lejos.nxt.addon
Class RCXTemperatureSensor

java.lang.Object
  lejos.nxt.addon.RCXTemperatureSensor

All Implemented Interfaces:

SensorConstants

public class RCXTemperatureSensor
extends java.lang.Object
implements SensorConstants

Abstraction for an RCX temperature sensor.

Author:

Soren Hilmer

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface lejos.nxt.SensorConstants

MODE_ANGLESTEP, MODE_BOOLEAN, MODE_CELSIUS, MODE_FARENHEIT, MODE_PCTFULLSCALE, MODE_PERIODCOUNTER, MODE_RAW, MODE_TRANSITIONCNT, TYPE_ANGLE, TYPE_COLORBLUE, TYPE_COLORFULL, TYPE_COLORGREEN, TYPE_COLORNONE, TYPE_COLORRED, TYPE_CUSTOM, TYPE_HISPEED, TYPE_LIGHT_ACTIVE, TYPE_LIGHT_INACTIVE, TYPE_LOWSPEED, TYPE_LOWSPEED_9V, TYPE_NO_SENSOR, TYPE_REFLECTION, TYPE_SOUND_DB, TYPE_SOUND_DBA, TYPE_SWITCH, TYPE_TEMPERATURE

Constructor Summary

RCXTemperatureSensor(LegacySensorPort port)
Create an RCX temperature sensor object attached to the specified port.

Method Summary

float	getCelcius() Convert sensor value to Celcius, value outside [-20;70] is not accurate
float	getFahrenheit() Convert sensor value to Fahrenheit, value outside [-4;158] is not accurate
int	readValue() Read the current sensor value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RCXTemperatureSensor

public RCXTemperatureSensor(LegacySensorPort port)

Create an RCX temperature sensor object attached to the specified port.

Parameters:

port - port, e.g. Port.S1

Method Detail

readValue

public int readValue()

Read the current sensor value.

Returns:

raw Value.

getCelcius

public float getCelcius()

Convert sensor value to Celcius, value outside [-20;70] is not accurate

Returns:

sensor value converted to Celcius

getFahrenheit

public float getFahrenheit()

Convert sensor value to Fahrenheit, value outside [-4;158] is not accurate

Returns:

sensor value converted to Fahrenheit