Mark Petovello / Mbed 2 deprecated tilt_angles

Framework of classes and program to measure tilt angles using accelerometers

Dependencies:   C12832 mbed

Fork of tilt_angles by Mark Petovello

Tiltmeter.h@1:64f1aefe1842, 2016-11-25 (annotated)

Committer:
mpetovello
Date:
Fri Nov 25 15:18:28 2016 +0000
Revision:
1:64f1aefe1842
Parent:
0:3bffc1862262 
Removed MMA7660 library (unnecessary)

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mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 1 #ifndef TILTMETER_H
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 2 #define TILTMETER_H
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 3
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 4 class Tiltmeter
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 5 {
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 6 public:
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 7
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 8 // Default constructor
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 9 Tiltmeter();
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 10
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 11
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 12 // Detect the presence of tiltmeter sensor and ensure its status is appropriately set.
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 13 //
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 14 // Arguments:
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 15 // None
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 16 //
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 17 // Returns:
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 18 // The function returns true if the sensor is present and ready to use, and false otherwise.
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 19 virtual bool TestConnection() = 0;
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 20
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 21
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 22 // Compute the tilt angles and store them internally; you can access the computed values by
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 23 // calling the GetRoll() and GetPitch() functions.
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 24 //
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 25 // Arguments:
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 26 // None
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 27 //
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 28 // Returns:
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 29 // Nothing
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 30 void ComputeTiltAngles();
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 31
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 32
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 33 // Get the most recent roll angle as computed by calling ComputeTilt()
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 34 //
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 35 // Arguments:
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 36 // None
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 37 //
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 38 // Returns:
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 39 // The function returns the roll angle in units of degrees
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 40 float GetRoll() const;
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 41
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 42
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 43 // Get the most recent roll angle as computed by calling ComputeTilt()
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 44 //
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 45 // Arguments:
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 46 // None
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 47 //
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 48 // Returns:
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 49 // The function returns the roll angle in units of degrees
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 50 float GetPitch() const;
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 51
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 52
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 53 private:
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 54
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 55 // Read the accelerometer data and store the values for later use. You can access the values by
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 56 // calling the GetAccelX(), GetAccelY() and/or GetAccelZ();
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 57 //
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 58 // Arguments:
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 59 // None
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 60 //
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 61 // Returns:
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 62 // Nothing
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 63 //
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 64 // Remarks:
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 65 // The data will be stored in the 'MeasuredAccel' member variable in units of m/s/s
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 66 virtual void ReadAccelerometers() = 0;
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 67
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 68
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 69 // Get the most recently measured X-axis acceleration as stored during the last call to
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 70 // ReadAccelerometer()
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 71 //
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 72 // Arguments:
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 73 // None
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 74 //
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 75 // Returns:
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 76 // The function returns the most recently measured X-axis acceleration in units of m/s/s
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 77 virtual float GetAccelX() const = 0;
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 78
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 79
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 80 // Get the most recently measured Y-axis acceleration as stored during the last call to
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 81 // ReadAccelerometer()
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 82 //
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 83 // Arguments:
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 84 // None
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 85 //
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 86 // Returns:
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 87 // The function returns the most recently measured Y-axis acceleration in units of m/s/s
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 88 virtual float GetAccelY() const = 0;
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 89
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 90
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 91 // Get the most recently measured Z-axis acceleration as stored during the last call to
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 92 // ReadAccelerometer()
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 93 //
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 94 // Arguments:
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 95 // None
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 96 //
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 97 // Returns:
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 98 // The function returns the most recently measured Z-axis acceleration in units of m/s/s
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 99 virtual float GetAccelZ() const = 0;
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 100
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 101
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 102 private:
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 103
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 104 // Variables to store the roll and pitch values in units of degrees
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 105 float RollAngle, PitchAngle;
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 106
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 107
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 108 };
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 109
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 110 #endif
mpetovello 0:3bffc1862262 111