Real Bit Level Boolean

Original article by Author at http://lab.dejaworks.com
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//************************************************************************
//****** Real Bit Level Boolean Utilisation Macro Definitions  ***********
//****** Created by Trevor D.BEYDAG 09 May 2016                ***********
//****** http://lab.dejaworks.com                              ***********
//****** Please keep credits intact when using and/or reproducing ********
//************************************************************************
#define BB_TRUE(bp,bb)    bp |= bb
#define BB_FALSE(bp,bb)   bp &= ~(bb)
#define BB_READ(bp,bb)    bool(bp & bb)
//************************************************************************
// Boolean variable definitions are here
// You can give any name to your boolean. I used "BB_" as prefix of (B)it (B)oolean
// Every BB should have a 2^n number max 128
#define BB_LED_RED       1
#define BB_LED_ORANGE    2
#define BB_LED_GREEN     4
#define BB_LED_BLUE      8
#define BB_ANY           16
#define BB_OTHER         32
#define BB_VAR1          64
#define BB_VAR2          128
// This is one byte variable which contains 8 boolean, so 7 bytes saved!
// If you need more boolean variable you can add another boolPack e.g. boolPack2
// With this method; 24 boolean variable can be stored in 3 bytes intead of 24bytes in SDRAM memory!
byte boolPack = 0;
//************************************************************************

int ledBlue   = 13;
int ledGreen  = 12;
int ledOrange = 11;
int ledRed    = 10;

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);

  pinMode(ledBlue, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(ledGreen, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(ledOrange, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(ledRed, OUTPUT);

  // set real Bit Boolean values
  setBoolVars();
  //Show all values of booleans
  showStatus();
}

void showStatus(){
  Serial.println(F("====================="));
  Serial.println(F("Check indivual boolean values:"));
  Serial.print(F("Blue LED status:   "));
  Serial.println(BB_READ(boolPack, BB_LED_BLUE));
  if (BB_READ(boolPack, BB_LED_BLUE)) {
    digitalWrite(ledBlue, HIGH);
  }
  else {
    digitalWrite(ledBlue, LOW);
  }

  Serial.print(F("Green LED status:  "));
  Serial.println(BB_READ(boolPack, BB_LED_GREEN));
  if (BB_READ(boolPack, BB_LED_GREEN)) {
    digitalWrite(ledGreen, HIGH);
  }
  else {
    digitalWrite(ledGreen, LOW);
  }

  Serial.print(F("Orange LED status: "));
  Serial.println(BB_READ(boolPack, BB_LED_ORANGE));
  if (BB_READ(boolPack, BB_LED_ORANGE)) {
    digitalWrite(ledOrange, HIGH);
  }
  else {
    digitalWrite(ledOrange, LOW);
  }

  Serial.print(F("Red LED status:    "));
  Serial.println(BB_READ(boolPack, BB_LED_RED));
  if (BB_READ(boolPack, BB_LED_RED)) {
    digitalWrite(ledRed, HIGH);
  }
  else {
    digitalWrite(ledRed, LOW);
  }

  Serial.println(F("Other unused variables:"));
  Serial.println(BB_READ(boolPack, BB_ANY));
  Serial.println(BB_READ(boolPack, BB_OTHER));
  Serial.println(BB_READ(boolPack, BB_VAR1));
  Serial.println(BB_READ(boolPack, BB_VAR2));
  Serial.print(F("Free RAM:"));
  Serial.println(freeRam ());
}
void loop() { }

void setBoolVars() {
  // set real Bit Boolean BB_LED_BLUE to true
  BB_TRUE(boolPack, BB_LED_BLUE);
  // set real Bit Boolean BB_LED_ORANGE to true
  BB_TRUE(boolPack, BB_LED_ORANGE);

  // up to 8 boolean can set to true/false at once,
  //example below 2 booleans set to true
  BB_TRUE(boolPack, BB_OTHER + BB_VAR1);
}

int freeRam () {
  extern int __heap_start, *__brkval;
  int v;
  return (int) &v - (__brkval == 0 ? (int) &__heap_start : (int) __brkval);
}