VILLASnode/include/villas/nodes/signal_generator.hpp

/** Node-type for signal generation.
 *
 * @file
 * @author Steffen Vogel <stvogel@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de>
 * @copyright 2014-2020, Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, EONERC
 * @license GNU General Public License (version 3)
 *
 * VILLASnode
 *
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 *********************************************************************************/

/**
 * @ingroup node
 * @addtogroup signal_generator Signal generation node-type-
 * @{
 */

#pragma once

#include <villas/timing.h>
#include <villas/task.h>

/* Forward declarations */
struct node;
struct sample;

/** Node-type for signal generation.
 * @see node_type
 */
struct signal_generator {
	struct task task;		/**< Timer for periodic events. */
	int rt;				/**< Real-time mode? */

	enum class SignalType {
		RANDOM,
		SINE,
		SQUARE,
		TRIANGLE,
		RAMP,
		COUNTER,
		CONSTANT,
		MIXED
	} type; /**< Signal type */

	double rate;			/**< Sampling rate. */
	double frequency;		/**< Frequency of the generated signals. */
	double amplitude;		/**< Amplitude of the generated signals. */
	double stddev;			/**< Standard deviation of random signals (normal distributed). */
	double offset;			/**< A constant bias. */
	int monitor_missed;		/**< Boolean, if set, node counts missed steps and warns user. */

	double *last;			/**< The values from the previous period which are required for random walk. */

	unsigned values;			/**< The number of values which will be emitted by this node. */
	int limit;			/**< The number of values which should be generated by this node. <0 for infinitve. */

	struct timespec started;	/**< Point in time when this node was started. */
	unsigned counter;			/**< The number of packets already emitted. */
	unsigned missed_steps;		/**< Total number of missed steps. */
};

/** @see node_type::print */
char * signal_generator_print(struct node *n);

/** @see node_type::parse */
int signal_generator_parse(struct node *n, json_t *cfg);

/** @see node_type::start */
int signal_generator_start(struct node *n);

/** @see node_type::stop */
int signal_generator_stop(struct node *n);

/** @see node_type::read */
int signal_generator_read(struct node *n, struct sample *smps[], unsigned cnt, unsigned *release);

/** @} */