Trying to convert a C++ library to C#

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Guys,

although i don’t have any FEZ board yet, I’m trying to get my hands dirty and provide this community with a nice library, or should i say device driver. (it for a range of digital devices)

My C# experience is a bit rusty (not to mention my c++ experience is even worse) and i could use some help here.

I’m having trouble converting the following to C#:


typedef uint8_t MyAddress[8];

which is them used like this:


void myClass::begin(void)
{
  MyAddress myAddress;
  ....
}

Can anyone point me into the right direction ?

Thanks,
EriSan500

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you want a

byte[] myAddress = new byte[8];

this is an array of 8 bit integers (bytes are 8 bit) which can hold 8 items (the number in the square brackets). There is no way, or need to make a typedef in C#, just use the byte array as above.

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byte[] myAddress = new byte[8];
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thanks guys,

what about the second code part of my question?


void myClass::begin(void)
{
  MyAddress myAddress;
  ....
}

thanks in advance

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public static void begin()

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Chris:

Why static? Member variable is within a class.

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Have you tried any of the code translators out there?
[url]http://code2code.net/Default.aspx[/url]

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yes, but it gives me a “sorry, parser error” :smiley:

Anyway, I’m trying to create a library to make it easier to query onewire sensors including DS18S20, DS18B20, DS1822, DS2438 so if anyone is interested in collaborating, I’ll be glad to hear from you.

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I am assuming you know we have OneWire support and you want to make some wrappers to simplify the usage of certain sensors?

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Exactly Gus.

I’m looking at doing something along the lines of:



FEZ_Components.DallasSensors mysensors = new FEZ_Components.DallasSensors(FEZ_Pin.Digital.Di9);

Sensor temps = mysensors.getAllTemperatures();
foreach (sensor s in temps) {
  debug.print("Model: {0} Address: {1} has {2} °C", s.model, s.address, s.temp);
}

Same will be done for humidity, light, voltage, current.

they all will return an object with the sensor addresses and values.

Too bad i don’t have a FEZ board yet (can’t afford it right now, need a new job badly first)

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FEZ Panda is under $20! You can’t afford that :frowning:

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I have 4 kids going to school, no job, bills keep coming in…I’ve had better times :-[

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If you have blogs about electronics, projects videos…etc. that shows how you can be very valuable to the FEZ community then I maybe able to convince the guys of sending you a free FEZ Panda.

No guarantee but we can try :slight_smile:

What country are you in?

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Gus, i’m from Belgium.

Can you contact me by email to discuss this further?
My email: eric dot vdb at gmail dot com

Thanks