ardupilot/libraries/SITL/SIM_SerialRangeFinder.cpp

/*
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   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
   (at your option) any later version.

   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   GNU General Public License for more details.

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 */
/*
  Base class for serial rangefinders
*/

#include "SIM_SerialRangeFinder.h"

using namespace SITL;

void SerialRangeFinder::update(float range)
{
    // just send a chunk of data at 5Hz:
    const uint32_t now = AP_HAL::millis();
    if (now - last_sent_ms < reading_interval_ms()) {
        return;
    }
    last_sent_ms = now;

    const uint16_t range_cm = uint16_t(range*100);
    uint8_t data[255];
    const uint32_t packetlen = packet_for_alt(range_cm,
                                              data,
                                              ARRAY_SIZE(data));

    write_to_autopilot((char*)data, packetlen);
}