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Dashboard: DIALS (Part 2 of 4)

[Elite-A, Docked]

Name: DIALS (Part 2 of 4) [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Dashboard Summary: Update the dashboard: pitch and roll indicators Deep dive: The dashboard indicators
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\ --- Mod: Code removed for Elite-A: ------------------> \ LDA #0 \ Set R = P = 0 for the low bytes in the call to the ADD \ STA R \ routine below \ STA P \ \ LDA #8 \ Set S = 8, which is the value of the centre of the \ STA S \ roll indicator \ \ LDA ALP1 \ Fetch the roll angle alpha as a value between 0 and \ LSR A \ 31, and divide by 4 to get a value of 0 to 7 \ LSR A \ \ ORA ALP2 \ Apply the roll sign to the value, and flip the sign, \ EOR #%10000000 \ so it's now in the range -7 to +7, with a positive \ \ roll angle alpha giving a negative value in A \ \ JSR ADD \ We now add A to S to give us a value in the range 1 to \ \ 15, which we can pass to DIL2 to draw the vertical \ \ bar on the indicator at this position. We use the ADD \ \ routine like this: \ \ \ \ (A X) = (A 0) + (S 0) \ \ \ \ and just take the high byte of the result. We use ADD \ \ rather than a normal ADC because ADD separates out the \ \ sign bit and does the arithmetic using absolute values \ \ and separate sign bits, which we want here rather than \ \ the two's complement that ADC uses \ --- And replaced by: --------------------------------> LDA #16 \ We are docked, so set the indicator to 16, which is \ off the scale (so no bar gets shown) \ --- End of replacement ------------------------------> JSR DIL2 \ Draw a vertical bar on the roll indicator at offset A \ and increment SC to point to the next indicator (the \ pitch indicator) \ --- Mod: Code removed for Elite-A: ------------------> \ LDA BETA \ Fetch the pitch angle beta as a value between -8 and \ \ +8 \ \ LDX BET1 \ Fetch the magnitude of the pitch angle beta, and if it \ BEQ P%+4 \ is 0 (i.e. we are not pitching), skip the next \ \ instruction \ \ SBC #1 \ The pitch angle beta is non-zero, so set A = A - 1 \ \ (the C flag is set by the call to DIL2 above, so we \ \ don't need to do a SEC). This gives us a value of A \ \ from -7 to +7 because these are magnitude-based \ \ numbers with sign bits, rather than two's complement \ \ numbers \ \ JSR ADD \ We now add A to S to give us a value in the range 1 to \ \ 15, which we can pass to DIL2 to draw the vertical \ \ bar on the indicator at this position (see the JSR ADD \ \ above for more on this) \ --- And replaced by: --------------------------------> LDA #16 \ We are docked, so set the indicator to 16, which is \ off the scale (so no bar gets shown) \ --- End of replacement ------------------------------> JSR DIL2 \ Draw a vertical bar on the pitch indicator at offset A \ and increment SC to point to the next indicator (the \ four energy banks)