org.mbari.siam.distributed.devices
Interface AnalogBoard

All Known Implementing Classes:

FOCEAnalogBoard, FOCESensorayBoard

public interface AnalogBoard

AnalogBoard encapsulates a piece of hardware than can do A/D conversions

Author:

Bob Herlien

Method Summary

double	analogSample(int chan) Convert one A/D channel to voltage
double[]	analogScan(int chan, int nchans) Convert multiple A/D channels to voltages
void	analogSetup(int chan, int range, int polarity, int gain) Set up one or more analog channels
void	close() Close this board
java.lang.String	getName() Return name.
int	numChans() Return number of channels per board

Method Detail

analogSetup

void analogSetup(int chan,
                 int range,
                 int polarity,
                 int gain)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Set up one or more analog channels

Throws:

java.io.IOException

analogSample

double analogSample(int chan)
                    throws java.io.IOException,
                           java.lang.NumberFormatException

Convert one A/D channel to voltage

Throws:

java.io.IOException

java.lang.NumberFormatException

analogScan

double[] analogScan(int chan,
                    int nchans)
                    throws java.io.IOException,
                           java.lang.NumberFormatException

Convert multiple A/D channels to voltages

Throws:

java.io.IOException

java.lang.NumberFormatException

close

void close()
           throws java.io.IOException

Close this board

Throws:

java.io.IOException

numChans

int numChans()

Return number of channels per board

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Return name.