Visual Basic .NET - Analog Out Bricklet¶

Simple¶

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Imports System
Imports Tinkerforge

Module ExampleSimple
    Const HOST As String = "localhost"
    Const PORT As Integer = 4223
    Const UID As String = "XYZ" ' Change XYZ to the UID of your Analog Out Bricklet

    Sub Main()
        Dim ipcon As New IPConnection() ' Create IP connection
        Dim ao As New BrickletAnalogOut(UID, ipcon) ' Create device object

        ipcon.Connect(HOST, PORT) ' Connect to brickd
        ' Don't use device before ipcon is connected

        ' Set output voltage to 3.3V
        ao.SetVoltage(3300)

        Console.WriteLine("Press key to exit")
        Console.ReadLine()
        ipcon.Disconnect()
    End Sub
End Module

Basic Functions¶

Class BrickletAnalogOut(ByVal uid As String, ByVal ipcon As IPConnection)¶

Creates an object with the unique device ID uid:

Dim analogOut As New BrickletAnalogOut("YOUR_DEVICE_UID", ipcon)

This object can then be used after the IP Connection is connected.

Sub BrickletAnalogOut.SetVoltage(ByVal voltage As Integer)¶

Parameters:	voltage – Type: Integer, Unit: 1 mV, Range: [0 to 5000], Default: 0

Sets the voltage. Calling this function will set the mode to 0 (see SetMode()).

Function BrickletAnalogOut.GetVoltage() As Integer¶

Returns:	voltage – Type: Integer, Unit: 1 mV, Range: [0 to 5000], Default: 0

Returns the voltage as set by SetVoltage().

Sub BrickletAnalogOut.SetMode(ByVal mode As Byte)¶

Parameters:	mode – Type: Byte, Range: See constants, Default: 1

Sets the mode of the analog value. Possible modes:

• 0: Normal Mode (Analog value as set by SetVoltage() is applied)
• 1: 1k Ohm resistor to ground
• 2: 100k Ohm resistor to ground
• 3: 500k Ohm resistor to ground

Setting the mode to 0 will result in an output voltage of 0 V. You can jump to a higher output voltage directly by calling SetVoltage().

The following constants are available for this function:

For mode:

• BrickletAnalogOut.MODE_ANALOG_VALUE = 0
• BrickletAnalogOut.MODE_1K_TO_GROUND = 1
• BrickletAnalogOut.MODE_100K_TO_GROUND = 2
• BrickletAnalogOut.MODE_500K_TO_GROUND = 3

Function BrickletAnalogOut.GetMode() As Byte¶

Returns:	mode – Type: Byte, Range: See constants, Default: 1

Returns the mode as set by SetMode().

The following constants are available for this function:

For mode:

• BrickletAnalogOut.MODE_ANALOG_VALUE = 0
• BrickletAnalogOut.MODE_1K_TO_GROUND = 1
• BrickletAnalogOut.MODE_100K_TO_GROUND = 2
• BrickletAnalogOut.MODE_500K_TO_GROUND = 3

Advanced Functions¶

Sub BrickletAnalogOut.GetIdentity(ByRef uid As String, ByRef connectedUid As String, ByRef position As Char, ByRef hardwareVersion() As Byte, ByRef firmwareVersion() As Byte, ByRef deviceIdentifier As Integer)¶

Output Parameters:

uid – Type: String, Length: up to 8 connectedUid – Type: String, Length: up to 8 position – Type: Char, Range: ["a"C to "h"C, "z"C] hardwareVersion – Type: Byte Array, Length: 3 0: major – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255] 1: minor – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255] 2: revision – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255] firmwareVersion – Type: Byte Array, Length: 3 0: major – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255] 1: minor – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255] 2: revision – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255] deviceIdentifier – Type: Integer, Range: [0 to 216 - 1]

Returns the UID, the UID where the Bricklet is connected to, the position, the hardware and firmware version as well as the device identifier.

The position can be 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g' or 'h' (Bricklet Port). A Bricklet connected to an Isolator Bricklet is always at position 'z'.

The device identifier numbers can be found here. There is also a constant for the device identifier of this Bricklet.

Virtual Functions¶

Virtual functions don't communicate with the device itself, but operate only on the API bindings device object. They can be called without the corresponding IP Connection object being connected.

Function BrickletAnalogOut.GetAPIVersion() As Byte()¶

Output Parameters:	apiVersion – Type: Byte Array, Length: 3 0: major – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255] 1: minor – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255] 2: revision – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255]

Returns the version of the API definition implemented by this API bindings. This is neither the release version of this API bindings nor does it tell you anything about the represented Brick or Bricklet.

Function BrickletAnalogOut.GetResponseExpected(ByVal functionId As Byte) As Boolean¶

Parameters:	functionId – Type: Byte, Range: See constants
Returns:	responseExpected – Type: Boolean

Returns the response expected flag for the function specified by the function ID parameter. It is true if the function is expected to send a response, false otherwise.

For getter functions this is enabled by default and cannot be disabled, because those functions will always send a response. For callback configuration functions it is enabled by default too, but can be disabled by SetResponseExpected(). For setter functions it is disabled by default and can be enabled.

Enabling the response expected flag for a setter function allows to detect timeouts and other error conditions calls of this setter as well. The device will then send a response for this purpose. If this flag is disabled for a setter function then no response is sent and errors are silently ignored, because they cannot be detected.

The following constants are available for this function:

For functionId:

• BrickletAnalogOut.FUNCTION_SET_VOLTAGE = 1
• BrickletAnalogOut.FUNCTION_SET_MODE = 3

Sub BrickletAnalogOut.SetResponseExpected(ByVal functionId As Byte, ByVal responseExpected As Boolean)¶

Parameters:	functionId – Type: Byte, Range: See constants responseExpected – Type: Boolean

Changes the response expected flag of the function specified by the function ID parameter. This flag can only be changed for setter (default value: false) and callback configuration functions (default value: true). For getter functions it is always enabled.

Enabling the response expected flag for a setter function allows to detect timeouts and other error conditions calls of this setter as well. The device will then send a response for this purpose. If this flag is disabled for a setter function then no response is sent and errors are silently ignored, because they cannot be detected.

The following constants are available for this function:

For functionId:

• BrickletAnalogOut.FUNCTION_SET_VOLTAGE = 1
• BrickletAnalogOut.FUNCTION_SET_MODE = 3

Sub BrickletAnalogOut.SetResponseExpectedAll(ByVal responseExpected As Boolean)¶

Parameters:	responseExpected – Type: Boolean

Changes the response expected flag for all setter and callback configuration functions of this device at once.

Constants¶

Const BrickletAnalogOut.DEVICE_IDENTIFIER¶

This constant is used to identify a Analog Out Bricklet.

The GetIdentity() function and the IPConnection.EnumerateCallback callback of the IP Connection have a deviceIdentifier parameter to specify the Brick's or Bricklet's type.

Const BrickletAnalogOut.DEVICE_DISPLAY_NAME¶

This constant represents the human readable name of a Analog Out Bricklet.