ardupilot/libraries/AP_InertialSensor/AP_InertialSensor_Backend.h

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/*
  IMU driver backend class. Each supported gyro/accel sensor type
  needs to have an object derived from this class.

  Note that drivers can implement just gyros or just accels, and can
  also provide multiple gyro/accel instances.
 */
#ifndef __AP_INERTIALSENSOR_BACKEND_H__
#define __AP_INERTIALSENSOR_BACKEND_H__

class AP_InertialSensor_Backend
{
public:
    AP_InertialSensor_Backend(AP_InertialSensor &imu);

    // we declare a virtual destructor so that drivers can
    // override with a custom destructor if need be.
    virtual ~AP_InertialSensor_Backend(void) {}

    /* 
     * Update the sensor data. Called by the frontend to transfer
     * accumulated sensor readings to the frontend structure via the
     * _rotate_and_offset_gyro() and _rotate_and_offset_accel() functions
     */
    virtual bool update() = 0;

    /* 
     * return true if at least one accel sample is available in the backend
     * since the last call to update()
     */
    virtual bool accel_sample_available() = 0;

    /* 
     * return true if at least one gyro sample is available in the backend
     * since the last call to update()
     */
    virtual bool gyro_sample_available() = 0;

    /*
      return the product ID
     */
    int16_t product_id(void) const { return _product_id; }

protected:
    // access to frontend
    AP_InertialSensor &_imu;

    // rotate gyro vector and offset
    void _rotate_and_offset_gyro(uint8_t instance, const Vector3f &gyro);

    // rotate accel vector, scale and offset
    void _rotate_and_offset_accel(uint8_t instance, const Vector3f &accel);

    // backend should fill in its product ID from AP_PRODUCT_ID_*
    int16_t _product_id;

    // return the default filter frequency in Hz for the sample rate
    uint8_t _default_filter(void) const;

    // note that each backend is also expected to have a static detect()
    // function which instantiates an instance of the backend sensor
    // driver if the sensor is available
};

#endif // __AP_INERTIALSENSOR_BACKEND_H__