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The firmware does not implement START_COUNTING and FETCH_COUNT, so count_pulses() always returned 0. Measure the period of the signal with a capture instead, and calculate the number of pulses from it.
Reviewer's GuideThe PR fixes pulse counting by deriving the count from two captured rising-edge timestamps rather than the unimplemented firmware counter, updates the API to use a capture timeout, documents measurement limits, and adds hardware-independent regression tests. Sequence diagram for capture-based pulse countingsequenceDiagram
participant Caller
participant LogicAnalyzer
participant Device
Caller->>LogicAnalyzer: count_pulses(channel, interval, timeout)
LogicAnalyzer->>LogicAnalyzer: capture(channel, 2, modes=[sixteen rising], timeout)
LogicAnalyzer->>Device: Capture two rising-edge timestamps
Device-->>LogicAnalyzer: timestamps
alt Fewer than two timestamps
LogicAnalyzer-->>Caller: 0
else Valid timestamps
LogicAnalyzer->>LogicAnalyzer: Calculate period from timestamp interval
alt period <= 0
LogicAnalyzer-->>Caller: 0
else Measurable period
LogicAnalyzer->>LogicAnalyzer: round(interval / period)
LogicAnalyzer-->>Caller: Pulse count
end
end
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Check name Status Explanation Description Check Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled. Title check The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: counting pulses from the measured signal period instead of relying on the firmware counter. Linked Issues check Issue #280requires removal of the unsupportedSTART_COUNTINGpath.count_pulses()now captures sixteen rising edges throughcapture(), derives the signal period from the timestamps, and calcula…Out of Scope Changes check The changes remain within issue #280. The timeout-based capture API, channel-map restoration, interval validation, documentation, removal of the obsolete firmware-counter API, and related tests suppor…Full details: Linked Issues check
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#280requires removal of the unsupportedSTART_COUNTINGpath.count_pulses()now captures sixteen rising edges throughcapture(), derives the signal period from the timestamps, and calculates the requested pulse count. It returns 0 when capture data is insufficient or the period is nonpositive. The tests verify the calculation, invalid measurements, and absence ofSTART_COUNTINGandFETCH_COUNT.
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#280. The timeout-based capture API, channel-map restoration, interval validation, documentation, removal of the obsolete firmware-counter API, and related tests support the capture-based pulse-count implementation. No unrelated change is established by the reviewed evidence.
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## Individual Comments
### Comment 1
<location path="pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py" line_range="743" />
<code_context>
- time.sleep(interval)
- else:
- return
+ timestamps = self.capture(
+ channel, 2, modes=["sixteen rising"], timeout=timeout
+ )[0]
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Oscilloscope captures are disrupted**
When `count_pulses()` runs while an oscilloscope acquisition is active or its samples remain unfetched, `count_pulses()` calls `capture()`, which stops logic capture and clears the shared device buffer, interrupting the oscilloscope acquisition or losing its buffered data despite the documented simultaneous-use behavior.
Use a pulse-counting path that does not stop logic capture or clear the oscilloscope’s shared buffer.
Also at `pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py:721-722`, `pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py:744`.
</issue_to_address>
### Comment 2
<location path="pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py" line_range="716-717" />
<code_context>
def count_pulses(
- self, channel: str = "FRQ", interval: float = 1, block: bool = True
- ) -> Union[int, None]:
+ self, channel: str = "FRQ", interval: float = 1, timeout: float = 1
+ ) -> int:
"""Count pulses on a digital input.
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Existing pulse-count calls break**
When an existing caller passes `block` or calls `fetch_pulse_count()`, `count_pulses()` no longer accepts `block`, and `fetch_pulse_count()` has been removed, so callers receive `TypeError` or `AttributeError` instead of using the existing public API.
Preserve compatibility for the `block` option and `fetch_pulse_count()`, or provide a compatible transition for existing callers.
Also at `pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py:757-768`.
</issue_to_address>
### Comment 3
<location path="pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py" line_range="757" />
<code_context>
- count = self._device.get_int()
- self._device.get_ack()
- return count
+ return int(round(interval / period))
def _reset_prescaler(self):
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Negative intervals return negative counts**
When `interval` is negative and the signal has a measurable positive period, `count_pulses()` divides the negative interval by the measured period and returns a negative pulse count, whereas the former `time.sleep(interval)` raised `ValueError`.
Reject negative intervals by raising `ValueError` before calculating the pulse count.
</issue_to_address>
### Comment 4
<location path="pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py" line_range="750-754" />
<code_context>
+ try:
+ # Sixteen rising edges are captured, so the time between two
+ # captured events covers 16 periods of the signal.
+ period = (timestamps[1] - timestamps[0]) * 1e-6 / 16
+ except IndexError:
+ return 0
- def fetch_pulse_count(self) -> int:
- """Return the number of pulses counted since calling :meth:`count_pulses`.
+ if period <= 0:
+ return 0
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Counter rollover reports zero pulses**
When the capture’s two sampled events straddle the 32-bit timer rollover, the capture timer wraps at 32 bits, so when the first timestamp is near its maximum and the next is after rollover, the subtraction produces a nonpositive period. `count_pulses` then returns 0 for a measurable signal.
Unwrap the 32-bit timestamps or compute their difference modulo 2**32 before deriving the period.
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Blocking findings: pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py:743, pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py:717, pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py:757, pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py:754
| time.sleep(interval) | ||
| else: | ||
| return | ||
| timestamps = self.capture( |
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🟠 High · Oscilloscope captures are disrupted
When count_pulses() runs while an oscilloscope acquisition is active or its samples remain unfetched, count_pulses() calls capture(), which stops logic capture and clears the shared device buffer, interrupting the oscilloscope acquisition or losing its buffered data despite the documented simultaneous-use behavior.
Use a pulse-counting path that does not stop logic capture or clear the oscilloscope’s shared buffer.
Also at pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py:721-722, pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py:744.
Prompt for AI agents
In `pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py` at line 743:
**Oscilloscope captures are disrupted**
When `count_pulses()` runs while an oscilloscope acquisition is active or its samples remain unfetched, `count_pulses()` calls `capture()`, which stops logic capture and clears the shared device buffer, interrupting the oscilloscope acquisition or losing its buffered data despite the documented simultaneous-use behavior.
Use a pulse-counting path that does not stop logic capture or clear the oscilloscope’s shared buffer.
Also at `pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py:721-722`, `pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py:744`.| self, channel: str = "FRQ", interval: float = 1, timeout: float = 1 | ||
| ) -> int: |
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🟡 Medium · Existing pulse-count calls break
When an existing caller passes block or calls fetch_pulse_count(), count_pulses() no longer accepts block, and fetch_pulse_count() has been removed, so callers receive TypeError or AttributeError instead of using the existing public API.
Preserve compatibility for the block option and fetch_pulse_count(), or provide a compatible transition for existing callers.
Also at pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py:757-768.
Prompt for AI agents
In `pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py` at lines 716-717:
**Existing pulse-count calls break**
When an existing caller passes `block` or calls `fetch_pulse_count()`, `count_pulses()` no longer accepts `block`, and `fetch_pulse_count()` has been removed, so callers receive `TypeError` or `AttributeError` instead of using the existing public API.
Preserve compatibility for the `block` option and `fetch_pulse_count()`, or provide a compatible transition for existing callers.
Also at `pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py:757-768`.| period = (timestamps[1] - timestamps[0]) * 1e-6 / 16 | ||
| except IndexError: | ||
| return 0 | ||
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| def fetch_pulse_count(self) -> int: | ||
| """Return the number of pulses counted since calling :meth:`count_pulses`. | ||
| if period <= 0: |
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🟡 Medium · Counter rollover reports zero pulses
When the capture’s two sampled events straddle the 32-bit timer rollover, the capture timer wraps at 32 bits, so when the first timestamp is near its maximum and the next is after rollover, the subtraction produces a nonpositive period. count_pulses then returns 0 for a measurable signal.
Unwrap the 32-bit timestamps or compute their difference modulo 2**32 before deriving the period.
Prompt for AI agents
In `pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py` at lines 750-754:
**Counter rollover reports zero pulses**
When the capture’s two sampled events straddle the 32-bit timer rollover, the capture timer wraps at 32 bits, so when the first timestamp is near its maximum and the next is after rollover, the subtraction produces a nonpositive period. `count_pulses` then returns 0 for a measurable signal.
Unwrap the 32-bit timestamps or compute their difference modulo 2**32 before deriving the period.![coderabbitai[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/347564?s=60&v=4){kind=small}
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Review comments at @pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py:
- Around line 743-745: Update the pulse-counting flow around count_pulses and
its capture call to save the current _channel_one_map before channel-name
capture, then restore it in a finally block even when capture raises, matching
the existing measure_frequency pattern. Ensure subsequent capture(2, ...) calls
retain the correct LA1/LA2 channel mapping.
- Around line 743-745: Update the count_pulses docstring to state that it cannot
be used concurrently with the oscilloscope, reflecting the shared ADC buffer
cleared by LogicAnalyzer.capture. Leave the capture behavior unchanged.
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…rvals count_pulses() hands a channel name to capture(), which maps that name to channel one and leaves it there, so a later capture(2, ...) selected the same input twice. Save the map and put it back in a finally block, the way measure_frequency() does. A negative interval used to raise ValueError from time.sleep(); it now raised ValueError before the capture instead of returning a negative count. The docstring claimed the method can run alongside the oscilloscope, but the capture it uses stops the logic capture and clears the shared buffer.
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The docstring no longer says the method can run alongside the oscilloscope. The capture it uses stops the logic capture and clears the shared buffer, so it can't. A negative interval raises ValueError again, before the capture is sent. I left the rollover case alone. Two-channel capture is documented for event gaps up to 67 s (the 32-bit counter), so the two timestamps The |
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count_pulses()asked the firmware to count pulses and read the counter back. The START_COUNTING command isn't implemented, so that counter always reads 0. That matches what was reported in the app: a 1200 Hz square wave on SQ1 wired to LA1 gave a count of 0 while the frequency reading worked.The patch measures the signal's period with a capture instead, in the same way as
measure_frequency(), and works out the number of pulses from the interval. I don't have a PSLab here, so I checked it against a stand-in device that reports two events 160 µs apart, which is the spacing of every 16th rising edge of a 100 kHz signal. Before the change the call returned 0 and sent START_COUNTING. After it, a 0.2 s interval returns 20000. The new tests in tests/test_logic_analyzer.py cover that, the case where a second event never arrives, and the case where two events share a timestamp.Two things worth a look:
fetch_pulse_count()and theblockargument only made sense with the firmware counter, so I removed them. Happy to keep them as deprecated stubs if you'd rather not break callers.The software measurement can't resolve a period shorter than the capture resolution, and can't catch a signal slower than the timeout. The docstring says so, and the method returns 0 in both cases.
I did not run the integration tests, since that needs a connected device. Closes #280.
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Calculate logic-analyzer pulse counts from captured signal periods and handle unsupported or invalid measurements safely.
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