ELEC2645 (2015/16) / SRF02

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Fork of SRF02 by Craig Evans

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Revision 2:bb52fa779a57, committed 2016-05-05

Comitter:
fy13dk
Date:
Thu May 05 11:48:40 2016 +0000
Parent:
1:8e6587d88773
Commit message:
Dogukan_K 1.0 w/ Inches

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--- a/SRF02.cpp	Sun Mar 08 14:21:40 2015 +0000
+++ b/SRF02.cpp	Thu May 05 11:48:40 2016 +0000
@@ -43,7 +43,35 @@
     // high byte is first, then low byte, so combine into 16-bit value
     return (data[0] << 8) | data[1];
 }
-
+int SRF02::getDistanceIn()
+{
+    char data[2];
+    
+    // need to send CM command to command register
+    data[0] = CMD_REG;
+    data[1] = INCH_CMD;
+    int ack = i2c->write(SRF02_W_ADD,data,2);  
+    if (ack)
+        error();  // if we don't receive acknowledgement, flash error message
+        
+    // this will start the sensor ranging, the datasheet suggests a delay of at least 65 ms before reading the result
+    wait_ms(70);
+    
+    // we can now read the result - tell the sensor we want the high byte
+    char reg = RANGE_H_REG;   
+    ack = i2c->write(SRF02_W_ADD,&reg,1);  
+    if (ack)
+        error();  // if we don't receive acknowledgement, flash error message
+    
+    // if we read two bytes, the register is automatically incremented (H and L)
+    ack = i2c->read(SRF02_R_ADD,data,2); 
+    if (ack)
+        error();  // if we don't receive acknowledgement, flash error message
+ 
+    // high byte is first, then low byte, so combine into 16-bit value
+    return (data[0] << 8) | data[1];
+}
+ 
 void SRF02::error()
 {
     while(1) {

--- a/SRF02.h	Sun Mar 08 14:21:40 2015 +0000
+++ b/SRF02.h	Thu May 05 11:48:40 2016 +0000
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
     * 
     */
     int getDistanceCm();
+    int getDistanceIn();
 
 private:
     /** Hangs in infinite loop flashing 'blue lights of death'