Add Alarm2 and Docstrings

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,55 @@
+0.33.0
+---
+- **new devices**
+    - **ens160**
+        - Add ens160 i2c driver
+    - **lsm303dlhc**
+        - added support for LSM303DLHC e-Compass; (#783)
+    - **seesaw**
+        - add support for Adafruit Seesaw encoders
+
+- **enhancements**
+    - **ws2812**
+        - add RP2350 support
+    - **ssd1306**
+        - avoid unnecessary heap allocations (#767)
+    - **gps**
+        - allow gps init with address
+    - **lsm6ds3tr**
+        - avoid unnecessary heap allocations (#766)
+
+- **bugfixes**
+    - **gps**
+        - Fix gps time calculation (#785)
+
+
+0.32.0
+---
+- **enhancements**
+    - **bmp280**
+        - remove alloc on read sensor data
+    - **ws2812**
+        - add 200MHz support for the Cortex-M0/rp2040
+
+- **bugfixes**
+    - **ssd1306**
+        - remove time.Sleep from SSD1306 SPI transfer code
+    - **tmc2209**
+        - tmc2209 bug fixes (#755)
+
+- **docs**
+    - **contributing**
+        - add driver design pointer to CONTRIBUTING.md
+
+
+0.31.0
+---
+---
+- **enhancements**
+    - **spi**
+        - update all SPI usage to use either *machine.SPI or drivers.SPI
+
+
 0.30.0
 ---
 - **new devices**

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ We would like your help to make this project better, so we appreciate any contri
 
 We'd love to get your feedback on getting started with TinyGo. Run into any difficulty, confusion, or anything else? You are not alone. We want to know about your experience, so we can help the next people. Please open a Github issue with your questions, or you can also get in touch directly with us on our Slack channel at [https://gophers.slack.com/messages/CDJD3SUP6](https://gophers.slack.com/messages/CDJD3SUP6).
 
+### Driver design
+Before porting or writing a driver from scratch please read **[Driver Design for TinyGo](https://tinygo.org/docs/guides/driver-design)**.
+
 ### One of the TinyGo drivers is not working as you expect
 
 Please open a Github issue with your problem, and we will be happy to assist.

bmp280/bmp280.go

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ type Filter uint
 type Device struct {
 	bus         drivers.I2C
 	Address     uint16
+	buf         [6]byte
 	cali        calibrationCoefficients
 	Temperature Oversampling
 	Pressure    Oversampling
@@ -134,8 +135,8 @@ func (d *Device) PrintCali() {
 
 // ReadTemperature returns the temperature in celsius milli degrees (°C/1000).
 func (d *Device) ReadTemperature() (temperature int32, err error) {
-	data, err := d.readData(REG_TEMP, 3)
-	if err != nil {
+	data := d.buf[:3]
+	if err = d.readData(REG_TEMP, data); err != nil {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -158,8 +159,8 @@ func (d *Device) ReadTemperature() (temperature int32, err error) {
 // ReadPressure returns the pressure in milli pascals (mPa).
 func (d *Device) ReadPressure() (pressure int32, err error) {
 	// First 3 bytes are Pressure, last 3 bytes are Temperature
-	data, err := d.readData(REG_PRES, 6)
-	if err != nil {
+	data := d.buf[:6]
+	if err = d.readData(REG_PRES, data); err != nil {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ func (d *Device) ReadPressure() (pressure int32, err error) {
 }
 
 // readData reads n number of bytes of the specified register
-func (d *Device) readData(register int, n int) ([]byte, error) {
+func (d *Device) readData(register int, data []byte) error {
 	// If not in normal mode, set the mode to FORCED mode, to prevent incorrect measurements
 	// After the measurement in FORCED mode, the sensor will return to SLEEP mode
 	if d.Mode != MODE_NORMAL {
@@ -218,9 +219,7 @@ func (d *Device) readData(register int, n int) ([]byte, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Read the requested register
-	data := make([]byte, n)
-	err := legacy.ReadRegister(d.bus, uint8(d.Address), uint8(register), data[:])
-	return data, err
+	return legacy.ReadRegister(d.bus, uint8(d.Address), uint8(register), data[:])
 }
 
 // convert3Bytes converts three bytes to int32