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27 * can not mix printf and wprintf
28 * see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8681623/printf-and-wprintf-in-single-c-code
29 * > This is to be expected; your code is invoking undefined behavior.
30 * > Per the C standard, each FILE stream has associated with it an "orientation" (either "byte" or "wide)
31 * > which is set by the first operation performed on it, and which can be inspected with the fwide function.
32 * > Calling any function whose orientation conflicts with the orientation of the stream results in undefined behavior.
40 // run this program: g++ lpt.cpp && time chrt 1 ./a.out
41 // depending to frequency and machine performance the total time will be more than given duration
42 // despite the real-time priority, because some additional time is spent in outb() functions
43 // so "duration" means total sleep time
46 //cout << "LPT!" << endl; // same as using printf → breaks all folllowing wprintf() calls, see note above
49 * if setlocale() is missing, unicode characters are replaced with ? or „→“ with „->“ because C/POSIX locale is used,
51 * > On startup of the main program, the portable "C" locale is selected as default.
52 * > If locale is an empty string, "", each part of the locale that should be modified is set according to the environment variables.
56 int addr = 0xe400; // parallel port address; first number of given port in: cat /proc/ioports | grep parport
57 int baseFreq = 10000; // base frequency in Hz, should be between 5 000 between 10 000 Hz; lower frequency leads to dashed/dotted lines instead of greyscale
58 int outputPower = 10; // duty cycle; 100 = 100 %
59 int duration = 5; // in seconds; total sleep time, see note above
61 int valueWidth = 10; // just for padding of printed values
62 int labelWidth = -15; // just for padding of printed labels
64 // ' = thousand separator
66 wprintf(L"%*ls %*x\n", labelWidth, L"Parallel port:", valueWidth, addr); // or %#*x – adds 0x prefix
67 wprintf(L"%*ls %'*d Hz\n", labelWidth, L"Base frequency:", valueWidth, baseFreq);
68 wprintf(L"%*ls %*d %%\n", labelWidth, L"Output power:", valueWidth, outputPower);
69 wprintf(L"%*ls %'*d s\n", labelWidth, L"Duration:", valueWidth, duration);
72 int oneSecond = 1000 * 1000;
73 int timeOn = oneSecond * outputPower / 100 / baseFreq;
74 int timeOff = oneSecond * (100 - outputPower) / 100 / baseFreq;
76 int cycleCount = duration * baseFreq;
77 wprintf(L"%*ls %'*d ×\n", labelWidth, L"Cycle count:", valueWidth, cycleCount);
78 wprintf(L"%*ls %'*d μs in each cycle\n", labelWidth, L"Time on:", valueWidth, timeOn);
79 wprintf(L"%*ls %'*d μs in each cycle\n", labelWidth, L"Time off:", valueWidth, timeOff);
81 wprintf(L"%*ls %*ls\n", labelWidth, L"unicode test:", valueWidth, L"čeština → …");
84 if (ioperm(addr,1,1)) { fwprintf(stderr, L"Access denied to port %#x\n", addr), exit(1); }
86 outb(0b00000000, addr);
88 for (int i = 0; i < cycleCount; i++) {
89 outb(0b00000001, addr);
91 outb(0b00000000, addr);
95 wprintf(L"finished\n");