Re: Using floating point in driver

[Aras Vaichas <arasv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Karl Hiramoto wrote:
> viper@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>   
>> Thx. Any method to read in floating point value like "2.5"? 
>>     
>
> One way is to just change your units..    For example instead of 2.5 
> meters  use 2500 mm.    Or use fixed point math.
>   
For a servo, you could specify:

* angle in degrees: 0 to 180
* percent of total range: 0 to 100
* microseconds of pulse width: 1000 to 2000

I generally try to avoid floating point wherever possible, it's an 
embedded programming habit.

Aras

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