max_sonar.py

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#!/usr/bin/env python

"""
  max_sonar.py - convert analog stream into range measurements
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"""

import roslib; roslib.load_manifest('arbotix_sensors')
import rospy

from sensor_msgs.msg import Range
from arbotix_msgs.msg import Analog
from arbotix_msgs.srv import SetupChannel, SetupChannelRequest

from arbotix_python.sensors import *

class max_sonar:
    def __init__(self):
        rospy.init_node("max_sonar")
        
        self.sensor = maxSonar() 

        # start channel broadcast using SetupAnalogIn
        rospy.wait_for_service('arbotix/SetupAnalogIn')
        analog_srv = rospy.ServiceProxy('arbotix/SetupAnalogIn', SetupChannel) 
        
        req = SetupChannelRequest()
        req.topic_name = rospy.get_param("~name")
        req.pin = rospy.get_param("~pin")
        req.rate = int(rospy.get_param("~rate",10))
        analog_srv(req)

        # setup a range message to use
        self.msg = Range()
        self.msg.radiation_type = self.sensor.radiation_type
        self.msg.field_of_view = self.sensor.field_of_view
        self.msg.min_range = self.sensor.min_range
        self.msg.max_range = self.sensor.max_range

        # publish/subscribe
        self.pub = rospy.Publisher("sonar_range", Range)
        rospy.Subscriber("arbotix/"+req.topic_name, Analog, self.readingCb)

        rospy.spin()
        
    def readingCb(self, msg):
        # convert msg.value into range.range
        self.msg.header.stamp = rospy.Time.now()
        self.msg.range = self.sensor.convert(msg.value<<2)
        self.pub.publish(self.msg)

if __name__=="__main__":
    max_sonar()

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arbotix_sensors
Author(s): Michael Ferguson
autogenerated on Fri Jan 11 09:54:30 2013