icommand.platform.nxt
Class Battery

java.lang.Object
  icommand.platform.nxt.Battery

All Implemented Interfaces:

NXTProtocol

public class Battery
extends java.lang.Object
implements NXTProtocol

Battery class. Usage: int x = Battery.getVoltageMilliVolt();

Version:

0.2 4-September-2006

Author:

Brian Bagnall

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface icommand.nxtcomm.NXTProtocol

ANGLE, ANGLESTEPSMODE, BOOLEANMODE, BOOT, BRAKE, CELSIUSMODE, CLOSE, CUSTOM, DELETE, DELETE_USER_FLASH, DIRECT_COMMAND_NOREPLY, DIRECT_COMMAND_REPLY, FAHRENHEITMODE, FIND_FIRST, FIND_NEXT, GET_BATTERY_LEVEL, GET_CURRENT_PROGRAM_NAME, GET_DEVICE_INFO, GET_FIRMWARE_VERSION, GET_INPUT_VALUES, GET_OUTPUT_STATE, HIGH_SPEED_BUFFER, KEEP_ALIVE, LIGHT_ACTIVE, LIGHT_INACTIVE, LOWSPEED, LOWSPEED_9V, LS_GET_STATUS, LS_READ, LS_WRITE, MESSAGE_READ, MESSAGE_WRITE, MODEMASK, MOTOR_RUN_STATE_IDLE, MOTOR_RUN_STATE_RAMPDOWN, MOTOR_RUN_STATE_RAMPUP, MOTOR_RUN_STATE_RUNNING, MOTORON, NO_OF_SENSOR_TYPES, NO_SENSOR, OPEN_APPEND_DATA, OPEN_READ, OPEN_READ_LINEAR, OPEN_WRITE, OPEN_WRITE_DATA, OPEN_WRITE_LINEAR, PCTFULLSCALEMODE, PERIODCOUNTERMODE, PLAY_SOUND_FILE, PLAY_TONE, POLL, POLL_BUFFER, POLL_LENGTH, RAWMODE, READ, REFLECTION, REGULATED, REGULATION_MODE_IDLE, REGULATION_MODE_MOTOR_SPEED, REGULATION_MODE_MOTOR_SYNC, REPLY_COMMAND, RESET_MOTOR_POSITION, RESET_SCALED_INPUT_VALUE, SET_BRICK_NAME, SET_INPUT_MODE, SET_OUTPUT_STATE, SLOPEMASK, SOUND_DB, SOUND_DBA, START_PROGRAM, STOP_PROGRAM, STOP_SOUND_PLAYBACK, SWITCH, SYSTEM_COMMAND_NOREPLY, SYSTEM_COMMAND_REPLY, TEMPERATURE, TRANSITIONCNTMODE, WRITE

Method Summary

static float	getVoltage() The NXT uses 6 batteries of 1.5 V each.
static int	getVoltageMilliVolt() The NXT uses 6 batteries of 1500 mV each.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getVoltageMilliVolt

public static int getVoltageMilliVolt()

The NXT uses 6 batteries of 1500 mV each.

Returns:

Battery voltage in mV. ~9000 = full.

getVoltage

public static float getVoltage()

The NXT uses 6 batteries of 1.5 V each.

Returns:

Battery voltage in Volt. ~9V = full.