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fix(logic_analyzer): count pulses from the measured signal period - #320
count_pulses() asked the firmware to count pulses and read the counter back. The START_COUNTING command is not implemented, so the counter always reads 0. That matches #280: a 1200 Hz square wave on SQ1 wired to LA1 gave a count of 0 while frequency measurement worked.
The patch estimates pulse counts from the measured signal period. A blocking call returns an estimate for the requested interval. block=False starts the capture and returns None; fetch_pulse_count() estimates pulses from that period and the elapsed time since the start. Repeated fetches update the estimate. Both the original positional boolean and the numeric positional timeout introduced in this PR are accepted; block=False can also be passed by keyword. Captures, nonempty buffer fills, and nonempty buffer clears invalidate pending pulse counts across instruments sharing the same connection. Reads, empty writes, and writes through a separate connection leave the pending count alone.
I do not have a PSLab here. The hardware-free tests exercise the capture control flow with a stand-in transport, plus measured periods, missing or identical timestamps, channel-map restoration after errors, negative intervals, rollover, positional timeout compatibility, repeated nonblocking fetches, and replacement captures. The compatibility regressions fail on ce773d4. On a214f52, all 35 selected hardware-free cases pass. Against 8970850, the same cases report 11 failures and 24 passes. Added coverage includes fills, clears, captures, failed writes, and preservation controls across instruments sharing a connection; replacement-capture coverage now calls the real capture method. The follow-up in 1947823 adds nine long-gap and duration-boundary cases: all 44 selected hardware-free cases pass, while a214f52 reports 7 failures and 37 passes with those same tests. An independent review found no blocking issue. Black and Flake8 pass on the two files changed by this follow-up. I did not run the device integration tests.
This remains a period-based estimate for a periodic signal, not an event counter for a changing signal. Capture uses the shared sample buffer and cannot run alongside the oscilloscope. 1947823 now rejects estimates once host elapsed time since capture start reaches one 32-bit timer cycle (about 67 seconds). This is conservative: delayed retrieval also returns 0, even if an earlier fetch succeeded. Blocking estimates still support longer requested intervals when capture and retrieval finish within that cycle. The exact-zero timestamp trimming case in the shared fetch path is still unresolved; the modulo fix covers a nonzero timestamp pair spanning rollover, not a recorded zero discarded before calculation.
The firmware does not implement START_COUNTING and FETCH_COUNT, so
count_pulses() always returned 0. Measure the period of the signal with a
capture instead, and calculate the number of pulses from it.
Replace the broken firmware-counter API with blocking and nonblocking period-based pulse estimates, including compatibility, timeout, and error-handling behavior.
pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py L717-732, L753-799, L804-818 (+2 small edits)
Estimate counts from captured periods and invalidate pending estimates when capture state or shared buffer contents change.
pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py L819-852, L866
Implementation
Track buffer writes on the shared connection so pending pulse estimates can detect changes without treating reads or empty writes as mutations.
pslab/instrument/buffer.py L9-14, L60-61, L82-83
Mark oscilloscope captures as shared-buffer writes before invalidating existing capture state.
pslab/instrument/oscilloscope.py L189
Tests
Add hardware-free tests for measured-period counting, API compatibility, rollover and long-gap handling, and channel-map restoration.
Verify pending estimates are invalidated by captures and buffer writes but preserved by reads, empty writes, and unrelated connections.
tests/test_logic_analyzer.py L604-615
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count_pulses now estimates counts from captured rising-edge timestamps. It supports blocking and nonblocking calls, accepts a timeout, validates intervals, and handles timestamp rollover. Buffer changes invalidate pending nonblocking captures.
Changes: Pulse counting
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Capture and timestamp estimation pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py, tests/test_logic_analyzer.py
count_pulses captures timestamps with a timeout and estimates counts from the period across 16 rising edges. It returns 0 when timestamps do not provide a positive period. It rejects negative intervals and restores channel mapping after capture. Tests cover timestamp results, rollover, errors, and the absence of firmware counter commands.
Nonblocking calls return None and save capture state. fetch_pulse_count estimates counts from elapsed time and raises RuntimeError when no count is active or its buffer generation is stale. Buffer writes increment the generation, and invalidation clears pending state. Tests cover repeated fetching, invalid data, failures, and invalidation.
Pulse counting is mergeable with awareness of two narrow limitations: exact-rollover timestamps can yield zero, and sufficiently slow signals can produce inflated estimates. Shared-buffer fills and clears now invalidate pending counts.
Security architecture risk: Low · up to 62f06
The change remains bounded to the caller’s connected device, with no demonstrated privilege expansion. The main concern is acquisition cleanup: pulse counting can return without explicitly stopping its capture, potentially affecting later measurements. Compatibility with existing asynchronous callers also changes.
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Medium · reliability · inferred: The synchronous pulse-counting call does not establish a terminal acquisition state before returning. It requests two timestamps, but the underlying hardware command starts a maximum-sized capture; success, timeout, and interruption have no host-side stop cleanup. The finally block restores only the channel mapping. This newly exposes pulse-counting callers to acquisition activity that can outlive the call and interfere with later shared-buffer measurements. The prohibition on simultaneous oscilloscope use and reset at the next logic capture provide partial containment; firmware termination behavior remains unverified.
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inferred — The demonstrated exposure is acquisition state and measurement integrity on the caller’s existing PSLab device, including other instruments sharing its sample buffer. The inspected change does not establish a broader tenant, service, or data-store attack path.
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observed — The changed method reuses the existing device connection and fixed capture protocol commands. Caller-selected channels choose digital inputs, while incoming signal timing determines the result. No credential acquisition or authorization transition is added by the inspected method; the material boundary change is shared acquisition ownership.
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proposed — Give the temporary acquisition an explicit ownership lifecycle: arbitrate shared-buffer access and terminate the acquisition it owns on normal return, timeout, and exceptional exit, without disrupting another owner.
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The title "fix(logic_analyzer): count pulses from the measured signal period" matches the main change. The PR replaces the unsupported firmware pulse counter with an estimate derived from logic-analyzer timestamps and the measured signal period, and the objectives state the same purpose. The title is concise, specific to the logic analyzer, and follows a conventional commit style. It does not describe every detail, such as the nonblocking API or buffer generation tracking, which is acceptable.
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Issue #280 (direct) requires that count_pulses() stop using the unsupported START_COUNTING command. It also asks for a measurement like measure_frequency(), without dividing the period. The whole-PR diff of pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py (merge base 08de0d0 to head a214f52) removes CP.START_COUNTING, CP.FETCH_COUNT and the firmware counter path from count_pulses(). The blocking path now calls self.capture(channel, 2, modes=["sixteen rising"], block=block, timeout=timeout), which uses the same capture pattern as measure_frequency(). _count_pulses_from_timestamps() takes the delta of two timestamps, converts it to a period over 16 edges, and returns int(round(interval / period)). An empty or single-event result returns 0 through the IndexError branch. The issue wording 'don't divide the period' is ambiguous. The PR reads it as 'do not return the reciprocal frequency'. The PR still divides the interval by the period to obtain a count. This is the only reasonable count derivation from a period, so the requirement is treated as met under that reading. The nonblocking path (fetch_pulse_count) is an additional API and does not contradict the issue. Unit tests in tests/test_logic_analyzer.py were summarised but their diff was not read. The issue does not require tests, so this does not change the verdict.
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## Individual Comments### Comment 1
<locationpath="pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py"line_range="743" />
<code_context>
- time.sleep(interval)- else:- return+ timestamps = self.capture(+ channel, 2, modes=["sixteen rising"], timeout=timeout+ )[0]
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Oscilloscope captures are disrupted**
When `count_pulses()` runs while an oscilloscope acquisition is active or its samples remain unfetched, `count_pulses()` calls `capture()`, which stops logic capture and clears the shared device buffer, interrupting the oscilloscope acquisition or losing its buffered data despite the documented simultaneous-use behavior.
Use a pulse-counting path that does not stop logic capture or clear the oscilloscope’s shared buffer.
Also at `pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py:721-722`, `pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py:744`.
</issue_to_address>
### Comment 2
<locationpath="pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py"line_range="716-717" />
<code_context>
def count_pulses(
- self, channel: str = "FRQ", interval: float = 1, block: bool = True- ) -> Union[int, None]:
+ self, channel: str = "FRQ", interval: float = 1, timeout: float = 1+ ) -> int:
"""Count pulses on a digital input.
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Existing pulse-count calls break**
When an existing caller passes `block` or calls `fetch_pulse_count()`, `count_pulses()` no longer accepts `block`, and `fetch_pulse_count()` has been removed, so callers receive `TypeError` or `AttributeError` instead of using the existing public API.
Preserve compatibility for the `block` option and `fetch_pulse_count()`, or provide a compatible transition for existing callers.
Also at `pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py:757-768`.
</issue_to_address>
### Comment 3
<locationpath="pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py"line_range="757" />
<code_context>
- count = self._device.get_int()- self._device.get_ack()- return count+ return int(round(interval / period))
def _reset_prescaler(self):
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Negative intervals return negative counts**
When `interval` is negative and the signal has a measurable positive period, `count_pulses()` divides the negative interval by the measured period and returns a negative pulse count, whereas the former `time.sleep(interval)` raised `ValueError`.
Reject negative intervals by raising `ValueError` before calculating the pulse count.
</issue_to_address>
### Comment 4
<locationpath="pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py"line_range="750-754" />
<code_context>
+ try:+ # Sixteen rising edges are captured, so the time between two+ # captured events covers 16 periods of the signal.+ period = (timestamps[1] - timestamps[0]) * 1e-6 / 16+ except IndexError:+ return 0- def fetch_pulse_count(self) -> int:
- """Return the number of pulses counted since calling :meth:`count_pulses`.+ if period <= 0:+ return 0
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Counter rollover reports zero pulses**
When the capture’s two sampled events straddle the 32-bit timer rollover, the capture timer wraps at 32 bits, so when the first timestamp is near its maximum and the next is after rollover, the subtraction produces a nonpositive period. `count_pulses` then returns 0 for a measurable signal.
Unwrap the 32-bit timestamps or compute their difference modulo 2**32 before deriving the period.
</issue_to_address>
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🟠 High · Oscilloscope captures are disrupted
When count_pulses() runs while an oscilloscope acquisition is active or its samples remain unfetched, count_pulses() calls capture(), which stops logic capture and clears the shared device buffer, interrupting the oscilloscope acquisition or losing its buffered data despite the documented simultaneous-use behavior.
Use a pulse-counting path that does not stop logic capture or clear the oscilloscope’s shared buffer.
Also at pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py:721-722, pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py:744.
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In `pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py` at line 743:
**Oscilloscope captures are disrupted**
When `count_pulses()` runs while an oscilloscope acquisition is active or its samples remain unfetched, `count_pulses()` calls `capture()`, which stops logic capture and clears the shared device buffer, interrupting the oscilloscope acquisition or losing its buffered data despite the documented simultaneous-use behavior.
Use a pulse-counting path that does not stop logic capture or clear the oscilloscope’s shared buffer.
Also at `pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py:721-722`, `pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py:744`.
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- Around line 743-745: Update the pulse-counting flow around count_pulses and
its capture call to save the current _channel_one_map before channel-name
capture, then restore it in a finally block even when capture raises, matching
the existing measure_frequency pattern. Ensure subsequent capture(2, ...) calls
retain the correct LA1/LA2 channel mapping.
- Around line 743-745: Update the count_pulses docstring to state that it cannot
be used concurrently with the oscilloscope, reflecting the shared ADC buffer
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…rvals
count_pulses() hands a channel name to capture(), which maps that name to
channel one and leaves it there, so a later capture(2, ...) selected the
same input twice. Save the map and put it back in a finally block, the way
measure_frequency() does.
A negative interval used to raise ValueError from time.sleep(); it now
raised ValueError before the capture instead of returning a negative count.
The docstring claimed the method can run alongside the oscilloscope, but
the capture it uses stops the logic capture and clears the shared buffer.
count_pulses now saves _channel_one_map before the capture and puts it back in a finally, so a later capture(2, ...) still maps to LA1/LA2. measure_frequency does the same thing.
The docstring no longer says the method can run alongside the oscilloscope. The capture it uses stops the logic capture and clears the shared buffer, so it can't.
A negative interval raises ValueError again, before the capture is sent.
I left the rollover case alone. Two-channel capture is documented for event gaps up to 67 s (the 32-bit counter), so the two timestamps count_pulses reads can't straddle a wrap.
The block argument and fetch_pulse_count are still gone. They only worked with the firmware counter, and I don't want to add stubs back without knowing whether callers outside the repo rely on them. Say the word and I'll restore them as deprecated.
The capture counter is 32 bits, so the two events can straddle a wrap
when the signal is slow and the timeout long enough. The difference comes
back negative and the period check returned 0 for a measurable signal.
Add the counter's range to the difference when it is negative. A test
with two events on either side of the wrap covers it.
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- Line 762: Update count_pulses so calls with the asynchronous flag do not use a
zero-second timeout or return zero before pulse data can be fetched. Preserve
the asynchronous workflow by retaining or restoring fetch_pulse_count, so
callers can retrieve the completed count after count_pulses returns.
- Around line 768-769: Update the IndexError handling in count_pulses to use
capture progress when distinguishing a recorded zero timestamp from an unused
buffer entry, preserving valid captures at counter rollover when no later event
arrives before timeout; coordinate with _fetch_long if needed so its capture
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Preserve recorded zero timestamps.
If the second event occurs at counter rollover and no later event arrives before timeout, _fetch_long removes that event. count_pulses then returns zero for a valid capture. Use capture progress to distinguish recorded zero timestamps from unused buffer entries.
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Review comment at @pslab/instrument/logic_analyzer.py around lines 768 - 769:
Update the IndexError handling in count_pulses to use capture progress when
distinguishing a recorded zero timestamp from an unused buffer entry, preserving
valid captures at counter rollover when no later event arrives before timeout;
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count_pulses(channel, interval, False) and fetch_pulse_count are gone on purpose, and the PR description says so. They only fed the firmware counter that never counted, so there is no deferred result left to fetch afterwards. Say the word and I will put both back as deprecated stubs.
The modulo in ce773d4 covers a recorded pair that straddles the wrap. A timestamp of exactly 0 is dropped by the np.trim_zeros call in _fetch_long before count_pulses sees it, so that case still returns 0. That trim is not touched by this PR and every other capture() caller has the same property, so I would rather not change the shared fetch path inside a pulse-counting fix.
Restored in 8970850: block=False now starts a capture without waiting, and fetch_pulse_count() returns an elapsed-time estimate from the measured period rather than a stub. Numeric third-position timeouts still work, as does the original positional boolean. All 19 hardware-free cases pass; shared oscilloscope buffering and the exact-zero timestamp case are still unresolved, and I haven't tested physical hardware.
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Test invalidation through capture.
Start a nonblocking pulse count, then call the real capture method and verify that fetch_pulse_count() raises. The current test calls _invalidate_buffer() directly, so it would pass if capture stopped invalidating the pending count.
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Review comment at @tests/test_logic_analyzer.py around lines 459 - 462:
Update the pulse-count invalidation test to start a nonblocking count, invoke
the real capture method, and verify that fetch_pulse_count raises. Remove the
direct _invalidate_buffer call and avoid mocking capture so the test checks
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- Line 845: Update the pulse-count capture and shared-buffer write paths so
`fill_buffer()` invalidates any pending count when it replaces captured
timestamps. Track which writer owns the buffer, and make `fetch_pulse_count()`
reject a count whose captured buffer has been overwritten; preserve valid
fetches when the original capture still owns the buffer.
- Around line 810-815: Update _count_pulses_from_timestamps to detect gaps
greater than 67 seconds and prevent ambiguous captures from returning a positive
pulse estimate; use the existing invalid-capture or failure behavior rather than
inventing a new return convention.
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- Around line 459-462: Update the pulse-count invalidation test to start a
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fetch_pulse_count raises. Remove the direct _invalidate_buffer call and avoid
mocking capture so the test checks invalidation through capture itself.
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Invalidate pending counts when the shared buffer is overwritten.
After a nonblocking count, fill_buffer() can replace the captured timestamps without invalidating the count. fetch_pulse_count() can then return an estimate based on the replacement data. Track buffer ownership across writers so a fetch rejects an invalidated count.
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Update the pulse-count capture and shared-buffer write paths so `fill_buffer()`
invalidates any pending count when it replaces captured timestamps. Track which
writer owns the buffer, and make `fetch_pulse_count()` reject a count whose
captured buffer has been overwritten; preserve valid fetches when the original
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a214f52 rejects pending pulse counts after a buffer fill, clear, or capture through any instrument sharing the connection, including writes that fail after starting. Reads, empty fills/clears, and separate connections preserve the count. The replacement-capture test now uses real capture calls. All 35 hardware-free cases pass (11 fail on 8970850); physical hardware, long event gaps, and exact-zero timestamps remain unverified or unresolved.
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Buffer-generation tracking depends on every shared-buffer writer calling _mark_buffer_write. Other firmware-backed acquisition or buffer-writing entry points may bypass the instrumented methods, leaving an overwritten pulse capture apparently valid.
fetch_pulse_count() may accept replacement samples as pulse timestamps and return an incorrect positive estimate instead of rejecting the invalidated capture.
This can occur when: After starting a nonblocking pulse count, another instrument sharing the device performs an acquisition that writes the ADC buffer directly without calling clear_buffer, fill_buffer, or Oscilloscope._capture.
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1947823 returns 0 once capture and retrieval span a full 32-bit timer cycle, so hidden wraps cannot inflate a pulse estimate. This conservatively rejects late fetches even after an earlier success; the docstrings spell that out. All 44 hardware-free cases pass (7 fail on a214f52), with no device testing. The buffer-write and real-capture tests are already in a214f52; exact-zero timestamps and simultaneous oscilloscope use remain unresolved.
a214f52 covers buffer-write invalidation and the real-capture regression; 1947823 covers ambiguous long gaps. I reran all 44 hardware-free cases at 1947823; they pass. The docstring percentage is a bot default: tox runs pydocstyle on library paths, not tests, and the existing logic-analyzer and oscilloscope tests have no function docstrings. I kept that convention.
For the unverified buffer-writer finding, the current Python acquisition paths go through LogicAnalyzer.capture or Oscilloscope._capture; Multimeter inherits the latter, and TCD1304 delegates to it. Buffer fills and clears are also tracked. I found no additional acquisition writer bypassing those paths, so I have not added speculative invalidation. Raw transport or arbitrary memory writes are not covered by this tracking.
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count_pulses()asked the firmware to count pulses and read the counter back. The START_COUNTING command is not implemented, so the counter always reads 0. That matches #280: a 1200 Hz square wave on SQ1 wired to LA1 gave a count of 0 while frequency measurement worked.The patch estimates pulse counts from the measured signal period. A blocking call returns an estimate for the requested interval.
block=Falsestarts the capture and returns None;fetch_pulse_count()estimates pulses from that period and the elapsed time since the start. Repeated fetches update the estimate. Both the original positional boolean and the numeric positional timeout introduced in this PR are accepted;block=Falsecan also be passed by keyword. Captures, nonempty buffer fills, and nonempty buffer clears invalidate pending pulse counts across instruments sharing the same connection. Reads, empty writes, and writes through a separate connection leave the pending count alone.I do not have a PSLab here. The hardware-free tests exercise the capture control flow with a stand-in transport, plus measured periods, missing or identical timestamps, channel-map restoration after errors, negative intervals, rollover, positional timeout compatibility, repeated nonblocking fetches, and replacement captures. The compatibility regressions fail on ce773d4. On a214f52, all 35 selected hardware-free cases pass. Against 8970850, the same cases report 11 failures and 24 passes. Added coverage includes fills, clears, captures, failed writes, and preservation controls across instruments sharing a connection; replacement-capture coverage now calls the real capture method. The follow-up in 1947823 adds nine long-gap and duration-boundary cases: all 44 selected hardware-free cases pass, while a214f52 reports 7 failures and 37 passes with those same tests. An independent review found no blocking issue. Black and Flake8 pass on the two files changed by this follow-up. I did not run the device integration tests.
This remains a period-based estimate for a periodic signal, not an event counter for a changing signal. Capture uses the shared sample buffer and cannot run alongside the oscilloscope. 1947823 now rejects estimates once host elapsed time since capture start reaches one 32-bit timer cycle (about 67 seconds). This is conservative: delayed retrieval also returns 0, even if an earlier fetch succeeded. Blocking estimates still support longer requested intervals when capture and retrieval finish within that cycle. The exact-zero timestamp trimming case in the shared fetch path is still unresolved; the modulo fix covers a nonzero timestamp pair spanning rollover, not a recorded zero discarded before calculation.
Closes #280.
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Fix logic-analyzer pulse counting by estimating counts from measured signal periods instead of the unavailable firmware counter.
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0when timing data is insufficient or the measured period is invalid, and reject negative intervals.