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Interface W1DeviceType

public interface W1DeviceType

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1-Wire

Author:

Peter Schuebl

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
W1Device	create(File deviceDir) Creates a new instance of a concrete device.
Class<? extends W1Device>	getDeviceClass() Gets the implementation class of the device which must be a sub-class of W1Device
int	getDeviceFamilyCode() Returns the FID of the W1 device e.g.

Method Detail

getDeviceFamilyCode

int getDeviceFamilyCode()

Returns the FID of the W1 device e.g. 0x28 for DS18B20 Each device has 48 bit (six bytes) globally unique address where last eight bits are CRC of first 56 bits. First byte stores a device family code, that identifies device type.

Returns:

the family id of the device

getDeviceClass

Class<? extends W1Device> getDeviceClass()

Gets the implementation class of the device which must be a sub-class of W1Device

Returns:

the implementation class

create

W1Device create(File deviceDir)

Creates a new instance of a concrete device.

Parameters:

deviceDir -

Returns: