Pointy
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Having got my project up and running, the only remaining issue is speed. A simple test page with a 50KB image takes about 3.5 seconds to load, when hosted on the SD card on a Teensy 3.1 using the Wiz820 SD adapter. The code is based on part 11 of this tutorial. I did try another SD library, which didn’t make any difference so I am guessing it’s the code or network. I think all of the web server samples I have found use the same method of reading 1 byte at a time, which I guess is the bottleneck. Has anyone done anything similar and improved the code for better speed? (I did some searches on these forums and did see Paul mention about improving the Ethernet library, did this ever happen?)
Here's the code...
I have attached the test htm, image and sketch in a zip file for anyone wanting to test this.
Thanks in advance.
Les
Here's the code...
Code:
/*--------------------------------------------------------------
Program: eth_websrv_SD_image
Description: Arduino web server that serves up a basic web
page that displays an image.
Hardware: Arduino Uno and official Arduino Ethernet
shield. Should work with other Arduinos and
compatible Ethernet shields.
2Gb micro SD card formatted FAT16
Software: Developed using Arduino 1.0.5 software
Should be compatible with Arduino 1.0 +
Requires index.htm, page2.htm and pic.jpg to be
on the micro SD card in the Ethernet shield
micro SD card socket.
References: - WebServer example by David A. Mellis and
modified by Tom Igoe
- SD card examples by David A. Mellis and
Tom Igoe
- Ethernet library documentation:
http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/Ethernet
- SD Card library documentation:
http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/SD
Date: 7 March 2013
Modified: 17 June 2013
Author: W.A. Smith, http://startingelectronics.com
--------------------------------------------------------------*/
#include <SPI.h>
#include <Ethernet.h>
#include <SD.h>
// size of buffer used to capture HTTP requests
#define REQ_BUF_SZ 20
// MAC address from Ethernet shield sticker under board
byte mac[] = { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0xFE, 0xED };
IPAddress ip(192, 168, 0, 20); // IP address, may need to change depending on network
EthernetServer server(80); // create a server at port 80
File webFile;
char HTTP_req[REQ_BUF_SZ] = {0}; // buffered HTTP request stored as null terminated string
char req_index = 0; // index into HTTP_req buffer
void setup()
{
// disable Ethernet chip
pinMode(10, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(10, HIGH);
Serial.begin(9600); // for debugging
// initialize SD card
Serial.println("Initializing SD card...");
if (!SD.begin(4)) {
Serial.println("ERROR - SD card initialization failed!");
return; // init failed
}
Serial.println("SUCCESS - SD card initialized.");
// check for index.htm file
if (!SD.exists("test.htm")) {
Serial.println("ERROR - Can't find test.htm file!");
return; // can't find index file
}
Serial.println("SUCCESS - Found index.htm file.");
Ethernet.begin(mac, ip); // initialize Ethernet device
server.begin(); // start to listen for clients
}
void loop()
{
EthernetClient client = server.available(); // try to get client
if (client) { // got client?
boolean currentLineIsBlank = true;
while (client.connected()) {
if (client.available()) { // client data available to read
char c = client.read(); // read 1 byte (character) from client
// buffer first part of HTTP request in HTTP_req array (string)
// leave last element in array as 0 to null terminate string (REQ_BUF_SZ - 1)
if (req_index < (REQ_BUF_SZ - 1)) {
HTTP_req[req_index] = c; // save HTTP request character
req_index++;
}
// print HTTP request character to serial monitor
Serial.print(c);
// last line of client request is blank and ends with \n
// respond to client only after last line received
if (c == '\n' && currentLineIsBlank) {
// open requested web page file
if (StrContains(HTTP_req, "GET / ")
|| StrContains(HTTP_req, "GET /index.htm")) {
client.println("HTTP/1.1 200 OK");
client.println("Content-Type: text/html");
client.println("Connnection: close");
client.println();
webFile = SD.open("test.htm"); // open web page file
}
else if (StrContains(HTTP_req, "GET /pic.jpg")) {
webFile = SD.open("pic.jpg");
if (webFile) {
client.println("HTTP/1.1 200 OK");
client.println();
}
}
if (webFile) {
while(webFile.available()) {
client.write(webFile.read()); // send web page to client
}
webFile.close();
}
// reset buffer index and all buffer elements to 0
req_index = 0;
StrClear(HTTP_req, REQ_BUF_SZ);
break;
}
// every line of text received from the client ends with \r\n
if (c == '\n') {
// last character on line of received text
// starting new line with next character read
currentLineIsBlank = true;
}
else if (c != '\r') {
// a text character was received from client
currentLineIsBlank = false;
}
} // end if (client.available())
} // end while (client.connected())
delay(1); // give the web browser time to receive the data
client.stop(); // close the connection
} // end if (client)
}
// sets every element of str to 0 (clears array)
void StrClear(char *str, char length)
{
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
str[i] = 0;
}
}
// searches for the string sfind in the string str
// returns 1 if string found
// returns 0 if string not found
char StrContains(char *str, char *sfind)
{
char found = 0;
char index = 0;
char len;
len = strlen(str);
if (strlen(sfind) > len) {
return 0;
}
while (index < len) {
if (str[index] == sfind[found]) {
found++;
if (strlen(sfind) == found) {
return 1;
}
}
else {
found = 0;
}
index++;
}
return 0;
}I have attached the test htm, image and sketch in a zip file for anyone wanting to test this.
Thanks in advance.
Les
