Board Class Reference

Public Member Functions
	Board (PApplet app, String portName, int baud)
void	transmit (byte communicationType, byte deviceID, byte[] bData, float[] fData)
float[]	receive (byte communicationType, byte deviceID, int expected)
boolean	data_available ()

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Board()

Board.Board	(	PApplet	app,
		String	portName,
		int	baud
	)

Constructs a Board linking to the specified serial port at the given serial data speed (baud rate)

Parameters

app	the parent Applet this class runs inside (this is your Processing sketch)
portname	serial port name that the hardware board is connected to (eg, "com10")
speed	the baud rate of serial data transfer

Member Function Documentation

data_available()

boolean Board.data_available

(

)

Returns

a boolean indicating if data is available from the serial port

receive()

float [] Board.receive	(	byte	communicationType,
		byte	deviceID,
		int	expected
	)

Receives data from the serial port and formats data to return a float data array

Parameters

type	type of communication taking place
deviceID	ID of the device receiving the information
expected	number for floating point numbers that are expected

Returns

formatted float data array from the received data

transmit()

void Board.transmit	(	byte	communicationType,
		byte	deviceID,
		byte[]	bData,
		float[]	fData
	)

Formats and transmits data over the serial port

Parameters

communicationType	type of communication taking place
deviceID	ID of device transmitting the information
bData	byte inforamation to be transmitted
fData	float information to be transmitted

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• src/Board.java