org.usfirst.frc.team1736.lib.Sensors

Class pulsedLightLIDAR

java.lang.Object

org.usfirst.frc.team1736.lib.Sensors.pulsedLightLIDAR

public class pulsedLightLIDAR
extends java.lang.Object

DESCRIPTION:
Based on https://gist.github.com/tech2077/c4ba2d344bdfcddd48d2/download# Comments added, some functionality trimmed out to match our needs. Multithreaded, will poll the sensor in the background at an appropriate rate.
USAGE:

1. Instantiate class.
2. Call start() method to begin polling the sensor
3. Call getDistance() during periodic loops to get the distance read from the sensor.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
pulsedLightLIDAR()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
double	getDistanceIn() Return Distance in Inches
void	start() Start 10Hz polling of LIDAR sensor, in a background task.
void	stop() Stop the background sensor-polling task.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

pulsedLightLIDAR

public pulsedLightLIDAR()

Method Detail

getDistanceIn

public double getDistanceIn()

Return Distance in Inches

Returns:

distance in inches

start

public void start()

Start 10Hz polling of LIDAR sensor, in a background task. Only allow 10 Hz. polling at the moment.

stop

public void stop()

Stop the background sensor-polling task.