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* Copyright (c) 2016 Julien Louette & Gaƫl Wittorski
*
* This file is part of Raspoid.
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******************************************************************************/
package com.raspoid;
import com.raspoid.additionalcomponents.adc.ADC;
/**
* <b>This class is used as an abstraction for each analog component.</b>
*
* <p>An analog component needs to be used with an ADC (Analog to Digital Converter) to convert
* the analog signals to digital ones that can be decoded by the Raspberry Pi.</p>
*
* @author Julien Louette & Gaël Wittorski
* @version 1.0
*/
public class AnalogComponent implements Component {
/**
* The ADC (Analogic to Digital converter) to use with this analog component.
*/
protected ADC adc;
/**
* Constructor for a new analog component, connected to the Raspberry Pi through an ADC.
* @param adc the ADC used to concert analog signals to digital ones.
*/
public AnalogComponent(ADC adc) {
this.adc = adc;
}
/**
* Get the ADC entity used to deal with this analog component.
* @return the ADC entity used to deal with the analog component.
*/
public ADC getADC() {
return adc;
}
@Override
public String getType() {
return "AnalogComponent";
}
}