[dev] lots of progress

Create main timer loop using an auxilliary thread.

.gitignore

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 /target
-.idea
+.idea
+/roms

README.md

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 # CHIP-8 Emulator
 
-Chip 8 emulator made with Rust. 
+Chip 8 emulator made with Rust. 
+
+
+### Status
+
+- [ ] Memory
+- [ ] Loading fonts
+- [ ] Registers
+- [ ] Stack
+- [ ] Instruction Processing
+- [ ] Display
+- [ ] Keyboard
+
+### More information on Chip-8
+
+- [Guide to making a CHIP-8 emulator - Tobias V. Langhoff](https://tobiasvl.github.io/blog/write-a-chip-8-emulator/#specifications)
+- [Awesome CHIP-8](https://chip-8.github.io/links/)

src/device.rs

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-
-
-pub struct Device{
-    pub registers:RegisterFile,
-    pub memory: Box<[u8;Self::DEVICE_MEMORY_SIZE]>
-}
-
-impl Device{
-    pub const DEVICE_MEMORY_SIZE:usize = 1024;
-    pub fn new()->Device{
-        let memory = vec![0u8;Self::DEVICE_MEMORY_SIZE].into_boxed_slice().try_into().unwrap();
-        log::trace!("Successfully initiated device memory");
-        Device{
-            registers: RegisterFile{},
-            memory
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-pub struct RegisterFile{
-
-}

src/device/cpu.rs

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+
+enum Instruction{
+    ClearScreen,
+    JumpTo(u16),
+
+}

src/device/device.rs

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+use std::ops::SubAssign;
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU16, Ordering};
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, RwLock};
+use std::thread::{JoinHandle, sleep};
+use std::time::Duration;
+use crate::device::timer::Timer;
+
+
+pub struct Device {
+    pub registers: RegisterFile,
+    pub memory: Box<[u8; Self::DEVICE_MEMORY_SIZE]>,
+    pub timer: Timer,
+    pub stack: Vec<u16>
+}
+
+impl Device {
+    pub const DEVICE_MEMORY_SIZE: usize = 2 << 12;
+    pub fn new(timer: Timer) -> Device {
+        let memory = vec![0u8; Self::DEVICE_MEMORY_SIZE].into_boxed_slice().try_into().unwrap();
+        log::trace!("Successfully initiated device memory");
+        Device {
+            registers: RegisterFile::new(),
+            memory,
+            stack:Vec::with_capacity(16),
+            timer,
+        }
+    }
+}
+impl Device{
+    const DEFAULT_FONT:[u8;5*16] = [
+        0xF0, 0x90, 0x90, 0x90, 0xF0, // 0
+        0x20, 0x60, 0x20, 0x20, 0x70, // 1
+        0xF0, 0x10, 0xF0, 0x80, 0xF0, // 2
+        0xF0, 0x10, 0xF0, 0x10, 0xF0, // 3
+        0x90, 0x90, 0xF0, 0x10, 0x10, // 4
+        0xF0, 0x80, 0xF0, 0x10, 0xF0, // 5
+        0xF0, 0x80, 0xF0, 0x90, 0xF0, // 6
+        0xF0, 0x10, 0x20, 0x40, 0x40, // 7
+        0xF0, 0x90, 0xF0, 0x90, 0xF0, // 8
+        0xF0, 0x90, 0xF0, 0x10, 0xF0, // 9
+        0xF0, 0x90, 0xF0, 0x90, 0x90, // A
+        0xE0, 0x90, 0xE0, 0x90, 0xE0, // B
+        0xF0, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0xF0, // C
+        0xE0, 0x90, 0x90, 0x90, 0xE0, // D
+        0xF0, 0x80, 0xF0, 0x80, 0xF0, // E
+        0xF0, 0x80, 0xF0, 0x80, 0x80  // F
+    ];
+    const FONT_DEFAULT_MEM_LOCATION_START:usize = 0x50;
+    const FONT_DEFAULT_MEM_LOCATION_END:usize = 0x9F;
+    pub fn cycle(&mut self){
+
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_default_font(&mut self){
+        self.memory[Self::FONT_DEFAULT_MEM_LOCATION_START..=Self::FONT_DEFAULT_MEM_LOCATION_END].copy_from_slice(&Self::DEFAULT_FONT);
+    }
+
+}
+impl Drop for Device{
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        self.timer.send_stop_signal()
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct RegisterFile {
+    pub v: [u8; 0x10],
+    // program counter - only u12 technically.
+    pub pc: u16,
+    /// stack pointer
+    pub i: u16,
+}
+
+impl RegisterFile {
+    pub fn new() -> RegisterFile {
+        RegisterFile {
+            v: [0; 0x10],
+            pc: 0x200,
+            i: 0,
+        }
+    }
+}

src/device/mod.rs

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+pub mod timer;
+mod device;
+mod sound;
+mod cpu;
+
+pub use device::*;

src/device/sound.rs

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+// TODO

src/device/timer.rs

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+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+use std::thread::{JoinHandle, sleep};
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+pub struct Timer{
+    timer_left: Arc<Mutex<u16>>,
+    join_handle: Option<(JoinHandle<()>,std::sync::mpsc::Sender<()>)>
+}
+
+impl Timer{
+    pub fn new()->Timer{
+        Timer{timer_left:Arc::new(Mutex::default()),join_handle:None}
+    }
+    pub fn start(&mut self){
+        let timer_left_ref = self.timer_left.clone();
+        let (sender,receiver) = std::sync::mpsc::channel();
+        let res = std::thread::spawn(move ||{
+            loop{
+                let val = receiver.try_recv();
+                if let Ok(()) = val{
+                    break;
+                }else if let Err(std::sync::mpsc::TryRecvError::Disconnected) = val{
+                    panic!("Disconnected");
+                }
+                {
+                    let mut timer_lock = timer_left_ref.lock().expect("Failed to lock");
+                    if *timer_lock >0 {
+                        *timer_lock -= 1;
+                    }
+                }
+                sleep(Duration::from_secs_f32(1f32/60f32));
+            }
+
+        });
+        self.join_handle = Some((res,sender));
+    }
+    /// Set a timer down tick from `val`
+    pub fn set_timer(& self,val:u16){
+        let mut timer_val = self.timer_left.lock().expect("Failed to get mutex");
+        *timer_val = val;
+    }
+
+    pub fn poll_value(&self)->u16{
+        let res = self.timer_left.lock().expect("Failed to lock?");
+        res.clone()
+    }
+
+    pub fn stop(self){
+        if let Some((u,x)) = self.join_handle{
+            x.send(()).expect("Failed to send signal to close thread");
+            u.join().expect("Failed to close thread");
+        }else{
+            log::warn!("Nothing present!");
+        }
+    }
+    pub fn send_stop_signal(&mut self){
+        if let Some((_,x)) = &self.join_handle{
+            x.send(()).expect("Failed to send signal to close thread");
+        }else{
+            log::warn!("Nothing present!");
+        }
+    }
+
+}

src/main.rs

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 use log::LevelFilter;
 use simple_logger::SimpleLogger;
-use crate::device::{Device};
+use device::timer::Timer;
+use crate::device::Device;
 
 mod args;
 mod device;
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 fn main() {
     SimpleLogger::new().with_level(LevelFilter::Info).env().init().unwrap();
     log::info!("Started emulator");
-    let device = Device::new();
+
+    let mut timer = Timer::new();
+    timer.start();
+
+    let mut device = Device::new(timer);
+    device.set_default_font();
+    let mut i = 0;
+
+
+
 }
+
+
+