python_example.py
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00001 #!/usr/bin/env python
00002 
00003 """
00004     Example 1: Read values from a number of analog and digital sensors and control
00005     one or more servos.
00006     
00007     The Pi Robot Project: http://www.pirobot.org
00008     Copyright (c) 2010 Patrick Goebel.  All right reserved.
00009 
00010     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
00011     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
00012     the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
00013     (at your option) any later version.
00014     
00015     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
00016     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
00017     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
00018     GNU General Public License for more details at:
00019     
00020     http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
00021       
00022     NOTE: See the offical ElementTM manual at:
00023     http://www.roboticsconnection.com/multimedia/docs/Element_3.0_UserGuide.pdf
00024 """
00025 
00026 from element_driver import Element
00027 import time, os
00028     
00029 if os.name == "posix":
00030     portName = "/dev/ttyUSB0"   # Change this to your main Element port!   
00031     #portName = "/dev/rfcomm0" # For bluetooth on Linux
00032     # Note: On Linux, after connecting to the Bluetooth adapter, run the command
00033     # sudo rfcomm bind /dev/rfcomm0
00034 else:
00035     portName = "COM12" # Change this to your main Element's port!
00036     
00037 baudRate = 57600 # Change this to your Element's baud rate!
00038 
00039 myElement = Element(port=portName, baudrate=baudRate, timeout=0.5, units=0)
00040 myElement.connect()
00041     
00042 print "Firmware Version", myElement.fw()
00043 print "Units", myElement.get_units()
00044 print "Baudrate", myElement.get_baud()
00045     
00046 # Uncomment the following line to move a servo on pin 5 to position 0
00047 #print "Moving servo on GPIO pin 5 (servo ID 6)", myElement.servo(6, 0)
00048 
00049 samples = 1
00050 
00051 for i in range(samples):
00052     print "All raw analog sensor values:", myElement.get_all_analog()
00053     print "Raw analog values from the cache:", myElement.analog_sensor_cache
00054     print "Element voltage from the cache", myElement.voltage(cached=True)
00055     print "Ping sonar reading on digital pin 0:", myElement.get_Ping(0)
00056     print "Ping reading from the cache:", myElement.get_Ping(0, cached=True)
00057     print "Sharp IR reading using on analog pin 0:", myElement.get_GP2D12(0)
00058     print "Sharp IR reading from cache:", myElement.get_GP2D12(0, cached=True)
00059     #print "MaxEZ1 on pins 6 and 7", myElement.get_maxez1(6, 7)
00060     time.sleep(0.05)
00061     
00062 print "\nTesting completed, shutting down."
00063 
00064 myElement.stop()
00065 myElement.close()
00066 


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Author(s): Patrick Goebel
autogenerated on Sun Oct 5 2014 23:44:54