Add Config Files

[bellh14]

Config File to Initialize the Sensors

• Create a JSON file that can stores which sensors are on the car, which ports they are connected to, and what those sensors represent
• Create a parser class that parses this data
• Once the refactors are done, the parse should have methods to return a useable version of the data to initialize the sensors

JSON File

Up to interpretation on how to implement the JSON data, but it needs to be easily parseable and logical to add to it.

Possible option:

Sensors {
     Linpots: {
         inputs: [
             {
                 name: "Front Right",
                 port: "AIN1",
            },
            {
                 name: "Front Left",
                 port: "AIN2",
            },
        ],
    },
    Switch: {
        inputs: [
             {
                 name: "Saving Switch",
                 port: "AIN0",
            },
        ],
    },

  Accelerometers: {
          inputs: [
               {
                   name: "Acc1",
                   ports: [
                          "AIN10",
                           "AIN11",
                           "AIN12",
                        ],
              },
          ],
      },
}

Do not worry about the specific port numbers and names as these might change.

Parser Class

• Should initialize off of the name of the config file. self.config_data = load_json(self.file_name). (note load json is probably a different method name)
• Have a method for parsing each sensor, so

def read_linpot_config(self) -> [[]]: 
  return [[name, port], [name, port], [name, port], [name, port]]

This is just a possible option you are free to implement it as you see fit. The only requirements here are that it is logical and easy to use.

What the data goes to.

#  General Form for 1 Linpot
# Will need to call this for each list in the return list
self.linpot_df.loc[index, name] = ljm.eReadName(
                            self.handle, port)
# Current
self.linpot_df.loc[index, "Front Right"] = ljm.eReadName(
                            self.handle, "AIN1")

Questions

If you have any questions message Noel or I.

[Squidtoon99]

BTW: This class should be atomic (or really well designed) otherwise there will be a risk of corrupting config data with access from different threads.