float is expensive and not implemented.

I don't understand why you think it should already be there.


On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:41 AM, Alaios <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all
> I am using occasionaly printf to serial port as this is a very nice way to
> have some debug messages.
>
> One way I have noticed is printing floats. IT looks like that only
> integeres are implemented and I had to write the code myself for floats.
> I also had a look on the source code, so te get better understanding what
> is supported or not in the tinyos.
>
> This is what I found, that looks like that the float support should be
> there, already.
>
> I started by looking inside the
>
>
> $TOSROOT/lib/printf
>
> what I found
>
>
>
> generic_printf/*  has a bit of information:
>
> Written By:
> Shrirang Khishti <[email protected]>.
>
> This is a smaller version of printf
> Positive points about this function
> 1. Reduces code size considerably ,very useful in embedded applications
> 2. No malloc calls are used
> 3. Supports almost all the functionalities of GNU std printf routine.
> 4. If user dont want float_support in this customized printf
> just undef macro float_support
> */
>
>
> but my float_support looks defind on the file
>
>
> and then to the PrintfP.nc I have found the following
> /**
> * This is the PrintfP component. It provides the printf service for
> printing
> * data over the serial interface using the standard c-style printf command.
> * Data printed using printf are buffered and only sent over the serial
> line after
> * the buffer is half full or an explicit call to printfflush() is made.
> This
> * buffer has a maximum size of 250 bytes at present. This component is
> wired
> * to a shadowed MainC component so that printf statements can be made
> anywhere
> * throughout your code, so long as you include the "printf.h" header file
> in
> * every file you wish to use it. Take a look at the printf tutorial
> (lesson 15)
> * for more details.
> *
> * The printf service is currently only available for msp430 based motes
> * (i.e. telos, eyes) and atmega128x based motes (i.e. mica2, micaz, iris).
> On the
> * atmega platforms, avr-libc version 1.4 or above must be used.
>
> which does not say anything for the float, and actually looks like that it
> should work exactly the same....
>
> Any ideas what might be wrong? I will share soon my code
>
> Regards
> Alex
>
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