Save power in SquidBee - sleep mode

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With this program we're adding to our SquidBee the sleep-mode function, we are saving power using the micro only when we need.

Only a 220 ohm resistor is needed, connected between pin 2 and RX in arduino.

The next step to get more power save is using the sleep modes in the XBee module (coming soon).

#include <avr/sleep.h>

/* Sleep Demo Serial
 * -----------------
 * Example code to demonstrate the sleep functions in a Arduino.
 *
 * use a resistor between RX and pin2. By default RX is pulled up to 5V
 * therefore, we can use a sequence of Serial data forcing RX to 0, what
 * will make pin2 go LOW activating INT0 external interrupt, bringing
 * the MCU back to life
 *
 * there is also a time counter that will put the MCU to sleep after 10secs
 *
 * NOTE: when coming back from POWER-DOWN mode, it takes a bit
 *       until the system is functional at 100%!! (typically <1sec)
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2006 MacSimski 2006-12-30 
 * Copyright (C) 2007 D. Cuartielles 2007-07-08 - Mexico DF
 * 
 *  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 *  (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *  GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 *  Rev 1.0 to the original (by Marcos Yarza - www.libelium.com)
 * ----------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 *  This new version introduces the sensors reading feature
 *  when the micro wakes up, it reads the sensors values and send them
 *  over the serial port.
 *  
 *  To wake up the micro, you just have to send any data over the serial port, 
 *  so when you want to read the sensors, you send any serial data to the mote
 *  and it'll wake up, send data and back to sleep
 *
 *  thanks to D. Cuartielles and MacSimski
 *
 *  Zaragoza - sep 07
 *
 * 
 */

int sensor0 = 0;
int sensor1 = 1;
int sensor2 = 2;

int val0 = 0;
int val1 = 1;
int val2 = 2;

int wakePin = 2;                 // pin used for waking up
int sleepStatus = 0;             // variable to store a request for sleep
int count = 0;                   // counter
int led = 13;

void wakeUpNow()        // here the interrupt is handled after wakeup
{
  // execute code here after wake-up before returning to the loop() function
  // timers and code using timers (serial.print and more...) will not work here.
  // we don't really need to execute any special functions here, since we
  // just want the thing to wake up
}

void setup()
{
  pinMode(wakePin, INPUT);
  pinMode(led, OUTPUT);
  Serial.begin(19200);

  /* Now is time to enable a interrupt. In the function call 
   * attachInterrupt(A, B, C)
   * A   can be either 0 or 1 for interrupts on pin 2 or 3.   
   * 
   * B   Name of a function you want to execute while in interrupt A.
   *
   * C   Trigger mode of the interrupt pin. can be:
   *             LOW        a low level trigger
   *             CHANGE     a change in level trigger
   *             RISING     a rising edge of a level trigger
   *             FALLING    a falling edge of a level trigger
   *
   * In all but the IDLE sleep modes only LOW can be used.
   */

  attachInterrupt(0, wakeUpNow, LOW); // use interrupt 0 (pin 2) and run function
                                      // wakeUpNow when pin 2 gets LOW 
}

void sleepNow()         // here we put the arduino to sleep
{
    /* Now is the time to set the sleep mode. In the Atmega8 datasheet
     * http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/doc2486.pdf on page 35
     * there is a list of sleep modes which explains which clocks and 
     * wake up sources are available in which sleep modus.
     *
     * In the avr/sleep.h file, the call names of these sleep modus are to be found:
     *
     * The 5 different modes are:
     *     SLEEP_MODE_IDLE         -the least power savings 
     *     SLEEP_MODE_ADC
     *     SLEEP_MODE_PWR_SAVE
     *     SLEEP_MODE_STANDBY
     *     SLEEP_MODE_PWR_DOWN     -the most power savings
     *
     * For now, we want as much power savings as possible, so we 
     * choose the according 
     * sleep modus: SLEEP_MODE_PWR_DOWN
     * 
     */  
    set_sleep_mode(SLEEP_MODE_PWR_DOWN);   // sleep mode is set here

    sleep_enable();          // enables the sleep bit in the mcucr register
                             // so sleep is possible. just a safety pin 

    /* Now is time to enable a interrupt. we do it here so an 
     * accidentally pushed interrupt button doesn't interrupt 
     * our running program. if you want to be able to run 
     * interrupt code besides the sleep function, place it in 
     * setup() for example.
     * 
     * In the function call attachInterrupt(A, B, C)
     * A   can be either 0 or 1 for interrupts on pin 2 or 3.   
     * 
     * B   Name of a function you want to execute at interrupt for A.
     *
     * C   Trigger mode of the interrupt pin. can be:
     *             LOW        a low level triggers
     *             CHANGE     a change in level triggers
     *             RISING     a rising edge of a level triggers
     *             FALLING    a falling edge of a level triggers
     *
     * In all but the IDLE sleep modes only LOW can be used.
     */

    attachInterrupt(0,wakeUpNow, LOW); // use interrupt 0 (pin 2) and run function
                                       // wakeUpNow when pin 2 gets LOW 

    sleep_mode();            // here the device is actually put to sleep!!
                             // THE PROGRAM CONTINUES FROM HERE AFTER WAKING UP

    sleep_disable();         // first thing after waking from sleep:
                             // disable sleep...
    detachInterrupt(0);      // disables interrupt 0 on pin 2 so the 
                             // wakeUpNow code will not be executed 
                             // during normal running time.

}

// function to send data

void sendData(int id,int num, int data0,int data1,int data2){
  
  Serial.print("@");
  Serial.print(id);
  Serial.print("|");
  
  Serial.print(num);
  
  Serial.print("|data0-");
  Serial.print(data0);
  
  Serial.print("|data1-");
  Serial.print(data1);
  
  Serial.print("|data2-");
  Serial.print(data2);
    
  Serial.println("#\r");      // end of message
}

void loop()
{
   
  val0 = analogRead(sensor0);
  val1 = analogRead(sensor1);
  val2 = analogRead(sensor2);
  
    
  sendData(1,count, val0, val1, val2);
  
  count++;
  
  if (count >= 10000){        // reset the counter after 10000
    count = 0;
  }
  delay(100);
  
  // sleep again
  sleepNow();  
}
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