Class to handle triggering and reading the distance measured by a range finder.

Dependencies:   Pulse

Dependents:   SeeedUltrasoundRangeFinder Ultrasonic_sensor_circle_ui riversensor Labo_TRSE_Drone ... more

RangeFinder.cpp

Committer:
NickRyder
Date:
2012-08-09
Revision:
1:cf496fb70317
Parent:
0:05c9036328ee

File content as of revision 1:cf496fb70317:

/* Copyright (c) 2012 Nick Ryder, University of Oxford
 * nick.ryder@physics.ox.ac.uk
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 #include "RangeFinder.h"

RangeFinder::RangeFinder(PinName pin, int pulsetime, float scale, int time):
    pio(pin), scale(scale), pulsetime(pulsetime), timeout(time)  {
}

RangeFinder::~RangeFinder() {
}

float RangeFinder::read_m()  {
    pio.write_us(1, pulsetime);
    float t = (float) pio.read_high_us(timeout);
    if (t == -1.0)   {
        return -1.0;
    }
    return t / scale;
}