make mDC a singleton static member of MotorDriverContainer

DCC.cpp

@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include "IODevice.h"
 
 #include "MotorDriver.h"
-extern MotorDriverContainer mDC;
 
 // This module is responsible for converting API calls into
 // messages to be sent to the waveform generator.
@@ -54,7 +53,8 @@ byte DCC::joinRelay=UNUSED_PIN;
 byte DCC::globalSpeedsteps=128;
 
 void DCC::begin() {
-  StringFormatter::send(Serial,F("<iDCC-EX V-%S / %S / %S G-%S>\n"), F(VERSION), F(ARDUINO_TYPE), mDC.getMotorShieldName(), F(GITHUB_SHA));
+  StringFormatter::send(Serial,F("<iDCC-EX V-%S / %S / %S G-%S>\n"), F(VERSION), F(ARDUINO_TYPE),
+			MotorDriverContainer::mDC.getMotorShieldName(), F(GITHUB_SHA));
 
   // Initialise HAL layer before reading EEprom.
   IODevice::begin();
@@ -63,13 +63,17 @@ void DCC::begin() {
   (void)EEPROM; // tell compiler not to warn this is unused
   EEStore::init();
 
-  DCCWaveform::begin(mDC.mainTrack(),mDC.progTrack());
+  DCCWaveform::begin(MotorDriverContainer::mDC.mainTrack(),MotorDriverContainer::mDC.progTrack());
-  DCCTrack::mainTrack.addDriver(mDC.mainTrack());
+  DCCTrack::mainTrack.addDriver(MotorDriverContainer::mDC.mainTrack());
-  DCCTrack::progTrack.addDriver(mDC.progTrack());
+  DCCTrack::progTrack.addDriver(MotorDriverContainer::mDC.progTrack());
 
   MotorDriver *md;
-  mDC.add(2, md = new MotorDriver(16, 21, UNUSED_PIN, UNUSED_PIN, UNUSED_PIN, 2.00, 2000, UNUSED_PIN, RMT_MAIN));
+  MotorDriverContainer::mDC.add(2, md = new MotorDriver(16, 21, UNUSED_PIN, UNUSED_PIN, UNUSED_PIN, 2.00, 2000, UNUSED_PIN, RMT_MAIN));
   DCCTrack::mainTrack.addDriver(md);
+  /*
+  std::vector<MotorDriver*>  v = MotorDriverContainer::mDC.getDriverType(RMT_MAIN);
+  for (const auto& d: v) DCCTrack::mainTrack.addDriver(d);
+  */
 }
 
 void DCC::setJoinRelayPin(byte joinRelayPin) {
@@ -578,7 +582,7 @@ byte DCC::loopStatus=0;
 
 void DCC::loop()  {
   DCCWaveform::loop(ackManagerProg!=NULL); // power overload checks
-  mDC.loop();
+  MotorDriverContainer::mDC.loop();
   ackManagerLoop();    // maintain prog track ack manager
   issueReminders();
 }

DCCWaveform.cpp

@@ -27,9 +27,16 @@
 #include "DIAG.h"
 #include "freeMemory.h"
 
+// The two Waveforms which defines what happens when the
+// interrupt driven DCC signal is generated. This is tied
+// to the timer interrupts of the hardware.
 DCCWaveform  DCCWaveform::mainTrack(PREAMBLE_BITS_MAIN, true);
 DCCWaveform  DCCWaveform::progTrack(PREAMBLE_BITS_PROG, false);
 
+
+// The two different DCC _kinds_ of signals we want to be able
+// to genrate at the same time. When timer interupts are used,
+// these need the respective waveform
 DCCTrack DCCTrack::mainTrack(&DCCWaveform::mainTrack);
 DCCTrack DCCTrack::progTrack(&DCCWaveform::progTrack);
 

MotorDriver.cpp

@@ -254,4 +254,13 @@ void MotorDriverContainer::loop() {
   if(i > 7) i=0;
 }
 
-MotorDriverContainer mDC(MOTOR_SHIELD_TYPE);
+std::vector<MotorDriver*> MotorDriverContainer::getDriverType(driverType t) {
+  std::vector<MotorDriver*> v;
+  for(byte i=0; i<8; i++) {
+    if (mD[i] && mD[i]->type() == t)
+      v.push_back(mD[i]);
+  }
+  return v;
+}
+
+MotorDriverContainer MotorDriverContainer::mDC(MOTOR_SHIELD_TYPE);

MotorDriver.h

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #ifndef MotorDriver_h
 #define MotorDriver_h
+#include <vector>
 #include "defines.h"
 #include "FSH.h"
 
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ public:
 		       MotorDriver *m5=NULL,
 		       MotorDriver *m6=NULL,
 		       MotorDriver *m7=NULL);
+  static MotorDriverContainer mDC;
   inline void add(byte n, MotorDriver *m) {
     if (n>8) return;
     mD[n] = m;
@@ -136,6 +138,7 @@ public:
   inline MotorDriver *mainTrack() { return mD[0]; }; //start fixed
   inline MotorDriver *progTrack() { return mD[1]; };
   void loop();
+  std::vector<MotorDriver*>  getDriverType(driverType t);
 
 private:
   MotorDriver *mD[8];