Removed some unecessary code, cleaned up the main UI to show only speed, and finally made a start on implementing some sort of app state for different screens / menus

src/appstate.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/// Enum to store the state e.g. what should currently being displayed on the screen
+pub enum AppState {
+    All,
+    Position,
+    Speed,
+    Altitude,
+}
+
+impl Default for AppState {
+    /// Function to get the default state of the application
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        AppState::All
+    }
+}
+
+impl AppState {
+    pub fn next(&mut self) {
+        match self {
+            AppState::All => *self = AppState::Position,
+            AppState::Position => *self = AppState::Speed,
+            AppState::Speed => *self = AppState::Altitude,
+            AppState::Altitude => *self = AppState::All,
+        } 
+    }
+}

src/gps/gpsdata.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use super::GpsError;
 
 use nmea_parser;
+use nmea_parser::chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use nmea_parser::gnss::FaaMode;
 
 /// Data structure to store all relevant data collected from the gps
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ pub struct GpsData {
     speed: Option<f64>,
     /// Altitude reported from GPS location
     altitude: Option<f64>,
+    /// Timestamp of the last report
+    timestamp: Option<DateTime<Utc>>
 }
 
 impl ToString for GpsData {
@@ -22,13 +25,16 @@ impl ToString for GpsData {
             self.latitude.unwrap_or_default(),
             self.longitude.unwrap_or_default(),
             self.speed.unwrap_or_default(),
-            self.altitude.unwrap_or_default()
+            self.altitude.unwrap_or_default(),
         )
     }
 }
 
 impl GpsData {
     /// Function to go through and update GPS data from a nmea stream
+    ///
+    /// Takes in a reference to a buffer of raw serial data and then
+    /// tries to read it in as NMEA Data
     pub fn update(&mut self, buf: &Vec<u8>) -> Result<(), GpsError> {
         let mut nmea_parser = nmea_parser::NmeaParser::new();
 
@@ -56,19 +62,39 @@ impl GpsData {
             
             // print decoded gps data to serial
             match nmea {
+                // TODO: Investigate why the GGA Packets seem to come in mangled
                 nmea_parser::ParsedMessage::Gga(gga) => {
-                    self.altitude = gga.altitude;
+                    // Update Altitude above ground level
+                    self.altitude = match gga.altitude {
+                        Some(_) => gga.altitude,
+                        None => self.altitude 
+                    };
                 }
                 nmea_parser::ParsedMessage::Gll(gll) => {
+                    // FAA mode is used to determine the validity of the data in this case
                     if gll.faa_mode.unwrap_or(FaaMode::NotValid) == FaaMode::Autonomous {
-                        self.latitude = gll.latitude;
+                        // Only make updates to position if we have new data, do not overwrite
-                        self.longitude = gll.longitude;
+                        // stale data
+                        match gll.latitude {
+                            Some(_) => self.latitude = gll.latitude,
+                            None => {}
+                        }
+                        match gll.longitude {
+                            Some(_) => self.longitude = gll.longitude,
+                            None => {}
+                        }
+                        match gll.timestamp {
+                            Some(_) => self.timestamp = gll.timestamp,
+                            None => {}
+                        }
                     }
                 },
                 nmea_parser::ParsedMessage::Rmc(rms) => {
-                    self.latitude = rms.latitude;
+                    // Update Ground Speed
-                    self.longitude = rms.longitude;
+                    match rms.sog_knots {
-                    self.speed = Some(knots_to_mph(rms.sog_knots.unwrap_or_default()));
+                        Some(_) => self.speed = Some(knots_to_mph(rms.sog_knots.unwrap_or_default())),
+                        None => {}
+                    }
                 },
                 _ => {}
             }
@@ -76,6 +102,14 @@ impl GpsData {
 
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    /// Function to get a &str of the current speed reported by the GPS module
+    pub fn get_speed(&self) -> String {
+        match self.speed {  
+            Some(speed) => format!("{:.2?}mph\n", speed),
+            None => format!("AWAITING\nGPS\nDATA")
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /// Function to simply convert knots to mph

src/main.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-use esp_idf_sys::{self as _}; // If using the `binstart` feature of `esp-idf-sys`, always keep this module imported
+use esp_idf_sys as _; // If using the `binstart` feature of `esp-idf-sys`, always keep this module imported
 use esp_idf_hal::{
+    self,
+    interrupt,
     prelude::Peripherals, 
     gpio::{AnyInputPin, AnyOutputPin},
     delay::BLOCK,
@@ -7,18 +9,18 @@ use esp_idf_hal::{
     uart,
     i2c::{I2cConfig, I2cDriver} 
 };
-use esp_idf_hal;
 
 use embedded_graphics::{
     prelude::*,
-    image::{Image, ImageRaw},
+    mono_font::{ascii::FONT_7X13, ascii::FONT_10X20, MonoTextStyle},
-    mono_font::{ascii::FONT_7X13, MonoTextStyle},
     pixelcolor::BinaryColor,
     text::{Text, Alignment},
 };
 
 use ssd1306::{prelude::*, I2CDisplayInterface, Ssd1306};
 
+mod appstate;
+
 mod error;
 use error::Error;
 
@@ -28,12 +30,14 @@ use gps::gpsdata;
 mod display;
 use display::DisplayError;
 
+
+
 fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
     // It is necessary to call this function once. Otherwise some patches to the runtime
     // implemented by esp-idf-sys might not link properly. See https://github.com/esp-rs/esp-idf-template/issues/71
     esp_idf_sys::link_patches();
     // Bind the log crate to the ESP Logging facilities
-    esp_idf_svc::log::EspLogger::initialize_default();
+    //esp_idf_svc::log::EspLogger::initialize_default();
 
     // Get Peripherals and sysloop ready
     let peripherals = Peripherals::take().unwrap();
@@ -70,11 +74,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
         .into_buffered_graphics_mode();
     display.init().map_err(|err| Error::DisplayError(DisplayError::SetupError(err)))?;
 
-    let raw: ImageRaw<BinaryColor> = ImageRaw::new(include_bytes!("./rust.raw"), 64);
+    let mut app_state = appstate::AppState::default();
-    let im: Image<'_, _> = Image::new(&raw, Point::new(32, 0));
-
-    im.draw(&mut display).map_err(|err| Error::DisplayError(DisplayError::SetupError(err)))?;
-
     let mut latest_data = gpsdata::GpsData::default();
 
     loop {
@@ -89,14 +89,15 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
         .map_err(|err| Error::GpsError(err))?;
 
         // Clear display ready for next write
-        let style = MonoTextStyle::new(&FONT_7X13, BinaryColor::On);
+        let style = MonoTextStyle::new(&FONT_10X20, BinaryColor::On);
         display.clear(BinaryColor::Off)
         .map_err(|_| Error::DisplayError(DisplayError::DrawingError))?;
 
         // Draw text to Display
         Text::with_alignment(
-            &latest_data.to_string().as_str(),
+            &latest_data.get_speed().as_str(),
-            Point::new(64, 10),
+            //&latest_data.to_string().as_str(),
+            Point::new(64, 20),
             style,
             Alignment::Center,
         )
@@ -108,3 +109,4 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
         .map_err(|_| Error::DisplayError(DisplayError::FlushError))?;
     }
 }
+