Implement hysteresis for setting monitor brightness

AdaptiveBrightness/AdaptiveBrightness.ui

@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@
              <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_9">
               <item row="1" column="1">
                <widget class="QSlider" name="monitorMaxBrightnessSlider">
+                <property name="value">
+                 <number>50</number>
+                </property>
                 <property name="orientation">
                  <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
                 </property>
@@ -74,6 +77,9 @@
               </item>
               <item row="0" column="1">
                <widget class="QSlider" name="monitorMinBrightnessSlider">
+                <property name="value">
+                 <number>50</number>
+                </property>
                 <property name="orientation">
                  <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
                 </property>
@@ -117,6 +123,9 @@
              <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_2">
               <item row="0" column="0">
                <widget class="QSlider" name="monitorBrightnessSlider">
+                <property name="value">
+                 <number>50</number>
+                </property>
                 <property name="orientation">
                  <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
                 </property>
@@ -160,6 +169,9 @@
            </item>
            <item row="0" column="1">
             <widget class="QSlider" name="monitorOverallMinBrightnessSlider">
+             <property name="value">
+              <number>50</number>
+             </property>
              <property name="orientation">
               <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
              </property>
@@ -184,6 +196,9 @@
            </item>
            <item row="1" column="1">
             <widget class="QSlider" name="monitorOverallMaxBrightnessSlider">
+             <property name="value">
+              <number>50</number>
+             </property>
              <property name="orientation">
               <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
              </property>
@@ -243,6 +258,9 @@
           <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
            <item row="0" column="0">
             <widget class="QSlider" name="monitorOverallBrightnessSlider">
+             <property name="value">
+              <number>50</number>
+             </property>
              <property name="orientation">
               <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
              </property>

AdaptiveBrightness/main_window.cpp

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include "sensor_driver.hpp"
 #include "utils.hpp"
 
-MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget* parent) : QMainWindow(parent)
+MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget* parent) : QMainWindow(parent), m_mtx(QMutex::RecursionMode::Recursive)
 {
     qDebug(ltr("Creating main window"));
 
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget* parent) : QMainWindow(parent)
     enumMonitors();
 
     setupMonitorsTab();
+    setupSensorsTab();
 
     setupTrayIcon();
 
@@ -53,6 +54,8 @@ void MainWindow::closeEvent(QCloseEvent* event)
 
 void MainWindow::enumSensors()
 {
+    m_sensors.clear();
+
     auto sensors = enumerateSensors();
 
     for(auto& sensor: sensors) {
@@ -124,6 +127,8 @@ void MainWindow::setupMonitorsTab()
 
     setupBrightness();
     setupOverallBrightness();
+
+    resetAllMonitorSettings();
 }
 
 void MainWindow::setupLimitsSlider()
@@ -216,6 +221,11 @@ void MainWindow::setupOverallBrightness()
     });
 }
 
+void MainWindow::setupSensorsTab()
+{
+    m_ui.tabs->removeTab(1);
+}
+
 void MainWindow::setupTrayIcon()
 {
     loadIcons();
@@ -349,6 +359,12 @@ void MainWindow::updateState()
 
 bool MainWindow::setMonitorBrightness(float& brightness)
 {
+    constexpr auto hysteresis = [](const auto& lowThreshold, const auto& highThreshold, const auto& currentValue, const auto& newValue) {
+        if(newValue > highThreshold || newValue < lowThreshold)
+            return newValue;
+        return currentValue;
+    };
+
     if(m_monitors.empty()) {
         return false;
     }
@@ -357,6 +373,28 @@ bool MainWindow::setMonitorBrightness(float& brightness)
     bool allMonitorsSameBrightness = true;
 
     for(size_t i = 0; i < m_monitors.size(); ++i) {
+        const auto updateMonitorBrightness = [&] {
+            const auto brightnessRange = m_monitors[i].maxBrightness - m_monitors[i].minBrightness;
+            const auto hysteresisDelta = m_monitors[i].manualOverride ? 0.f : m_monitors[i].HYSTERESIS_THRESHOLD * brightnessRange;
+            const auto lowThreshold = std::clamp(m_monitors[i].prevBrightness - hysteresisDelta, m_monitors[i].minBrightness, m_monitors[i].maxBrightness);
+            const auto highThreshold = std::clamp(m_monitors[i].prevBrightness + hysteresisDelta, m_monitors[i].minBrightness, m_monitors[i].maxBrightness);
+            if(hysteresis(lowThreshold, highThreshold, m_monitors[i].prevBrightness, m_monitors[i].brightness) != m_monitors[i].prevBrightness) {
+                qDebug(ltr("Setting monitor %1 brightness from %2 to %3")
+                           .arg(i)
+                           .arg(m_monitors[i].prevBrightness, 0, 'f', 2)
+                           .arg(m_monitors[i].brightness, 0, 'f', 2));
+                m_monitors[i].prevBrightness = m_monitors[i].brightness;
+                return m_monitors[i].driver.setBrightness(m_monitors[i].brightness);
+            }
+            else {
+                qDebug(ltr("Hysteresis prevented setting monitor %1 brightness from %2 to %3")
+                           .arg(i)
+                           .arg(m_monitors[i].prevBrightness, 0, 'f', 2)
+                           .arg(m_monitors[i].brightness, 0, 'f', 2));
+            }
+            return true;
+        };
+
         if(!std::isnan(brightness) && !m_monitors[i].manualOverride) {
             m_monitors[i].brightness = brightness;
         }
@@ -367,7 +405,7 @@ bool MainWindow::setMonitorBrightness(float& brightness)
             allMonitorsSameBrightness = false;
         }
 
-        if(!m_monitors[i].driver.setBrightness(m_monitors[i].brightness)) {
+        if(!updateMonitorBrightness()) {
             errorOccurred = true;
         }
         else if(m_ui.monitorDropdown->currentIndex() == static_cast<int>(i)) {

AdaptiveBrightness/main_window.hpp

@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow {
     void setupBrightness();
     void setupOverallBrightness();
 
+    void setupSensorsTab();
+
     void setupTrayIcon();
     void setupCallbackTimer();
 
@@ -73,10 +75,13 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow {
     };
 
     struct MonitorData {
+        static constexpr auto HYSTERESIS_THRESHOLD = 0.05f;
+
         Monitor driver;
         float minBrightness;
         float maxBrightness;
         float brightness;
+        float prevBrightness;
         bool manualOverride;
     };
 

firmware/README.md

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Found DFU: [0483:df11] ver=2200, devnum=57, cfg=1, intf=0, path="2-13.2.2", alt=
 Found DFU: [0483:df11] ver=2200, devnum=57, cfg=1, intf=0, path="2-13.2.2", alt=0, name="@Internal Flash  /0x08000000/032*0001Kg", serial="FFFFFFFEFFFF"
 ```
 
-The firmware can then be flashing using:
+The firmware can then be flashed using:
 
 ```console
 $ dfu-util -a 0 -s 0x08000000 -D AdaptiveBrightnessFirmware.bin