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1/*jslint node:true, vars:true, bitwise:true, unparam:true */
2/*jshint unused:true */
3/*
4* Author: Jon Trulson <jtrulson@ics.com>
5* Copyright (c) 2015 Intel Corporation.
6*
7* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
8* a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
9* "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
10* without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
11* distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
12* permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
13* the following conditions:
14*
15* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
16* included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
17*
18* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
19* EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
20* MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
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23* OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
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25*/
26
27// JavaScript example for the MaxSonar-EZ family of ultrasonic range finders
28
29// analog voltage, usually 3.3 or 5.0
30var MAXSONAREZ_AREF = 5.0;
31
32var MaxSonarEZ = require('jsupm_maxsonarez');
33
34// Instantiate a MaxSonar-EZ on analog pin A1, with an analog
35// reference voltage of MAXSONAREZ_AREF
36var mySonar = new MaxSonarEZ.MAXSONAREZ(1, MAXSONAREZ_AREF);
37
38// Every second, sample the sonar and output the distance to an
39// object in inches.
40
41// With the EZ3 version, the minimum and maximum ranges seemed to be
42// between 6 and 33 inches
43
44var myInterval = setInterval(function()
45{
46	console.log("AREF: " + MAXSONAREZ_AREF +
47                    ", distance in inches: " + mySonar.inches());
48}, 1000);
49
50// Print message when exiting
51process.on('SIGINT', function()
52{
53	clearInterval(myInterval);
54	mySonar = null;
55	MaxSonarEZ.cleanUp();
56	MaxSonarEZ = null;
57	console.log("Exiting...");
58	process.exit(0);
59});
60