-4-12-4-4){
      // wind dir, inverted
      se = se&gt;&gt;1 | ((pin^1)&lt;&lt;3);
    } else {
      // windspeed, inverted
      sf = sf&gt;&gt;1 | ((pin^1)&lt;&lt;11);
    }     
 
 
//digitalWrite( 13, digitalRead( 13 ) ^ 1 );
#ifdef _MDEBUG
    digitalWrite( 13, 0 );
    digitalWrite( 13, 1 );
    digitalWrite( 13, 1 );
    digitalWrite( 13, 0 );
#endif
    bitcount--;
    if (bitcount==0){
      // all data received:
      rx=1;
    }
  } 
}
 
</avr></avr>