Ultraino

Acoustic Field simulation for phased-array controllers. The content of the folders is as follows:

AcousticField3D. The simulator that runs on the PC and can control the driver boards
Arduino MEGA 64 driver board code. Source code that goes in the Arduino Mega 64-channel driver board.
DriverNano16. Source code for making an Arduino Nano a 16-channel driver board.
Arduino phase detector. Code that goes in an Arduino Nano to serve as a tool to assign the channels.
arrays. Bases for example arrays.
driver board. BOM and PCB files for the driver board.

How to Run the Software

Download the source as a zip file or checkout the repository.
Be sure that you have installed Java Development Kit 1.8 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html
Install Netbeans Integrated Development Environment (you can also use Eclipse if you want). The Java SE pack is enough https://netbeans.org/downloads/
Import the Source code in Netbeans. Run Netbeans, File->Open Project, Select the folder with the sourcecode.
Click Run. You can click Run->Run project. It will take some time the first time since it needs to compile the sourcecode.

Install the Arduino IDE https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
Run the Arduino IDE and connect the Arduino Board to your computer.
In Tools->Board select Arduino/Genuino Mega or Mega 2560. In Tools->Ports select the port for your Arduino. You may need to install the drivers for your Arduino Board (specially if it is not a branded one). For the chip CH340 http://sparks.gogo.co.nz/ch340.html
In the public interface of Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\arduino\avr\cores\arduino\HardwareSerial.h add the following inline functions inline bool _dataAvailable() {return _rx_buffer_head != _rx_buffer_tail; } inline byte _peekData() { return _rx_buffer[_rx_buffer_tail]; } inline void _discardByte() { _rx_buffer_tail = (rx_buffer_index_t)(_rx_buffer_tail + 1) % SERIAL_RX_BUFFER_SIZE; }
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