Modified version of default library

Fork of MMA8451Q8 by Stanley Cohen

Revision:
8:5f33af1d2c27
Parent:
7:7812354ef684
--- a/MMA8451Q8.cpp	Wed Feb 22 15:35:47 2017 +0000
+++ b/MMA8451Q8.cpp	Wed Mar 08 16:27:12 2017 +0000
@@ -33,7 +33,12 @@
 #define MAX_4G            0x01
 #define MAX_8G            0x02
 
+#define NUMDATA           2
 #define GSCALING          1024.0
+#define ADDRESSINDEX      0
+#define DATAINDEX         1
+#define ACTIVEMASK        0x01
+
 
 MMA8451Q::MMA8451Q(PinName sda, PinName scl, int addr) : m_i2c(sda, scl), m_addr(addr) {
     // activate the peripheral
@@ -48,15 +53,31 @@
     readRegs(REG_WHO_AM_I, &who_am_i, 1);
     return who_am_i;
 }
-void MMA8451Q::setGLimit() {   
-    uint8_t data[2] = {REG_CTRL_REG_1, 0x00};
+void MMA8451Q::setGLimit(int g) {   
+    uint8_t data[2] = {REG_CTRL_REG_1, 0x00}; 
+    SetStandByMode();
+    data[ADDRESSINDEX] = XYZ_DATA_CFG;
+    data[DATAINDEX] = g
+    writeRegs(data, 2);// change g limit  
+    SetActiveMode();
+}
+
+void MMA8451Q::SetStandByMode() {
+    uint8_t registerData[1];
+    uint8_t data[NUMDATA] = {REG_CTRL_REG_1, 0x00};
+    
+    readRegs(REG_CTRL_REG_1, registerData, 1);
+    data[1] = registerData[0] & ~ACTIVEMASK;
     writeRegs(data, 2); // put in standby
-    data[0] = XYZ_DATA_CFG;
-    data[1] = MAX_8G;
-    writeRegs(data, 2);// change g limit
-    data[0] = REG_CTRL_REG_1;
-    data[1] = 0x01;
-    writeRegs(data, 2); // make active
+}
+
+void MMA8451Q::SetActiveMode() {
+    uint8_t registerData[1];
+    uint8_t data[2] = {REG_CTRL_REG_1, 0x00};
+    
+    readRegs(REG_CTRL_REG_1, registerData, 1);
+    data[1] = registerData[0] | ACTIVEMASK;
+    writeRegs(data, NUMDATA); // put in standby
 }
 
 float MMA8451Q::getAccX() {