Go - Accelerometer Bricklet

This is the description of the Go API bindings for the Accelerometer Bricklet. General information and technical specifications for the Accelerometer Bricklet are summarized in its hardware description.

An installation guide for the Go API bindings is part of their general description. Additional documentation can be found on godoc.org.

Examples

The example code below is Public Domain (CC0 1.0).

Simple

Download (example_simple.go)

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package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "github.com/Tinkerforge/go-api-bindings/accelerometer_bricklet"
    "github.com/Tinkerforge/go-api-bindings/ipconnection"
)

const ADDR string = "localhost:4223"
const UID string = "XYZ" // Change XYZ to the UID of your Accelerometer Bricklet.

func main() {
    ipcon := ipconnection.New()
    defer ipcon.Close()
    a, _ := accelerometer_bricklet.New(UID, &ipcon) // Create device object.

    ipcon.Connect(ADDR) // Connect to brickd.
    defer ipcon.Disconnect()
    // Don't use device before ipcon is connected.

    // Get current acceleration.
    x, y, z, _ := a.GetAcceleration()

    fmt.Printf("Acceleration [X]: %f g\n", float64(x)/1000.0)
    fmt.Printf("Acceleration [Y]: %f g\n", float64(y)/1000.0)
    fmt.Printf("Acceleration [Z]: %f g\n", float64(z)/1000.0)

    fmt.Print("Press enter to exit.")
    fmt.Scanln()
}

Callback

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package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "github.com/Tinkerforge/go-api-bindings/accelerometer_bricklet"
    "github.com/Tinkerforge/go-api-bindings/ipconnection"
)

const ADDR string = "localhost:4223"
const UID string = "XYZ" // Change XYZ to the UID of your Accelerometer Bricklet.

func main() {
    ipcon := ipconnection.New()
    defer ipcon.Close()
    a, _ := accelerometer_bricklet.New(UID, &ipcon) // Create device object.

    ipcon.Connect(ADDR) // Connect to brickd.
    defer ipcon.Disconnect()
    // Don't use device before ipcon is connected.

    a.RegisterAccelerationCallback(func(x int16, y int16, z int16) {
        fmt.Printf("Acceleration [X]: %f g\n", float64(x)/1000.0)
        fmt.Printf("Acceleration [Y]: %f g\n", float64(y)/1000.0)
        fmt.Printf("Acceleration [Z]: %f g\n", float64(z)/1000.0)
        fmt.Println()
    })

    // Set period for acceleration receiver to 1s (1000ms).
    // Note: The acceleration callback is only called every second
    //       if the acceleration has changed since the last call!
    a.SetAccelerationCallbackPeriod(1000)

    fmt.Print("Press enter to exit.")
    fmt.Scanln()
}

Threshold

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package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "github.com/Tinkerforge/go-api-bindings/accelerometer_bricklet"
    "github.com/Tinkerforge/go-api-bindings/ipconnection"
)

const ADDR string = "localhost:4223"
const UID string = "XYZ" // Change XYZ to the UID of your Accelerometer Bricklet.

func main() {
    ipcon := ipconnection.New()
    defer ipcon.Close()
    a, _ := accelerometer_bricklet.New(UID, &ipcon) // Create device object.

    ipcon.Connect(ADDR) // Connect to brickd.
    defer ipcon.Disconnect()
    // Don't use device before ipcon is connected.

    // Get threshold receivers with a debounce time of 10 seconds (10000ms).
    a.SetDebouncePeriod(10000)

    a.RegisterAccelerationReachedCallback(func(x int16, y int16, z int16) {
        fmt.Printf("Acceleration [X]: %f g\n", float64(x)/1000.0)
        fmt.Printf("Acceleration [Y]: %f g\n", float64(y)/1000.0)
        fmt.Printf("Acceleration [Z]: %f g\n", float64(z)/1000.0)
        fmt.Println()
    })

    // Configure threshold for acceleration "greater than 2 g, 2 g, 2 g".
    a.SetAccelerationCallbackThreshold('>', 2*1000, 0, 2*1000, 0, 2*1000, 0)

    fmt.Print("Press enter to exit.")
    fmt.Scanln()
}

API

The Accelerometer Bricklet API is defined in the package github.com/Tinkerforge/go-api-bindings/accelerometer_bricklet

Nearly every function of the Go bindings can return an ipconnection.DeviceError, implementing the error interface. The error can have one of the following values:

  • ipconnection.DeviceErrorSuccess = 0
  • ipconnection.DeviceErrorInvalidParameter = 1
  • ipconnection.DeviceErrorFunctionNotSupported = 2
  • ipconnection.DeviceErrorUnknownError = 3

which correspond to the values returned from Bricks and Bricklets.

All functions listed below are thread-safe.

Basic Functions

func accelerometer_bricklet.New(uid string, ipcon *IPConnection) (device AccelerometerBricklet, err error)
Parameters:
  • uid – Type: string
  • ipcon – Type: *IPConnection
Returns:
  • device – Type: AccelerometerBricklet
  • err – Type: error

Creates a new AccelerometerBricklet object with the unique device ID uid and adds it to the IPConnection ipcon:

device, err := accelerometer_bricklet.New("YOUR_DEVICE_UID", &ipcon)

This device object can be used after the IPConnection has been connected.

func (*AccelerometerBricklet) GetAcceleration() (x int16, y int16, z int16, err error)
Returns:
  • x – Type: int16, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: ?
  • y – Type: int16, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: ?
  • z – Type: int16, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: ?
  • err – Type: error

Returns the acceleration in x, y and z direction. The values are given in gₙ/1000 (1gₙ = 9.80665m/s²). The range is configured with SetConfiguration().

If you want to get the acceleration periodically, it is recommended to use the AccelerationCallback callback and set the period with SetAccelerationCallbackPeriod().

func (*AccelerometerBricklet) GetTemperature() (temperature int16, err error)
Returns:
  • temperature – Type: int16, Unit: 1 °C, Range: [-103 to 152]
  • err – Type: error

Returns the temperature of the accelerometer.

func (*AccelerometerBricklet) LEDOn() (err error)
Returns:
  • err – Type: error

Enables the LED on the Bricklet.

func (*AccelerometerBricklet) LEDOff() (err error)
Returns:
  • err – Type: error

Disables the LED on the Bricklet.

func (*AccelerometerBricklet) IsLEDOn() (on bool, err error)
Returns:
  • on – Type: bool, Default: false
  • err – Type: error

Returns true if the LED is enabled, false otherwise.

Advanced Functions

func (*AccelerometerBricklet) SetConfiguration(dataRate uint8, fullScale uint8, filterBandwidth uint8) (err error)
Parameters:
  • dataRate – Type: uint8, Range: See constants, Default: 6
  • fullScale – Type: uint8, Range: See constants, Default: 1
  • filterBandwidth – Type: uint8, Range: See constants, Default: 2
Returns:
  • err – Type: error

Configures the data rate, full scale range and filter bandwidth. Possible values are:

  • Data rate of 0Hz to 1600Hz.
  • Full scale range of ±2gₙ up to ±16gₙ.
  • Filter bandwidth between 50Hz and 800Hz.

Decreasing data rate or full scale range will also decrease the noise on the data.

The following constants are available for this function:

For dataRate:

  • accelerometer_bricklet.DataRateOff = 0
  • accelerometer_bricklet.DataRate3Hz = 1
  • accelerometer_bricklet.DataRate6Hz = 2
  • accelerometer_bricklet.DataRate12Hz = 3
  • accelerometer_bricklet.DataRate25Hz = 4
  • accelerometer_bricklet.DataRate50Hz = 5
  • accelerometer_bricklet.DataRate100Hz = 6
  • accelerometer_bricklet.DataRate400Hz = 7
  • accelerometer_bricklet.DataRate800Hz = 8
  • accelerometer_bricklet.DataRate1600Hz = 9

For fullScale:

  • accelerometer_bricklet.FullScale2g = 0
  • accelerometer_bricklet.FullScale4g = 1
  • accelerometer_bricklet.FullScale6g = 2
  • accelerometer_bricklet.FullScale8g = 3
  • accelerometer_bricklet.FullScale16g = 4

For filterBandwidth:

  • accelerometer_bricklet.FilterBandwidth800Hz = 0
  • accelerometer_bricklet.FilterBandwidth400Hz = 1
  • accelerometer_bricklet.FilterBandwidth200Hz = 2
  • accelerometer_bricklet.FilterBandwidth50Hz = 3
func (*AccelerometerBricklet) GetConfiguration() (dataRate uint8, fullScale uint8, filterBandwidth uint8, err error)
Returns:
  • dataRate – Type: uint8, Range: See constants, Default: 6
  • fullScale – Type: uint8, Range: See constants, Default: 1
  • filterBandwidth – Type: uint8, Range: See constants, Default: 2
  • err – Type: error

Returns the configuration as set by SetConfiguration().

The following constants are available for this function:

For dataRate:

  • accelerometer_bricklet.DataRateOff = 0
  • accelerometer_bricklet.DataRate3Hz = 1
  • accelerometer_bricklet.DataRate6Hz = 2
  • accelerometer_bricklet.DataRate12Hz = 3
  • accelerometer_bricklet.DataRate25Hz = 4
  • accelerometer_bricklet.DataRate50Hz = 5
  • accelerometer_bricklet.DataRate100Hz = 6
  • accelerometer_bricklet.DataRate400Hz = 7
  • accelerometer_bricklet.DataRate800Hz = 8
  • accelerometer_bricklet.DataRate1600Hz = 9

For fullScale:

  • accelerometer_bricklet.FullScale2g = 0
  • accelerometer_bricklet.FullScale4g = 1
  • accelerometer_bricklet.FullScale6g = 2
  • accelerometer_bricklet.FullScale8g = 3
  • accelerometer_bricklet.FullScale16g = 4

For filterBandwidth:

  • accelerometer_bricklet.FilterBandwidth800Hz = 0
  • accelerometer_bricklet.FilterBandwidth400Hz = 1
  • accelerometer_bricklet.FilterBandwidth200Hz = 2
  • accelerometer_bricklet.FilterBandwidth50Hz = 3
func (*AccelerometerBricklet) GetIdentity() (uid string, connectedUid string, position rune, hardwareVersion [3]uint8, firmwareVersion [3]uint8, deviceIdentifier uint16, err error)
Returns:
  • uid – Type: string, Length: up to 8
  • connectedUid – Type: string, Length: up to 8
  • position – Type: rune, Range: ['a' to 'h', 'z']
  • hardwareVersion – Type: [3]uint8
    • 0: major – Type: uint8, Range: [0 to 255]
    • 1: minor – Type: uint8, Range: [0 to 255]
    • 2: revision – Type: uint8, Range: [0 to 255]
  • firmwareVersion – Type: [3]uint8
    • 0: major – Type: uint8, Range: [0 to 255]
    • 1: minor – Type: uint8, Range: [0 to 255]
    • 2: revision – Type: uint8, Range: [0 to 255]
  • deviceIdentifier – Type: uint16, Range: [0 to 216 - 1]
  • err – Type: error

Returns the UID, the UID where the Bricklet is connected to, the position, the hardware and firmware version as well as the device identifier.

The position can be 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g' or 'h' (Bricklet Port). A Bricklet connected to an Isolator Bricklet is always at position 'z'.

The device identifier numbers can be found here. There is also a constant for the device identifier of this Bricklet.

Callback Configuration Functions

func (*AccelerometerBricklet) SetAccelerationCallbackPeriod(period uint32) (err error)
Parameters:
  • period – Type: uint32, Unit: 1 ms, Range: [0 to 232 - 1], Default: 0
Returns:
  • err – Type: error

Sets the period with which the AccelerationCallback callback is triggered periodically. A value of 0 turns the callback off.

The AccelerationCallback callback is only triggered if the acceleration has changed since the last triggering.

func (*AccelerometerBricklet) GetAccelerationCallbackPeriod() (period uint32, err error)
Returns:
  • period – Type: uint32, Unit: 1 ms, Range: [0 to 232 - 1], Default: 0
  • err – Type: error

Returns the period as set by SetAccelerationCallbackPeriod().

func (*AccelerometerBricklet) SetAccelerationCallbackThreshold(option rune, minX int16, maxX int16, minY int16, maxY int16, minZ int16, maxZ int16) (err error)
Parameters:
  • option – Type: rune, Range: See constants, Default: 'x'
  • minX – Type: int16, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: [-215 to 215 - 1], Default: 0
  • maxX – Type: int16, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: [-215 to 215 - 1], Default: 0
  • minY – Type: int16, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: [-215 to 215 - 1], Default: 0
  • maxY – Type: int16, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: [-215 to 215 - 1], Default: 0
  • minZ – Type: int16, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: [-215 to 215 - 1], Default: 0
  • maxZ – Type: int16, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: [-215 to 215 - 1], Default: 0
Returns:
  • err – Type: error

Sets the thresholds for the AccelerationReachedCallback callback.

The following options are possible:

Option Description
'x' Callback is turned off
'o' Callback is triggered when the acceleration is outside the min and max values
'i' Callback is triggered when the acceleration is inside the min and max values
'<' Callback is triggered when the acceleration is smaller than the min value (max is ignored)
'>' Callback is triggered when the acceleration is greater than the min value (max is ignored)

The following constants are available for this function:

For option:

  • accelerometer_bricklet.ThresholdOptionOff = 'x'
  • accelerometer_bricklet.ThresholdOptionOutside = 'o'
  • accelerometer_bricklet.ThresholdOptionInside = 'i'
  • accelerometer_bricklet.ThresholdOptionSmaller = '<'
  • accelerometer_bricklet.ThresholdOptionGreater = '>'
func (*AccelerometerBricklet) GetAccelerationCallbackThreshold() (option rune, minX int16, maxX int16, minY int16, maxY int16, minZ int16, maxZ int16, err error)
Returns:
  • option – Type: rune, Range: See constants, Default: 'x'
  • minX – Type: int16, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: [-215 to 215 - 1], Default: 0
  • maxX – Type: int16, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: [-215 to 215 - 1], Default: 0
  • minY – Type: int16, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: [-215 to 215 - 1], Default: 0
  • maxY – Type: int16, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: [-215 to 215 - 1], Default: 0
  • minZ – Type: int16, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: [-215 to 215 - 1], Default: 0
  • maxZ – Type: int16, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: [-215 to 215 - 1], Default: 0
  • err – Type: error

Returns the threshold as set by SetAccelerationCallbackThreshold().

The following constants are available for this function:

For option:

  • accelerometer_bricklet.ThresholdOptionOff = 'x'
  • accelerometer_bricklet.ThresholdOptionOutside = 'o'
  • accelerometer_bricklet.ThresholdOptionInside = 'i'
  • accelerometer_bricklet.ThresholdOptionSmaller = '<'
  • accelerometer_bricklet.ThresholdOptionGreater = '>'
func (*AccelerometerBricklet) SetDebouncePeriod(debounce uint32) (err error)
Parameters:
  • debounce – Type: uint32, Unit: 1 ms, Range: [0 to 232 - 1], Default: 100
Returns:
  • err – Type: error

Sets the period with which the threshold callback

is triggered, if the threshold

keeps being reached.

func (*AccelerometerBricklet) GetDebouncePeriod() (debounce uint32, err error)
Returns:
  • debounce – Type: uint32, Unit: 1 ms, Range: [0 to 232 - 1], Default: 100
  • err – Type: error

Returns the debounce period as set by SetDebouncePeriod().

Callbacks

Callbacks can be registered to receive time critical or recurring data from the device. The registration is done with the corresponding Register*Callback function, which returns a unique callback ID. This ID can be used to deregister the callback later with the corresponding Deregister*Callback function.

Note

Using callbacks for recurring events is always preferred compared to using getters. It will use less USB bandwidth and the latency will be a lot better, since there is no round trip time.

func (*AccelerometerBricklet) RegisterAccelerationCallback(func(x int16, y int16, z int16)) (registrationId uint64)
Callback Parameters:
  • x – Type: int16, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: ?
  • y – Type: int16, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: ?
  • z – Type: int16, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: ?
Returns:
  • registrationId – Type: uint64

This callback is triggered periodically with the period that is set by SetAccelerationCallbackPeriod(). The callback parameters are the X, Y and Z acceleration. The range is configured with SetConfiguration().

The AccelerationCallback callback is only triggered if the acceleration has changed since the last triggering.

func (*AccelerometerBricklet) RegisterAccelerationReachedCallback(func(x int16, y int16, z int16)) (registrationId uint64)
Callback Parameters:
  • x – Type: int16, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: ?
  • y – Type: int16, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: ?
  • z – Type: int16, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: ?
Returns:
  • registrationId – Type: uint64

This callback is triggered when the threshold as set by SetAccelerationCallbackThreshold() is reached. The callback parameters are the X, Y and Z acceleration. The range is configured with SetConfiguration().

If the threshold keeps being reached, the callback is triggered periodically with the period as set by SetDebouncePeriod().

Virtual Functions

Virtual functions don't communicate with the device itself, but operate only on the API bindings device object. They can be called without the corresponding IP Connection object being connected.

func (*AccelerometerBricklet) GetAPIVersion() (apiVersion [3]uint8, err error)
Returns:
  • apiVersion – Type: [3]uint8
    • 0: major – Type: uint8, Range: [0 to 255]
    • 1: minor – Type: uint8, Range: [0 to 255]
    • 2: revision – Type: uint8, Range: [0 to 255]
  • err – Type: error

Returns the version of the API definition implemented by this API bindings. This is neither the release version of this API bindings nor does it tell you anything about the represented Brick or Bricklet.

func (*AccelerometerBricklet) GetResponseExpected(functionId uint8) (responseExpected bool, err error)
Parameters:
  • functionId – Type: uint8, Range: See constants
Returns:
  • responseExpected – Type: bool
  • err – Type: error

Returns the response expected flag for the function specified by the function ID parameter. It is true if the function is expected to send a response, false otherwise.

For getter functions this is enabled by default and cannot be disabled, because those functions will always send a response. For callback configuration functions it is enabled by default too, but can be disabled by SetResponseExpected(). For setter functions it is disabled by default and can be enabled.

Enabling the response expected flag for a setter function allows to detect timeouts and other error conditions calls of this setter as well. The device will then send a response for this purpose. If this flag is disabled for a setter function then no response is sent and errors are silently ignored, because they cannot be detected.

The following constants are available for this function:

For functionId:

  • accelerometer_bricklet.FunctionSetAccelerationCallbackPeriod = 2
  • accelerometer_bricklet.FunctionSetAccelerationCallbackThreshold = 4
  • accelerometer_bricklet.FunctionSetDebouncePeriod = 6
  • accelerometer_bricklet.FunctionSetConfiguration = 9
  • accelerometer_bricklet.FunctionLEDOn = 11
  • accelerometer_bricklet.FunctionLEDOff = 12
func (*AccelerometerBricklet) SetResponseExpected(functionId uint8, responseExpected bool) (err error)
Parameters:
  • functionId – Type: uint8, Range: See constants
  • responseExpected – Type: bool
Returns:
  • err – Type: error

Changes the response expected flag of the function specified by the function ID parameter. This flag can only be changed for setter (default value: false) and callback configuration functions (default value: true). For getter functions it is always enabled.

Enabling the response expected flag for a setter function allows to detect timeouts and other error conditions calls of this setter as well. The device will then send a response for this purpose. If this flag is disabled for a setter function then no response is sent and errors are silently ignored, because they cannot be detected.

The following constants are available for this function:

For functionId:

  • accelerometer_bricklet.FunctionSetAccelerationCallbackPeriod = 2
  • accelerometer_bricklet.FunctionSetAccelerationCallbackThreshold = 4
  • accelerometer_bricklet.FunctionSetDebouncePeriod = 6
  • accelerometer_bricklet.FunctionSetConfiguration = 9
  • accelerometer_bricklet.FunctionLEDOn = 11
  • accelerometer_bricklet.FunctionLEDOff = 12
func (*AccelerometerBricklet) SetResponseExpectedAll(responseExpected bool) (err error)
Parameters:
  • responseExpected – Type: bool
Returns:
  • err – Type: error

Changes the response expected flag for all setter and callback configuration functions of this device at once.

Constants

accelerometer_bricklet.DeviceIdentifier

This constant is used to identify a Accelerometer Bricklet.

The GetIdentity() function and the (*IPConnection) RegisterEnumerateCallback callback of the IPConnection have a deviceIdentifier parameter to specify the Brick's or Bricklet's type.

accelerometer_bricklet.DeviceDisplayName

This constant represents the human readable name of a Accelerometer Bricklet.