Changed the hysteresis algorithm to make 'on' be 20 out of 100 samples

diff --git a/the_perfect_clock.ino b/the_perfect_clock.ino
index 590a1c7fa51ed51306605a47d52fadeda59ef130..d437e392bfbd2ec2182770119718611d84251a2f 100644 (file)
--- a/the_perfect_clock.ino
+++ b/the_perfect_clock.ino
@@ -91,8 +91,9 @@ void loop() {
   static int total_samples = 0;
   static int high_samples = 0;
 
-  if (total_samples >= 1000) {
-    if (high_samples > 500) {
+  // read from the WWVB receiver, with some hysteresis
+  if (total_samples >= 100) {
+    if (high_samples > 20) {
       signal = HIGH;
     }
     else {
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ void loop() {
     }
   }
 
+  // has the timer ticked?
        unsigned long m = millis();
        if (m != previous_millis) {
                millisecond += (m - previous_millis);
@@ -126,10 +128,9 @@ void loop() {
        previous_millis = m;
 
        int pulse_length;
-       //int signal = digitalRead(wwvb);                               // is the input high or low right now?
 
   if (signal) {
-    analogWrite(timecodeled, 10);       // it's too bright on my board so we dim it; change to digitalWrite() if not needed
+    analogWrite(timecodeled, 5);       // it's too bright on my board so we dim it; change to digitalWrite() if not needed
   }
   else {
     digitalWrite(timecodeled, LOW);