Visual Basic .NET - Accelerometer Bricklet¶

Simple¶

Download (ExampleSimple.vb)

 1Imports System
 2Imports Tinkerforge
 3
 4Module ExampleSimple
 5    Const HOST As String = "localhost"
 6    Const PORT As Integer = 4223
 7    Const UID As String = "XYZ" ' Change XYZ to the UID of your Accelerometer Bricklet
 8
 9    Sub Main()
10        Dim ipcon As New IPConnection() ' Create IP connection
11        Dim a As New BrickletAccelerometer(UID, ipcon) ' Create device object
12
13        ipcon.Connect(HOST, PORT) ' Connect to brickd
14        ' Don't use device before ipcon is connected
15
16        ' Get current acceleration
17        Dim x, y, z As Short
18
19        a.GetAcceleration(x, y, z)
20
21        Console.WriteLine("Acceleration [X]: " + (x/1000.0).ToString() + " g")
22        Console.WriteLine("Acceleration [Y]: " + (y/1000.0).ToString() + " g")
23        Console.WriteLine("Acceleration [Z]: " + (z/1000.0).ToString() + " g")
24
25        Console.WriteLine("Press key to exit")
26        Console.ReadLine()
27        ipcon.Disconnect()
28    End Sub
29End Module

Callback¶

Download (ExampleCallback.vb)

 1Imports System
 2Imports Tinkerforge
 3
 4Module ExampleCallback
 5    Const HOST As String = "localhost"
 6    Const PORT As Integer = 4223
 7    Const UID As String = "XYZ" ' Change XYZ to the UID of your Accelerometer Bricklet
 8
 9    ' Callback subroutine for acceleration callback
10    Sub AccelerationCB(ByVal sender As BrickletAccelerometer, ByVal x As Short, _
11                       ByVal y As Short, ByVal z As Short)
12        Console.WriteLine("Acceleration [X]: " + (x/1000.0).ToString() + " g")
13        Console.WriteLine("Acceleration [Y]: " + (y/1000.0).ToString() + " g")
14        Console.WriteLine("Acceleration [Z]: " + (z/1000.0).ToString() + " g")
15        Console.WriteLine("")
16    End Sub
17
18    Sub Main()
19        Dim ipcon As New IPConnection() ' Create IP connection
20        Dim a As New BrickletAccelerometer(UID, ipcon) ' Create device object
21
22        ipcon.Connect(HOST, PORT) ' Connect to brickd
23        ' Don't use device before ipcon is connected
24
25        ' Register acceleration callback to subroutine AccelerationCB
26        AddHandler a.AccelerationCallback, AddressOf AccelerationCB
27
28        ' Set period for acceleration callback to 1s (1000ms)
29        ' Note: The acceleration callback is only called every second
30        '       if the acceleration has changed since the last call!
31        a.SetAccelerationCallbackPeriod(1000)
32
33        Console.WriteLine("Press key to exit")
34        Console.ReadLine()
35        ipcon.Disconnect()
36    End Sub
37End Module

Threshold¶

Download (ExampleThreshold.vb)

 1Imports System
 2Imports Tinkerforge
 3
 4Module ExampleThreshold
 5    Const HOST As String = "localhost"
 6    Const PORT As Integer = 4223
 7    Const UID As String = "XYZ" ' Change XYZ to the UID of your Accelerometer Bricklet
 8
 9    ' Callback subroutine for acceleration reached callback
10    Sub AccelerationReachedCB(ByVal sender As BrickletAccelerometer, ByVal x As Short, _
11                              ByVal y As Short, ByVal z As Short)
12        Console.WriteLine("Acceleration [X]: " + (x/1000.0).ToString() + " g")
13        Console.WriteLine("Acceleration [Y]: " + (y/1000.0).ToString() + " g")
14        Console.WriteLine("Acceleration [Z]: " + (z/1000.0).ToString() + " g")
15        Console.WriteLine("")
16    End Sub
17
18    Sub Main()
19        Dim ipcon As New IPConnection() ' Create IP connection
20        Dim a As New BrickletAccelerometer(UID, ipcon) ' Create device object
21
22        ipcon.Connect(HOST, PORT) ' Connect to brickd
23        ' Don't use device before ipcon is connected
24
25        ' Get threshold callbacks with a debounce time of 10 seconds (10000ms)
26        a.SetDebouncePeriod(10000)
27
28        ' Register acceleration reached callback to subroutine AccelerationReachedCB
29        AddHandler a.AccelerationReachedCallback, AddressOf AccelerationReachedCB
30
31        ' Configure threshold for acceleration "greater than 2 g, 2 g, 2 g"
32        a.SetAccelerationCallbackThreshold(">"C, 2*1000, 0, 2*1000, 0, 2*1000, 0)
33
34        Console.WriteLine("Press key to exit")
35        Console.ReadLine()
36        ipcon.Disconnect()
37    End Sub
38End Module

Basic Functions¶

Class BrickletAccelerometer(ByVal uid As String, ByVal ipcon As IPConnection)¶

Creates an object with the unique device ID uid:

Dim accelerometer As New BrickletAccelerometer("YOUR_DEVICE_UID", ipcon)

This object can then be used after the IP Connection is connected.

Sub BrickletAccelerometer.GetAcceleration(ByRef x As Short, ByRef y As Short, ByRef z As Short)¶

Output Parameters:	x – Type: Short, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: ? y – Type: Short, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: ? z – Type: Short, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: ?

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().

Function BrickletAccelerometer.GetTemperature() As Short¶

Returns:	temperature – Type: Short, Unit: 1 °C, Range: [-103 to 152]

Returns the temperature of the accelerometer.

Sub BrickletAccelerometer.LEDOn()¶

Enables the LED on the Bricklet.

Sub BrickletAccelerometer.LEDOff()¶

Disables the LED on the Bricklet.

Function BrickletAccelerometer.IsLEDOn() As Boolean¶

Returns:	on – Type: Boolean, Default: false

Returns true if the LED is enabled, false otherwise.

Advanced Functions¶

Sub BrickletAccelerometer.SetConfiguration(ByVal dataRate As Byte, ByVal fullScale As Byte, ByVal filterBandwidth As Byte)¶

Parameters:	dataRate – Type: Byte, Range: See constants, Default: 6 fullScale – Type: Byte, Range: See constants, Default: 1 filterBandwidth – Type: Byte, Range: See constants, Default: 2

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:

• BrickletAccelerometer.DATA_RATE_OFF = 0

• BrickletAccelerometer.DATA_RATE_3HZ = 1

• BrickletAccelerometer.DATA_RATE_6HZ = 2

• BrickletAccelerometer.DATA_RATE_12HZ = 3

• BrickletAccelerometer.DATA_RATE_25HZ = 4

• BrickletAccelerometer.DATA_RATE_50HZ = 5

• BrickletAccelerometer.DATA_RATE_100HZ = 6

• BrickletAccelerometer.DATA_RATE_400HZ = 7

• BrickletAccelerometer.DATA_RATE_800HZ = 8

• BrickletAccelerometer.DATA_RATE_1600HZ = 9

For fullScale:

• BrickletAccelerometer.FULL_SCALE_2G = 0

• BrickletAccelerometer.FULL_SCALE_4G = 1

• BrickletAccelerometer.FULL_SCALE_6G = 2

• BrickletAccelerometer.FULL_SCALE_8G = 3

• BrickletAccelerometer.FULL_SCALE_16G = 4

For filterBandwidth:

• BrickletAccelerometer.FILTER_BANDWIDTH_800HZ = 0

• BrickletAccelerometer.FILTER_BANDWIDTH_400HZ = 1

• BrickletAccelerometer.FILTER_BANDWIDTH_200HZ = 2

• BrickletAccelerometer.FILTER_BANDWIDTH_50HZ = 3

Sub BrickletAccelerometer.GetConfiguration(ByRef dataRate As Byte, ByRef fullScale As Byte, ByRef filterBandwidth As Byte)¶

Output Parameters:	dataRate – Type: Byte, Range: See constants, Default: 6 fullScale – Type: Byte, Range: See constants, Default: 1 filterBandwidth – Type: Byte, Range: See constants, Default: 2

Returns the configuration as set by SetConfiguration().

The following constants are available for this function:

For dataRate:

• BrickletAccelerometer.DATA_RATE_OFF = 0

• BrickletAccelerometer.DATA_RATE_3HZ = 1

• BrickletAccelerometer.DATA_RATE_6HZ = 2

• BrickletAccelerometer.DATA_RATE_12HZ = 3

• BrickletAccelerometer.DATA_RATE_25HZ = 4

• BrickletAccelerometer.DATA_RATE_50HZ = 5

• BrickletAccelerometer.DATA_RATE_100HZ = 6

• BrickletAccelerometer.DATA_RATE_400HZ = 7

• BrickletAccelerometer.DATA_RATE_800HZ = 8

• BrickletAccelerometer.DATA_RATE_1600HZ = 9

For fullScale:

• BrickletAccelerometer.FULL_SCALE_2G = 0

• BrickletAccelerometer.FULL_SCALE_4G = 1

• BrickletAccelerometer.FULL_SCALE_6G = 2

• BrickletAccelerometer.FULL_SCALE_8G = 3

• BrickletAccelerometer.FULL_SCALE_16G = 4

For filterBandwidth:

• BrickletAccelerometer.FILTER_BANDWIDTH_800HZ = 0

• BrickletAccelerometer.FILTER_BANDWIDTH_400HZ = 1

• BrickletAccelerometer.FILTER_BANDWIDTH_200HZ = 2

• BrickletAccelerometer.FILTER_BANDWIDTH_50HZ = 3

Sub BrickletAccelerometer.GetIdentity(ByRef uid As String, ByRef connectedUid As String, ByRef position As Char, ByRef hardwareVersion() As Byte, ByRef firmwareVersion() As Byte, ByRef deviceIdentifier As Integer)¶

Output Parameters:

uid – Type: String, Length: up to 8 connectedUid – Type: String, Length: up to 8 position – Type: Char, Range: ["a"C to "h"C, "z"C] hardwareVersion – Type: Byte Array, Length: 3 0: major – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255] 1: minor – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255] 2: revision – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255] firmwareVersion – Type: Byte Array, Length: 3 0: major – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255] 1: minor – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255] 2: revision – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255] deviceIdentifier – Type: Integer, Range: [0 to 216 - 1]

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¶

Sub BrickletAccelerometer.SetAccelerationCallbackPeriod(ByVal period As Long)¶

Parameters:	period – Type: Long, Unit: 1 ms, Range: [0 to 232 - 1], Default: 0

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.

Function BrickletAccelerometer.GetAccelerationCallbackPeriod() As Long¶

Returns:	period – Type: Long, Unit: 1 ms, Range: [0 to 232 - 1], Default: 0

Returns the period as set by SetAccelerationCallbackPeriod().

Sub BrickletAccelerometer.SetAccelerationCallbackThreshold(ByVal option As Char, ByVal minX As Short, ByVal maxX As Short, ByVal minY As Short, ByVal maxY As Short, ByVal minZ As Short, ByVal maxZ As Short)¶

Parameters:

option – Type: Char, Range: See constants, Default: "x"C minX – Type: Short, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: [-215 to 215 - 1], Default: 0 maxX – Type: Short, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: [-215 to 215 - 1], Default: 0 minY – Type: Short, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: [-215 to 215 - 1], Default: 0 maxY – Type: Short, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: [-215 to 215 - 1], Default: 0 minZ – Type: Short, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: [-215 to 215 - 1], Default: 0 maxZ – Type: Short, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: [-215 to 215 - 1], Default: 0

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:

• BrickletAccelerometer.THRESHOLD_OPTION_OFF = "x"C

• BrickletAccelerometer.THRESHOLD_OPTION_OUTSIDE = "o"C

• BrickletAccelerometer.THRESHOLD_OPTION_INSIDE = "i"C

• BrickletAccelerometer.THRESHOLD_OPTION_SMALLER = "<"C

• BrickletAccelerometer.THRESHOLD_OPTION_GREATER = ">"C

Sub BrickletAccelerometer.GetAccelerationCallbackThreshold(ByRef option As Char, ByRef minX As Short, ByRef maxX As Short, ByRef minY As Short, ByRef maxY As Short, ByRef minZ As Short, ByRef maxZ As Short)¶

Output Parameters:

option – Type: Char, Range: See constants, Default: "x"C minX – Type: Short, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: [-215 to 215 - 1], Default: 0 maxX – Type: Short, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: [-215 to 215 - 1], Default: 0 minY – Type: Short, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: [-215 to 215 - 1], Default: 0 maxY – Type: Short, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: [-215 to 215 - 1], Default: 0 minZ – Type: Short, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: [-215 to 215 - 1], Default: 0 maxZ – Type: Short, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: [-215 to 215 - 1], Default: 0

Returns the threshold as set by SetAccelerationCallbackThreshold().

The following constants are available for this function:

For option:

• BrickletAccelerometer.THRESHOLD_OPTION_OFF = "x"C

• BrickletAccelerometer.THRESHOLD_OPTION_OUTSIDE = "o"C

• BrickletAccelerometer.THRESHOLD_OPTION_INSIDE = "i"C

• BrickletAccelerometer.THRESHOLD_OPTION_SMALLER = "<"C

• BrickletAccelerometer.THRESHOLD_OPTION_GREATER = ">"C

Sub BrickletAccelerometer.SetDebouncePeriod(ByVal debounce As Long)¶

Parameters:	debounce – Type: Long, Unit: 1 ms, Range: [0 to 232 - 1], Default: 100

Sets the period with which the threshold callback

• AccelerationReachedCallback

is triggered, if the threshold

• SetAccelerationCallbackThreshold()

keeps being reached.

Function BrickletAccelerometer.GetDebouncePeriod() As Long¶

Returns:	debounce – Type: Long, Unit: 1 ms, Range: [0 to 232 - 1], Default: 100

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 by assigning a procedure to an callback property of the device object:

Sub MyCallback(ByVal sender As BrickletAccelerometer, ByVal value As Short)
    Console.WriteLine("Value: {0}", value)
End Sub

AddHandler accelerometer.ExampleCallback, AddressOf MyCallback

The available callback property and their type of parameters are described below.

Event BrickletAccelerometer.AccelerationCallback(ByVal sender As BrickletAccelerometer, ByVal x As Short, ByVal y As Short, ByVal z As Short)¶

Callback Parameters:	sender – Type: BrickletAccelerometer x – Type: Short, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: ? y – Type: Short, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: ? z – Type: Short, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: ?

This callback is triggered periodically with the period that is set by SetAccelerationCallbackPeriod(). The 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.

Event BrickletAccelerometer.AccelerationReachedCallback(ByVal sender As BrickletAccelerometer, ByVal x As Short, ByVal y As Short, ByVal z As Short)¶

Callback Parameters:	sender – Type: BrickletAccelerometer x – Type: Short, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: ? y – Type: Short, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: ? z – Type: Short, Unit: 1/1000 gₙ, Range: ?

This callback is triggered when the threshold as set by SetAccelerationCallbackThreshold() is reached. The 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.

Function BrickletAccelerometer.GetAPIVersion() As Byte()¶

Output Parameters:	apiVersion – Type: Byte Array, Length: 3 0: major – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255] 1: minor – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255] 2: revision – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255]

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.

Function BrickletAccelerometer.GetResponseExpected(ByVal functionId As Byte) As Boolean¶

Parameters:	functionId – Type: Byte, Range: See constants
Returns:	responseExpected – Type: Boolean

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:

• BrickletAccelerometer.FUNCTION_SET_ACCELERATION_CALLBACK_PERIOD = 2

• BrickletAccelerometer.FUNCTION_SET_ACCELERATION_CALLBACK_THRESHOLD = 4

• BrickletAccelerometer.FUNCTION_SET_DEBOUNCE_PERIOD = 6

• BrickletAccelerometer.FUNCTION_SET_CONFIGURATION = 9

• BrickletAccelerometer.FUNCTION_LED_ON = 11

• BrickletAccelerometer.FUNCTION_LED_OFF = 12

Sub BrickletAccelerometer.SetResponseExpected(ByVal functionId As Byte, ByVal responseExpected As Boolean)¶

Parameters:	functionId – Type: Byte, Range: See constants responseExpected – Type: Boolean

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:

• BrickletAccelerometer.FUNCTION_SET_ACCELERATION_CALLBACK_PERIOD = 2

• BrickletAccelerometer.FUNCTION_SET_ACCELERATION_CALLBACK_THRESHOLD = 4

• BrickletAccelerometer.FUNCTION_SET_DEBOUNCE_PERIOD = 6

• BrickletAccelerometer.FUNCTION_SET_CONFIGURATION = 9

• BrickletAccelerometer.FUNCTION_LED_ON = 11

• BrickletAccelerometer.FUNCTION_LED_OFF = 12

Sub BrickletAccelerometer.SetResponseExpectedAll(ByVal responseExpected As Boolean)¶

Parameters:	responseExpected – Type: Boolean

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

Constants¶

Const BrickletAccelerometer.DEVICE_IDENTIFIER¶

This constant is used to identify a Accelerometer Bricklet.

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

Const BrickletAccelerometer.DEVICE_DISPLAY_NAME¶

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