package org.firebears.sensors;
// made by Jacob Wiggins

import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.AnalogInput;

/*
 * Range Sensor
 */
public class sharpIRRange extends AnalogInput {
	

	public sharpIRRange(int channel) {
		super(channel);
	}
	//distance will be close to the distance that the robot is
	//assuming that it is between 10cm and 80cm.
	//volt represents the voltage that the sensor outputs
	//when taking the range between the robot and something
	//we got the constants by plotting points, making a function that fits the data
	//and using trial and error to make it more accurate
	//return value in inches

	public double getRangefinderDistance() {
		double volt = this.getAverageVoltage(); // value from sensor * (5/1024)
		//System.out.println(volt);
		double distance = (26.86 * Math.pow(volt, -1.15))/2.54;
		return distance;
		
	}
	
	
//	@Override
//	public void updateTable() {
//		ITable m_table = super.getTable();
//		if (m_table != null) {
//			m_table.putNumber("Distance", getRangefinderDistance());
//		}
//	}
	
	
}

package org.firebears.sensors;
// made by Jacob Wiggins

import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.AnalogInput;

/*
 * Range Sensor
 */
public class sharpIRRange extends AnalogInput {
	

	public sharpIRRange(int channel) {
		super(channel);
	}
	//distance will be close to the distance that the robot is
	//assuming that it is between 10cm and 80cm.
	//volt represents the voltage that the sensor outputs
	//when taking the range between the robot and something
	//we got the constants by plotting points, making a function that fits the data
	//and using trial and error to make it more accurate
	//return value in inches  8" approx 20 cm.

	public double getRangefinderDistance() {
		double volt = this.getAverageVoltage(); // value from sensor * (5/1024)
		//System.out.println(volt);
		double distance = (26.86 * Math.pow(volt, -1.15))/2.54;
		return distance;
		
	}
	
	
//	@Override
//	public void updateTable() {
//		ITable m_table = super.getTable();
//		if (m_table != null) {
//			m_table.putNumber("Distance", getRangefinderDistance());
//		}
//	}
	
	
}

Update range comments inches and centimeters
Update range comments inches and centimeters