Thomas Hamilton / Mbed 2 deprecated MB1210

Interface class for the Max Botix ultrasonic range finder model 1210. It includes input methods for PWM, Analog, and Serial. A PwmIn class was created to allow the PWM input to be read. Now includes automatic range update via interrupts.

Dependencies:   mbed

Diff: MB1210.h

Revision:
3:05183e50a923
Parent:
2:997b4057c879
Child:
4:a615b75d4126
--- a/MB1210.h	Mon Aug 23 07:11:10 2010 +0000
+++ b/MB1210.h	Thu Aug 26 18:25:19 2010 +0000
@@ -50,8 +50,10 @@
             //this tells the device to prepare a synchronous range reading;
             //must be called at least 99 ms before the reading is needed;
             //changes asynchronous mode to synchronous equivalent
-        void DiscardBuffer();
-            //empties the buffer on the serial port to sync the next reading
+        void DiscardSerialBuffer();
+            //the serial port has a buffer and only the oldest data is read from it;
+            //the buffer has limited space and, when full, the newest data is discarded;
+            //this method allows the user to empty the buffer of old data so new data is used
         float Read();
             //get a reading from the device in the set mode;
             //RequestSyncRead() must be called at least 99 ms