com.dexterind.gopigo.components
Class UltraSonicSensor

java.lang.Object
  com.dexterind.gopigo.components.UltraSonicSensor

public class UltraSonicSensor
extends java.lang.Object

It get access to the ultrasonic sensor distance calculation. It also allows to enable or disable it.

Author:

marcello

Field Summary

private static Board	board The main object which handles the methods to get access to the resources connected to the board.
private Debug	debug The debug object.
private static UltraSonicSensor	instance The instance of the current object.
private int	pin The current pin.

Constructor Summary

UltraSonicSensor()

Method Summary

int	getDistance() Reads the distance through the ultrasonic sound.
static UltraSonicSensor	getInstance() Provides a global point of access to the UltraSonicSensor instance.
void	setPin(int pin) Sets the pin to use for the sensor.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

board

private static Board board

The main object which handles the methods to get access to the resources connected to the board.

instance

private static UltraSonicSensor instance

The instance of the current object.

pin

private int pin

The current pin. It can be configured through the setPin() method.

debug

private Debug debug

The debug object.

Constructor Detail

UltraSonicSensor

public UltraSonicSensor()
                 throws java.io.IOException,
                        java.lang.InterruptedException

Throws:

java.io.IOException

java.lang.InterruptedException

Method Detail

getInstance

public static UltraSonicSensor getInstance()
                                    throws java.io.IOException,
                                           java.lang.InterruptedException

Provides a global point of access to the UltraSonicSensor instance.

Returns:

the UltraSonicSensor instance.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

java.lang.InterruptedException

setPin

public void setPin(int pin)

Sets the pin to use for the sensor.

Parameters:

pin - The number of the pin where the sensor is attached.

getDistance

public int getDistance()
                throws java.io.IOException

Reads the distance through the ultrasonic sound.

Returns:

The distance in centimeters.

Throws:

java.io.IOException