Waking up async the Arduino while it's sleeping periodically

Question

I´m using LowPower.h and PinChangeInt.h libraries to put my Arduino into the sleep mode every 8 seconds and then it wakes up, modifies a counter and it goes to sleep again, but also I need to wake it up when a button is pressed asynchronously.

I´ve reached to wake up the Arduino every 8 seconds using LowPower.powerDown(SLEEP_8S, ADC_OFF, BOD_OFF) and, in other code, I´ve also reached to wake it up while it sleeps indefinitely with LowPower.powerDown(SLEEP_FOREVER, ADC_OFF, BOD_OFF) but I can´t combine that periodical awakening with the asynchronous awakening.

Here is my code:

void setup(){

    Serial.begin(9600);

    //Pines declaration

    loopsToSend = setTimeToSend();  //

    //The three async buttons 
    PCintPort::attachInterrupt(4, readOpinion,RISING);
    PCintPort::attachInterrupt(5, readOpinion,RISING);
    PCintPort::attachInterrupt(6, readOpinion,RISING);
}

void loop(){

    if(loops < loopsToSend ){

        byte opinionValue = readOpinion(); //This method must awake the Arduino ASYNC to give a value to the opinionValue var, write the result in the file and go to sleep 

        if(opinionValue != 0){
            Serial.println("Button pressed!");

            //Writing result in a file
            opiniones++;
            delay(500);
        }
        //Go to sleep 8 seconds
        LowPower.powerDown(SLEEP_8S, ADC_OFF, BOD_OFF);
        opinionValue = 0;
    }
    else {
        wdt_disable();

        if(opiniones > 0){
            //Send file using GSM module
        }
        else{
            loops = 0;
        }
    }
    loops++;
}

Can anyone help me? Thanks

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 25 '16 at 18:42

This one works for me:

#include <PinChangeInterrupt.h>
#include <LowPower.h>

// I want to know when it was interrupted by PCINT:
volatile byte flag = 0;
void handler() {
    flag = 1;
}

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  pinMode(A0, INPUT_PULLUP);
  attachPCINT(digitalPinToPCINT(A0), handler, CHANGE);
}

void loop() {
  Serial.println("entering powerDown sleep mode");
  Serial.flush(); // wait for sending all data 

  LowPower.powerDown(SLEEP_8S, ADC_OFF, BOD_OFF);

  if (flag == 1) {
    flag = 0;
    Serial.println("Pin change interrupt");
  } else {
    Serial.println("Timeout");
  }
}

However if you use RISING (or FALLING), it also wakes up from the sleep when pin changes back to the oposite state (and it'll be reported as Timeout).

Waking up async the Arduino while it's sleeping periodically

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