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diff --git a/_log/arduino-due.md b/_log/arduino-due.md
index 57fa381..2cbd2f4 100644
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+++ b/_log/arduino-due.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
---
title: How to set up ATSAM3X8E microcontrollers for bare-metal programming in C
-date: 2024-10-05
+date: 2024-09-16
layout: post
---
diff --git a/_log/arduino-uno.md b/_log/arduino-uno.md
index 6534c3c..dfdbdce 100644
--- a/_log/arduino-uno.md
+++ b/_log/arduino-uno.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
---
title: How to configure ATmega328P microcontrollers to run at 3.3V and 5V
-date: 2025-04-10
+date: 2025-06-10
layout: post
---
diff --git a/_log/bumblebee.md b/_log/bumblebee.md
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/_log/bumblebee.md
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+---
+title: "Bumblebee: browser automation"
+date: 2025-04-02
+layout: post
+project: true
+thumbnail: thumb_sm.png
+---
+
+Bumblebee is a tool I built for one of my employers to automate the generation
+of web scraping scripts.
+
+<video style="max-width:100%; margin-bottom: 10px" controls="" poster="poster.png">
+ <source src="bee.mp4" type="video/mp4">
+</video>
+
+In 2024, we were tasked with collecting market data using various methods,
+including scraping data from authorized websites for traders' use.
+
+Manual authoring of such scripts took time. The scripts were often brittle due
+to the complexity of the modern web, and they lacked optimizations such as
+bypassing the UI and retrieving the data files directly when possible, which
+would have significantly reduced our compute costs.
+
+To alleviate these challenges, I, with the help of a colleague, Andy Zhang,
+built Bumblebee: a web browser powered by C# Windows Forms, Microsoft Edge <a
+src="https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2"
+class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">WebView2</a>, and
+the <a src="https://github.com/desjarlais/Scintilla.NET" class="external"
+toarget="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scintilla.NET</a> text editor.
+
+Bumblebee works by injecting a custom JavaScript program that intercepts
+client-side events and sends them to Bumblebee for analysis. In addition to
+front-end events, Bumblebee also captures internal browser events, which it
+then interprets to generate code in real time. Note that we developed Bumblebee
+before the advent of now-popular LLMs. Bumblebee supports dynamic websites,
+pop-ups, developer tools, live manual override, event debouncing, and filtering
+hidden elements and scripts.
+
+Before settling on a desktop application, we contemplated designing Bumblebee
+as a browser extension. We chose the desktop app because extensions don't offer
+the deep, event-based control we needed. Besides, the company's security
+policy, which prohibited browser extensions, would have complicated the
+deployment of an extension-based solution. My first prototype used a C# binding
+of the Chromium project. WebView's more intuitive API and its seamless
+integration with Windows Forms led us to choose it over the Chromium wrapper.
+
+What began as a personal side project to improve my own workflow enabled us to
+collectively improve the quality of our web scripts at a much larger scale.
+Bumblebee predictably reduced the time we spent on authoring scripts from hours
+to a few minutes.
+
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diff --git a/_log/e-reader.md b/_log/e-reader.md
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+---
+title: Experimental e-reader
+date: 2023-10-24
+layout: post
+project: true
+thumbnail: thumb_sm.png
+---
+
+This project features an experimental e-reader powered by an ESP-WROOM-32
+development board and a 7.5-inch <a href="https://www.waveshare.com/"
+class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Waveshare</a>
+e-paper display built with the intention of learning about e-paper displays.
+
+<video style="max-width:100%;" controls="" poster="poster.png">
+ <source src="ereader.mp4" type="video/mp4">
+</video>
+
+## Introduction
+
+The prototype e-reader comprises an ESP32 microcontroller, an e-paper display
+HAT, and three buttons: yellow, blue, and white for turning the page backwards,
+forwards, and putting the device to sleep, respectively. The prototype does not
+store books on the microcontroller. It streams books from a server over HTTP.
+The e-reader employs RTC memory to record the reading progress between
+sessions.
+
+The most formidable challenge when trying to build an e-reader with an ESP32 is
+its limited memory and storage. My ESP-WROOM-32 has a total of 512KB of SRAM
+and 4MB of flash memory, which the freeRTOS, ESP-IDF, and the e-reader
+application must share. To put things into perspective, a Kindle Paperwhite has
+at least 256MB of memory and 8GB of storage. That is 500x more memory than what
+I'd have to work with.
+
+Despite its size, as microcontrollers go, ESP32 is a powerful system-on-a-chip
+with a 160MHz dual-core processor and integrated WiFi. So, I thought it’d be
+amusing to embrace the constraints and build my e-reader using a $5 MCU and the
+power of C programming.
+
+## The file format
+
+The file format dictates the complexity of the embedded software. So, I’ll
+begin there. The e-reader works by downloading and rendering a rasterized
+monochrome image of a page (a .ebm file).
+
+The EBM file contains a series of bitmaps, one for each page of the book. The
+dimensions of each bitmap are equal to the size of the display. Each byte of
+the bitmap encodes information for rendering eight pixels. For my display,
+which has a resolution of 480x800, the bitmaps are laid out along 48KB
+boundaries. This simple file format lends well to HTTP streaming, which is its
+main advantage, as we will soon see.
+
+The pdftoebm.py script enclosed in the tarball at the end of the page converts
+PDF documents to EBM files.
+
+## How does it work?
+
+As the e-reader has no storage, it can't store books locally. Instead, it
+downloads pages of the EBM file over HTTP from the location pointed to by the
+`EBM_ARCH_URL` setting in the Kconfig.projbuild file on demand. To read a
+different book, we have to replace the old file with the new one or change the
+`EBM_ARCH_URL` value. The latter requires us to recompile the embedded
+software.
+
+Upon powering up, the e-reader checks the reading progress stored in the RTC
+memory. It then downloads three pages (current, previous, and next) to a
+circular buffer in DMA-capable memory. When the user turns a page by pressing a
+button, one of the microprocessor's two cores transfers it from the buffer to
+the display over a Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI). The other downloads a new
+page in the background. I used the ESP-IDF task API to schedule the two tasks
+on different cores of the multicore processor to make the reader more
+responsive.
+
+I designed the EBM format with HTTP streaming in mind. Since the pages are laid
+out in the EBM file along predictable boundaries, the e-reader can request
+pages by specifying the offset and the chunk size in the HTTP Range header. Any
+web server will process this request without custom logic.
+
+## Epilogue
+
+My fascination with e-paper began back in 2017, when I was tasked with
+installing a few displays in a car park. Having no idea how they worked, I
+remember watching the languid screens refresh like a Muggle witnessing magic.
+This project was born out of that enduring curiosity and love of e-paper
+technology.
+
+Why did I go to the trouble of building a rudimentary e-reader when I could
+easily buy a more capable commercial e-reader? First of all, it's to prove to
+myself that I can. More importantly, there's a quiet satisfaction to reading on
+hardware you built yourself. You are no longer the powerless observer watching
+the magic happen from the sidelines. You become the wizard who makes the
+invisible particles swirl into form by whispering C to them. There's only one
+way to experience that.
+
+Files: [source.tar.gz](source.tar.gz)
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+---
+title: "Etlas: e-paper dashboard"
+date: 2024-09-05
+layout: post
+project: true
+thumbnail: thumb_sm.jpg
+---
+
+Etlas is a news, stock market, and weather tracker powered by an ESP32 NodeMCU
+D1, featuring a 7.5-inch <a href="https://www.waveshare.com/" class="external"
+target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Waveshare</a> e-paper display and a
+DHT22 sensor module.
+
+<table style="border: none;">
+ <tr style="border: none;">
+ <td style="border: none;"><img src="dash.jpg" alt="front" style="width: 100%"></td>
+ <td style="border: none;"><img src="pcb.jpg" alt="back" style="width: 100%"></td>
+ </tr>
+</table>
+
+The top-left panel shows two weeks of end-of-day prices—the maximum the ESP32's
+SRAM can hold—from the Polygon.io API. The price feed is relayed through a
+FastCGI-wrapped Flask app hosted on a VPS. This lets me configure stock symbols
+in its application settings. The app cycles through them as requests come in
+from the ESP32. Running the Flask app as a FastCGI process while exposing it
+via httpd with htpasswd authentication keeps the server code simple and secure.
+
+The following diagram outlines the Etlas's overall system architecture.
+
+![architecture](etlas_arch.png)
+
+The more prominent panel on the right of the display shows local and world news
+from Channel NewsAsia. The MCU downloads and parses XML data from the RSS feed
+directly before rendering it to the display. The character glyphs used are
+stored as bitmaps in the sprites directory. I skipped the proxy for news to
+avoid writing more server code, but in hindsight it limits the feeds Etlas can
+handle. I will fix this in a future version.
+
+The middle and bottom right panels display the temperature and relative
+humidity from the DHT22 sensor. The DHT22 uses pulse-width modulation to
+transmit data to the host. The 26µs, 50µs, and 70µs pulses are too fast for the
+ESP32 to measure reliably with standard APIs. Instead, the driver compares
+relative pulse widths to differentiate zeros from ones:
+
+```
+static inline int dht_await_pin_state(int state, int timeout)
+{
+ int t;
+ static const uint16_t delta = 1;
+
+ for (t = 0; t < timeout; t += delta) {
+ ets_delay_us(delta);
+ if (gpio_get_level(DHT_PIN) == state)
+ return t;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int dht_get_raw_data(unsigned char buf[DHT_DATA_LEN])
+{
+ int rc;
+ unsigned char i, pwl, pwh;
+
+ gpio_set_level(DHT_PIN, 0);
+ ets_delay_us(1100);
+ gpio_set_level(DHT_PIN, 1);
+
+ if (!dht_await_pin_state(0, 40)) {
+ rc = 1;
+ xQueueSend(dht_evt_queue, &rc, (TickType_t) 0);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ if (!dht_await_pin_state(1, 80)) {
+ rc = 2;
+ xQueueSend(dht_evt_queue, &rc, (TickType_t) 0);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ if (!dht_await_pin_state(0, 80)) {
+ rc = 3;
+ xQueueSend(dht_evt_queue, &rc, (TickType_t) 0);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ for (i = 0; i < DHT_DATA_LEN; i++) {
+ if (!(pwl = dht_await_pin_state(1, 50))) {
+ rc = 4;
+ xQueueSend(dht_evt_queue, &rc, (TickType_t) 0);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ if (!(pwh = dht_await_pin_state(0, 70))) {
+ rc = 5;
+ xQueueSend(dht_evt_queue, &rc, (TickType_t) 0);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ buf[i] = pwh > pwl;
+ }
+ return 1;
+}
+```
+
+I ported <a href="https://github.com/Fonger/ESP8266-RTOS-DHT" class="external"
+target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">this</a> implementation from ESP8266
+to ESP32—all credit for the algorithm belongs to them.
+
+Etlas is a networked embedded system. All acquisition, processing, and
+rendering of data are performed on the ESP32's 160MHz microprocessor using less
+than 512KB of SRAM. The embedded software that makes this possible is written
+in C using ESP-IDF v5.2.1. The e-paper display driver is derived from Waveshare
+<a href="https://github.com/waveshareteam/e-Paper" class="external"
+target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">examples</a> for Arduino and STM32
+platforms.
+
+Etlas has been running reliably for over a year since August 2024.
+
+Files: [source.tar.gz](source.tar.gz)
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+---
+title: Fingerprint door lock
+date: 2025-08-18
+layout: post
+project: true
+thumbnail: thumb_sm.jpg
+---
+
+This project features a fingerprint door lock powered by an ATmega328P
+microcontroller.
+
+<video style="max-width:100%;" controls="" poster="pcb.jpg">
+ <source src="video.mp4" type="video/mp4">
+</video>
+
+## Overview
+
+The lock comprises three subsystems: the ATmega328P microcontroller, an R503
+fingerprint sensor, and an FS5106B high-torque servo. The sensor mounted on the
+front surface of the door enables users to unlock it from the outside. The
+servo is attached to the interior door knob. The MCU must be installed at the
+back of the door to prevent unauthorized users from tampering with it.
+
+When no one is interacting with the lock, the MCU is in deep sleep. The sensor
+and the servo each draw 13.8mA and 4.6mA of quiescent currents. To prevent this
+idle current draw, the MCU employs MOSFETs to cut off power to them before
+entering deep sleep. Doing so is crucial for conserving the battery.
+
+Without power, the sensor remains in a low-power state, drawing approximately
+2.9μA through a separate power rail. When a finger comes into contact with the
+sensor, the sensor triggers a pin change interrupt, waking up the MCU. The MCU
+activates a MOSFET, which in turn activates the sensor. Over UART, the MCU
+unlocks the sensor and issues commands to scan and match the fingerprint.
+
+If the fingerprint matches an enrolled fingerprint, the MCU activates the blue
+LED on the sensor, turns on the MOSFET connected to the servo, and sends a PWM
+signal to the servo to unlock the door. Otherwise, the MCU activates the red
+LED on the sensor. Finally, the MCU deactivates the MOSFETS and goes back to
+sleep.
+
+## Embedded software
+
+The embedded software, written in C, includes a driver for the sensor, servo
+control routines, and a battery monitoring system.
+
+In addition to controlling the sensor and the servo, the program strives to
+maintain precise control over the microcontroller's sleep modes, as well as
+when the peripherals are activated and for how long they remain active. I
+thoroughly enjoyed writing the embedded software. There's something magical
+about being able to alter the physical world around you by uttering a few lines
+of C code.
+
+The source code of the project, which includes a driver for the R503
+fingerprint sensor module, is enclosed in the tarball linked at the end of the
+page.
+
+## The PCB
+
+For this project, I designed a custom PCB and had it fabricated by JLCPCB. Like
+the software, the circuit is primarily concerned with optimizing power
+consumption and extending battery life.
+
+<table style="border: none; width: 100%">
+ <tr style="border: none;">
+ <td style="border: none; width: 49.9%; background-color: transparent; text-align: center;">
+ <img src="breadboard.jpg" alt="PCB" style="width: 100%">
+ </td>
+ <td style="border: none; background-color: transparent; text-align: center;">
+ <img src="pcb1.jpg" alt="Design" style="width: 100%">
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr style="border: none;">
+ <td colspan="2" style="border: none; background-color: transparent; text-align: center;">
+ <img src="footprint.png" alt="PCB footprint" style="width: 100%">
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+</table>
+
+Consequently, the principal components of the circuit are the 2N7000 and
+NDP6020P field-effect transistors. They switch power electronically to the
+servo and the fingerprint sensor, the two most power-hungry parts of the
+circuit. The two MP1584EN buck converters play an axial role in efficiently
+regulating power to the MCU and the sensor.
+
+The ATmega328P typically operates at 5V with a 16MHz crystal oscillator. To
+further reduce power consumption, I modified the ATmega328P's fuses to run at
+3.3V with an 8MHz crystal oscillator.
+
+The bottom right area of the PCB isolates the power supply of the servo from
+the rest of the circuit. This shields components such as the MCU from the
+servo's high current draw, which can exceed 1A. The IN4007 diode in slot U2
+serves as a flyback diode, protecting the MOSFET from reverse currents
+generated by the servo.
+
+Lastly, the 56kΩ and 10kΩ resistors in slots R10 and R11 form a voltage divider
+circuit. Its output is fed to the ADC of the MCU, which measures the supply
+voltage by comparing it to the internal bandgap reference voltage.
+
+## Epilogue
+
+This project began nearly a year ago when I attempted to unlock our door
+wirelessly by writing to the UART ports of two MCUs connected to inexpensive
+433MHz RF transceivers. Although I failed, it led me down a rabbit hole of RF
+communications, MOSFETs, PCB design, and low-power circuits.
+
+During the project, I reinvented the wheel many times. I implemented a
+low-level network stack using only RF modules and an 8-bit microcontroller,
+designed my first PCB, and developed drivers from scratch. The project was far
+from a smooth sail. Bad electrical connections, soldering and desoldering, and
+the heartache of purchasing the wrong parts were routine. It was a long but
+rewarding journey from the messy breadboard to the shiny PCB.
+
+Files: [source.tar.gz](source.tar.gz), [gerber.zip](gerber.zip)
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+---
+title: The Matrix digital rain
+date: 2022-08-22
+layout: post
+project: true
+thumbnail: thumb_sm.png
+---
+
+"All I see is blonde, brunette, red head." The iconic digital rain from The
+Matrix in C, with zero dependencies—not even ncurses.
+
+<video style="max-width:100%;" controls="" poster="poster.png">
+ <source src="matrix.mp4" type="video/mp4">
+</video>
+
+## Overview
+
+This is my fork of Domsson's beautiful <a
+href="https://github.com/domsson/fakesteak" class="external" target="_blank"
+rel="noopener noreferrer">Fakesteak</a>. While going through his code, I
+wondered what it would take to faithfully recreate the original Matrix from the
+first movie without sacrificing its minimalism.
+
+My implementation supports:
+
+ - Unicode characters.
+ - 24-bit RGB colors (truecolor).
+ - Glitches in the matrix.
+ - Ghosting effect of old monochrome CRT displays.
+ - Closely resembles the Matrix seen in the background during Neo and Cypher's
+ conversation.
+
+With no dependencies, compilation is trivial:
+
+```
+$ cc -O3 main.c -o matrix
+$ ./matrix
+```
+
+## How does it work?
+
+The program tracks the state of the terminal, such as code points, background
+and foreground colors, and cursor position, using multiple internal data
+buffers. On each frame, it updates these buffers and repaints the screen using
+ANSI escape codes:
+
+```
+static void term_print(const matrix *mat, size_t row, size_t col)
+{
+ size_t idx;
+ idx = mat_idx(mat, row, col);
+ wprintf(L"\x1b[%d;%dH\x1b[38;2;%d;%d;%dm%lc",
+ row, col,
+ mat->rgb[idx].color[R],
+ mat->rgb[idx].color[G],
+ mat->rgb[idx].color[B],
+ mat->code[idx]);
+}
+```
+
+The ghosting effect is achieved by carefully scaling the RGB
+channels before mixing them:
+
+```
+static void mat_shade(matrix *mat, size_t row, size_t col)
+{
+ unsigned char *color;
+ color = mat->rgb[mat_idx(mat, row, col)].color;
+ color[R] = color[R] - (color[R] - COLOR_BG_RED) / 2;
+ color[G] = color[G] - (color[G] - COLOR_BG_GRN) / 2;
+ color[B] = color[B] - (color[B] - COLOR_BG_BLU) / 2;
+}
+```
+
+The ghosting function emulates the dim after glow by gradually transitioning
+each raindrop's color towards the background color. This approach provides two
+key benefits: straightforward color configuration that integrates naturally
+with (Unix) ricing and high-fidelity recreation of the Matrix aesthetic.
+
+## Customization
+
+While you can alter almost every aspect, including speed, glitch frequency, and
+rain density, the most common customizations are the color scheme and character
+set.
+
+There are three color settings: head, tail, and background. You can configure
+them using `COLOR_*_RED`, `COLOR_*_GRN`, and `COLOR_*_BLU` definitions found in
+main.c.
+
+The `UNICODE_MIN` and `UNICODE_MAX` values control the Unicode block used. For
+example, setting them to `0x30A1` and `0x30F6` rains Katakana, if a font that
+supports Katakana is present on the system:
+
+<img style="width: 100%;" src="katakana.png" />
+
+Files: [source.tar.gz](source.tar.gz)
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+---
+title: My first PCB
+date: 2025-04-26
+layout: post
+thumbnail: thumb_sm.jpeg
+---
+
+In 2023, I started tinkering with DIY electronics as a hobby. Until now, I've
+been using development boards like the Arduino Uno and ESP-32-WROOM so that I
+can focus on the software. Recently, I decided to step outside of my comfort
+zone and design a PCB from scratch for a door lock I'm working on.
+
+The lock comprises two subsystems: a fingerprint sensor in front of the door
+and a servo connected to the physical lock behind the door. The fingerprint
+sensor authenticates the person and signals the servo behind the door to unlock
+the door over an encrypted RF channel.
+
+<table style="border: none; width: 100%">
+ <tr style="border: none;">
+ <td style="border: none; width: 49.5%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">
+ <img src="front_design.jpeg" alt="Design (front)" style="width: 100%">
+ <p>Footprint (front)</p>
+ </td>
+ <td style="border: none; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">
+ <img src="front.jpeg" alt="PCB (front)" style="width: 100%">
+ <p>PCB (front)</p>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr style="border: none;">
+ <td style="border: none; width: 49.5%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">
+ <img src="back_design.jpeg" alt="Design (back)" style="width: 100%">
+ <p>Footprint (back)</p>
+ </td>
+ <td style="border: none; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">
+ <img src="back.jpeg" alt="PCB (back)" style="width: 100%">
+ <p>PCB (back)</p>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+</table>
+
+The PCBs have two layers. A copper region serves as the ground plane. The 0.3mm
+wide 1oz/ft<sup>2</sup> copper traces can carry up to 500mA (the tracks
+connecting the power source and the linear regulators have a width of 0.5mm).
+Both subsystems were functional. I was able to control the servo reliably using
+the fingerprint sensor.
+
+The designs aren't without flaws, however. The main shortcoming of the circuits
+is that they draw significant amounts of quiescent currents despite employing
+sleep modes. The linear regulators were a poor choice as they dissipate too
+much heat. The fingerprint sensor and the servo draw 13.8mA (3.3V) and 4.6mA
+(5V) respectively, as long as they are connected to the power supply.
+
+Although the circuit didn't draw more than 200mA without a load, the servo
+under load could draw up to 600mA. I'm sailing too close to the wind with 0.3mm
+copper traces. Instead, 0.4mm wide 2oz/ft<sup>2</sup> traces would have been
+safer.
+
+I'm working on improving the design to reduce idle current consumption and
+extend the battery life. Despite its deficiencies, this was my first PCB
+design, and I'm glad that it worked as well as it did. Custom PCB design marks
+an important milestone in my DIY electronics journey.
+
+Files: [gerber_back.zip](gerber_back.zip), [gerber_front.zip](gerber_front.zip),
+ [source.tar.gz](source.tar.gz)
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----
-title: Neo4J A* search
-date: 2025-09-14
-layout: post
----
-
-Back in 2018, we used <a href="https://neo4j.com/" class="external"
-target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Neo4J</a> graph database to track the
-movement of marine vessels. We were interested in the shortest path a ship
-could take through a network of about 13,000 route points. Graph theoretic
-algorithms provide optimal solutions to such problems, and the set of route
-points lends itself well to graph-based modelling.
-
-A graph is a finite set of vertices, and a subset of vertex pairs (edges).
-Edges can have weights. In the case of vessel tracking, the route points form
-the vertices of a graph; the routes between them the edges; and the distances
-between them the weights. For various reasons, people are interested in
-minimizing (or maximizing) the weight of a path through a set of vertices, such
-as the shortest path between two ports to predict a vessel's arrival time.
-
-Given a graph, an algorithm like Dijkstra's search could compute the shortest
-path between two vertices. In fact, this was the algorithm Neo4J shipped with
-at the time. One drawback of Dijkstra's algorithm is that it computes all the
-shortest paths from the source to all other vertices before terminating at the
-destination vertex. The time complexity of this exhaustive search prevented our
-database from scaling beyond 4,000 route points.
-
-The following enhancement to Dijkstra's search, also known as the A* search,
-employs a heuristic to steer the search in the direction of the destination
-more quickly. In the case of our network of vessels, which are on the earth's
-surface, spherical distance is a good candidate for a heuristic:
-
-```
-package org.neo4j.graphalgo.impl;
-
-import java.util.stream.Stream;
-import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
-
-import org.neo4j.graphalgo.api.Graph;
-import org.neo4j.graphalgo.core.utils.ProgressLogger;
-import org.neo4j.graphalgo.core.utils.queue.IntPriorityQueue;
-import org.neo4j.graphalgo.core.utils.queue.SharedIntPriorityQueue;
-import org.neo4j.graphalgo.core.utils.traverse.SimpleBitSet;
-import org.neo4j.graphdb.Direction;
-import org.neo4j.graphdb.Node;
-import org.neo4j.kernel.internal.GraphDatabaseAPI;
-
-import com.carrotsearch.hppc.IntArrayDeque;
-import com.carrotsearch.hppc.IntDoubleMap;
-import com.carrotsearch.hppc.IntDoubleScatterMap;
-import com.carrotsearch.hppc.IntIntMap;
-import com.carrotsearch.hppc.IntIntScatterMap;
-
-public class ShortestPathAStar extends Algorithm<ShortestPathAStar> {
-
- private final GraphDatabaseAPI dbService;
- private static final int PATH_END = -1;
-
- private Graph graph;
- private final int nodeCount;
- private IntDoubleMap gCosts;
- private IntDoubleMap fCosts;
- private double totalCost;
- private IntPriorityQueue openNodes;
- private IntIntMap path;
- private IntArrayDeque shortestPath;
- private SimpleBitSet closedNodes;
- private final ProgressLogger progressLogger;
-
- public static final double NO_PATH_FOUND = -1.0;
-
- public ShortestPathAStar(
- final Graph graph,
- final GraphDatabaseAPI dbService) {
-
- this.graph = graph;
- this.dbService = dbService;
-
- nodeCount = Math.toIntExact(graph.nodeCount());
- gCosts = new IntDoubleScatterMap(nodeCount);
- fCosts = new IntDoubleScatterMap(nodeCount);
- openNodes = SharedIntPriorityQueue.min(
- nodeCount,
- fCosts,
- Double.MAX_VALUE);
- path = new IntIntScatterMap(nodeCount);
- closedNodes = new SimpleBitSet(nodeCount);
- shortestPath = new IntArrayDeque();
- progressLogger = getProgressLogger();
- }
-
- public ShortestPathAStar compute(
- final long startNode,
- final long goalNode,
- final String propertyKeyLat,
- final String propertyKeyLon,
- final Direction direction) {
-
- reset();
-
- final int startNodeInternal =
- graph.toMappedNodeId(startNode);
- final double startNodeLat =
- getNodeCoordinate(startNodeInternal, propertyKeyLat);
- final double startNodeLon =
- getNodeCoordinate(startNodeInternal, propertyKeyLon);
-
- final int goalNodeInternal =
- graph.toMappedNodeId(goalNode);
- final double goalNodeLat =
- getNodeCoordinate(goalNodeInternal, propertyKeyLat);
- final double goalNodeLon =
- getNodeCoordinate(goalNodeInternal, propertyKeyLon);
-
- final double initialHeuristic =
- computeHeuristic(startNodeLat,
- startNodeLon,
- goalNodeLat,
- goalNodeLon);
-
- gCosts.put(startNodeInternal, 0.0);
- fCosts.put(startNodeInternal, initialHeuristic);
- openNodes.add(startNodeInternal, 0.0);
-
- run(goalNodeInternal,
- propertyKeyLat,
- propertyKeyLon,
- direction);
-
- if (path.containsKey(goalNodeInternal)) {
- totalCost = gCosts.get(goalNodeInternal);
- int node = goalNodeInternal;
- while (node != PATH_END) {
- shortestPath.addFirst(node);
- node = path.getOrDefault(node, PATH_END);
- }
- }
- return this;
- }
-
- private void run(
- final int goalNodeId,
- final String propertyKeyLat,
- final String propertyKeyLon,
- final Direction direction) {
-
- final double goalLat =
- getNodeCoordinate(goalNodeId, propertyKeyLat);
- final double goalLon =
- getNodeCoordinate(goalNodeId, propertyKeyLon);
-
- while (!openNodes.isEmpty() && running()) {
- int currentNodeId = openNodes.pop();
- if (currentNodeId == goalNodeId) {
- return;
- }
-
- closedNodes.put(currentNodeId);
-
- double currentNodeCost =
- this.gCosts.getOrDefault(
- currentNodeId,
- Double.MAX_VALUE);
-
- graph.forEachRelationship(
- currentNodeId,
- direction,
- (source, target, relationshipId, weight) -> {
- double neighbourLat =
- getNodeCoordinate(target, propertyKeyLat);
- double neighbourLon =
- getNodeCoordinate(target, propertyKeyLon);
- double heuristic =
- computeHeuristic(
- neighbourLat,
- neighbourLon,
- goalLat,
- goalLon);
-
- updateCosts(
- source,
- target,
- weight + currentNodeCost,
- heuristic);
-
- if (!closedNodes.contains(target)) {
- openNodes.add(target, 0);
- }
- return true;
- });
-
- progressLogger.logProgress(
- (double) currentNodeId / (nodeCount - 1));
- }
- }
-
- private double computeHeuristic(
- final double lat1,
- final double lon1,
- final double lat2,
- final double lon2) {
-
- final int earthRadius = 6371;
- final double kmToNM = 0.539957;
- final double latDistance = Math.toRadians(lat2 - lat1);
- final double lonDistance = Math.toRadians(lon2 - lon1);
- final double a = Math.sin(latDistance / 2)
- * Math.sin(latDistance / 2)
- + Math.cos(Math.toRadians(lat1))
- * Math.cos(Math.toRadians(lat2))
- * Math.sin(lonDistance / 2)
- * Math.sin(lonDistance / 2);
- final double c = 2
- * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt(a), Math.sqrt(1 - a));
- final double distance = earthRadius * c * kmToNM;
- return distance;
- }
-
- private double getNodeCoordinate(
- final int nodeId,
- final String coordinateType) {
-
- final long neo4jId = graph.toOriginalNodeId(nodeId);
- final Node node = dbService.getNodeById(neo4jId);
- return (double) node.getProperty(coordinateType);
- }
-
- private void updateCosts(
- final int source,
- final int target,
- final double newCost,
- final double heuristic) {
-
- final double oldCost =
- gCosts.getOrDefault(target, Double.MAX_VALUE);
-
- if (newCost < oldCost) {
- gCosts.put(target, newCost);
- fCosts.put(target, newCost + heuristic);
- path.put(target, source);
- }
- }
-
- private void reset() {
- closedNodes.clear();
- openNodes.clear();
- gCosts.clear();
- fCosts.clear();
- path.clear();
- shortestPath.clear();
- totalCost = NO_PATH_FOUND;
- }
-
- public Stream<Result> resultStream() {
- return StreamSupport.stream(
- shortestPath.spliterator(), false)
- .map(cursor -> new Result(
- graph.toOriginalNodeId(cursor.value),
- gCosts.get(cursor.value)));
- }
-
- public IntArrayDeque getFinalPath() {
- return shortestPath;
- }
-
- public double getTotalCost() {
- return totalCost;
- }
-
- public int getPathLength() {
- return shortestPath.size();
- }
-
- @Override
- public ShortestPathAStar me() {
- return this;
- }
-
- @Override
- public ShortestPathAStar release() {
- graph = null;
- gCosts = null;
- fCosts = null;
- openNodes = null;
- path = null;
- shortestPath = null;
- closedNodes = null;
- return this;
- }
-
- public static class Result {
-
- /**
- * the neo4j node id
- */
- public final Long nodeId;
-
- /**
- * cost to reach the node from startNode
- */
- public final Double cost;
-
- public Result(Long nodeId, Double cost) {
- this.nodeId = nodeId;
- this.cost = cost;
- }
- }
-}
-```
-
-The heuristic function is domain-specific. If chosen wisely, it can
-significantly speed up the search. In our case, we achieved a 300x speedup,
-enabling us to expand our search from 4,000 to 13,000 route points. The <a
-href="https://github.com/neo4j-contrib/neo4j-graph-algorithms/releases/tag/3.4.0.0"
-class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">v3.4.0</a> of the
-Neo4J graph algorithms shipped with our A* search algorithm.
-