Porting to C/C++

#!/usr/bin/perl

# $CSK$

# Copyright (c) 2004 Chris Kuethe <ckuethe@ualberta.ca>
#
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# WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
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# OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

#use warnings;
use strict;

use Device::SerialPort;
use Time::HiRes qw( gettimeofday );
use Time::Local;

# http://search.cpan.org/src/SREZIC/perl-GPS-0.14/NMEA/Handler.pm
# http://www.gpsinformation.org/dale/nmea.htm
# http://www.commlinx.com.au/NMEA_sentences.htm
# http://pcptpp030.psychologie.uni-regensburg.de/trafficresearch/NMEA0183/
# http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter/idx_nmeadoc.html

$SIG{'INT'} = $SIG{'HUP'} = $SIG{'TERM'} = \&bye;
my ($PORT, $sp, $s, $v, %m, %old);
my ($tm, @tm);

$PORT = "/dev/ttyU0";
$sp = Device::SerialPort->new ($PORT) || die "Can't Open $PORT: $!";
$sp->baudrate(4800)      || die "failed setting baudrate";
$sp->parity("none")      || die "failed setting parity";
$sp->databits(8)      || die "failed setting databits";
$sp->handshake("none")      || die "failed setting handshake";

open(DEV, "<$PORT") || die "Cannot open $PORT: $!\n";

$| = 1;
my $n = "";
while(<DEV>){
      $tm = sprintf("%02d%02d%02d.%03d", (gmtime())[2,1,0], ((gettimeofday())[1])/1000);
      next unless (/^\$(\w{5}),(.+)$/);
      $n .= $_;
      ($s,$v) = ($1, $2);


      $@ = "";

      eval {my $func = \&{"parse_$s"} ; &$func($v); } ;
      print "Unhandled record type: $s\n" if ($@);

#      finish_record() if ($s eq "GPRMC");
}


sub bye{
      #do cleanup stuff here
      close DEV;
      undef $sp;
      die "Caught signal... exiting.\n"
}

sub finish_record{
      my (@k1, @k2, @k3, $k1, $k2, $k3, %h1, %h2, %h3);
      my %ignore = ('backtrack' => 1, 'error' => 1, 'satellites' => 0, 'bearing' => 1);

      system("clear");
#      print $n; $n = "";
      @k1 = sort keys %m;
      foreach $k1 (@k1){
            next if ($ignore{$k1});
            %h1 = %{$m{$k1}};
            @k2 = sort keys %h1;
            foreach $k2 (@k2){
                  if (($k1 eq "satellites") && ($k2 =~ /\d{2}/)){
                        %h2 = %{$h1{$k2}};
                        @k3 = sort keys %h2;
                        foreach $k3 (@k3){
                              print "$k1.$k2.$k3 -> " . $h2{$k3} . "\n";
                        }
                  } else {
                        print "$k1.$k2 -> " . $h1{$k2} . "\n";
                  }
            }
      }

      %old = %m;
      print "-" x 30 . "\n";
      sleep 2;
 }

###################################################

sub parse_GPRTE{
#      print "GPRTE - " . $_[0] . "\n";
}

sub parse_GPGGA{
      (
      $m{'fixdata'}->{'time'},
      $m{'fixdata'}->{'latitude'},
      $m{'fixdata'}->{'lt_hemi'},
      $m{'fixdata'}->{'longitude'},
      $m{'fixdata'}->{'ln_hemi'},
      $m{'fixdata'}->{'quality'},
      $m{'fixdata'}->{'satellites'},
      $m{'fixdata'}->{'precision'},
      $m{'fixdata'}->{'ant_height'},
      undef,
      $m{'fixdata'}->{'geoid_height'},
      undef,
      $m{'fixdata'}->{'dgps_age'},
      $m{'fixdata'}->{'dgps_refid'},
      undef) = split(/[,\*]/ , $_[0]);
      $m{'fixdata'}->{'gtod'} = $tm;
}

sub parse_GPRMC{
      (
      $m{'pvt'}->{'time'},
      $m{'pvt'}->{'status'},
      $m{'pvt'}->{'latitude'},
      $m{'pvt'}->{'lt_hemi'},
      $m{'pvt'}->{'longitude'},
      $m{'pvt'}->{'ln_hemi'},
      $m{'pvt'}->{'speed'},
      $m{'pvt'}->{'course'},
      $m{'pvt'}->{'date'},
      $m{'pvt'}->{'magnetic'},
      $m{'pvt'}->{'mag_dir'},
      undef) = split(/[,\*]/ , $_[0]);
      $m{'pvt'}->{'gtod'} = $tm;
      # print "RMC: $_[0]\n";
}

sub parse_PGRME{
      (
      $m{'error'}->{'err_hor'},
      undef,
      $m{'error'}->{'err_ver'},
      undef,
      $m{'error'}->{'err_sph'},
      undef) = split(/[,\*]/ , $_[0]);
}

sub parse_PGRMZ{
      (
      $m{'altitude'}->{'altitude'},
      undef,
      $m{'altitude'}->{'fix'},
      undef) = split(/[,\*]/ , $_[0]);
}

sub parse_GPGLL{
      (
      $m{'position'}->{'latitude'},
      $m{'position'}->{'lt_hemi'},
      $m{'position'}->{'longitude'},
      $m{'position'}->{'ln_hemi'},
      $m{'position'}->{'time'},
      $m{'position'}->{'status'},
      undef) = split(/[,\*]/ , $_[0]);
      $m{'position'}->{'gtod'} = $tm;
}

sub parse_GPBOD{
      (
      $m{'bearing'}->{'true'},
      undef,
      $m{'bearing'}->{'magnetic'},
      undef,
      $m{'bearing'}->{'finish'},
      $m{'bearing'}->{'origin'},
      undef) = split(/[,\*]/ , $_[0]);
}

sub parse_GPRMB{
      (
      $m{'backtrack'}->{'status'},
      $m{'backtrack'}->{'error'},
      $m{'backtrack'}->{'turn_to'},
      $m{'backtrack'}->{'origin'},
      $m{'backtrack'}->{'dest'},
      $m{'backtrack'}->{'latitude'},
      $m{'backtrack'}->{'lt_hemi'},
      $m{'backtrack'}->{'longitude'},
      $m{'backtrack'}->{'ln_hemi'},
      $m{'backtrack'}->{'distance'},
      $m{'backtrack'}->{'bearing'},
      $m{'backtrack'}->{'velocity'},
      $m{'backtrack'}->{'arrival'},
      undef) = split(/[,\*]/ , $_[0]);
}

sub parse_GPGSV{
      my @w = split(/[,\*]/ , $_[0]);
      $m{'satellites'}->{'constellation'} = $w[2];

      my ($i, @x, $a, $b);
      for($i = 0; $i < ((scalar @w)/4 -1); $i++){
            @x = @w[(4*$i+3)..(4*$i+6)];
            $x[0] += 0; $x[1] += 0; $x[2] += 0; $x[3] += 0;
            if ($x[3]){
                  $m{'satellites'}->{$x[0]}->{'elevation'} = $x[1];
                  $m{'satellites'}->{$x[0]}->{'azimuth'} = $x[2];
                  $m{'satellites'}->{$x[0]}->{'snr'} = $x[3];
                  printf("GPGSV - satellite %d: elevation %d, azimuth %d, SNR %d\n", @x) if ($x[3] > 0);
            }
      }
}

sub parse_GPGSA{
      (
      $m{'active_sat'}->{'mode'},
      $m{'active_sat'}->{'fix'},

      $m{'active_sat'}->{"channel_01"},
      $m{'active_sat'}->{"channel_02"},
      $m{'active_sat'}->{"channel_03"},
      $m{'active_sat'}->{"channel_04"},
      $m{'active_sat'}->{"channel_05"},
      $m{'active_sat'}->{"channel_06"},
      $m{'active_sat'}->{"channel_07"},
      $m{'active_sat'}->{"channel_08"},
      $m{'active_sat'}->{"channel_09"},
      $m{'active_sat'}->{"channel_10"},
      $m{'active_sat'}->{"channel_11"},
      $m{'active_sat'}->{"channel_12"},

      $m{'active_sat'}->{'pdop'},
      $m{'active_sat'}->{'hdop'},
      $m{'active_sat'}->{'vdop'},
      undef) = split(/[,\*]/ , $_[0]);
      # print "GSA: $_[0]\n";
}

in case you want to look at complete code: http://www.ualberta.ca/~ckuethe/gps/gps-kit-cvs.tgz

It would be a big job to translate all this code by hand. Additionally, if you want to run this code you may then also need to convert all the included perl modules to C.

Perl does include a compiler which will take perl code and emit it as C code automaticaaly:
http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.4/bin/perlcc.html

Also curious as to why you need to convert this code. What do you expect to gain by using C instead?

I want to create a standalone application that uses a GPS sensor. This code allows me to read raw data from the device and output formatted data. the application would be tested on a handheld device in its final phase which obviously would not have perl interpreter installed on it. Furthermore, I need to send the info extracted by this thread to another thread (to be written in C) and combine info from a total of three threads to produce final output.

perlcc does the job so you dont get full credit. but thanks.

jmcg, if my answer has helped to resolve the issue, I think C is an unfair grading to receive. I think the effort involved to solve it was appropriate for the number of points on offer.

thanks jmcg