lejos.hardware

Interface Power

All Known Implementing Classes:

RemoteBattery, RemoteNXTBattery, RemoteRequestBattery

public interface Power

Interface used to access information about the EV3 battery and current usage.

Author:

Brian Bagnall, Lawrie Griffiths Andy Shaw

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
float	getBatteryCurrent() Return the current draw from the battery
float	getMotorCurrent() return the motor current draw
float	getVoltage() The NXT uses 6 batteries of 1.5 V each.
int	getVoltageMilliVolt() The NXT uses 6 batteries of 1500 mV each.

Method Detail

getVoltageMilliVolt

int getVoltageMilliVolt()

The NXT uses 6 batteries of 1500 mV each.

Returns:

Battery voltage in mV. ~9000 = full.

getVoltage

float getVoltage()

The NXT uses 6 batteries of 1.5 V each.

Returns:

Battery voltage in Volt. ~9V = full.

getBatteryCurrent

float getBatteryCurrent()

Return the current draw from the battery

Returns:

current in Amps

getMotorCurrent

float getMotorCurrent()

return the motor current draw

Returns:

current in Amps