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Get the quaternion from arduino output string with filter
// !!! Attention !!!
void initPort (SerialPort port) {
// set this encoding to extend the ascii range
port.Encoding = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding(28591);
}
// return:
// quat = Quaternion.identity if packet is invalid
// index = -1 if packet is invalid
void getQuatFromString (string s, out Quaternion quaternion, out int index) {
char[] packet = s.ToCharArray ();
string str = "";
foreach (char c in packet) {
str += (int)c + " ";
}
//Debug.Log (str);
// Windows user: use (packet.Length != 18 || packet[0] != 36) as condition
if (packet.Length != 19 || packet[0] != 36 || packet[18] != 13) {
quaternion = Quaternion.identity;
index = -1;
} else {
float[] q = new float[4];
q[0] = ((packet[2] << 8) | packet[3]) / 16384f;
q[1] = ((packet[4] << 8) | packet[5]) / 16384f;
q[2] = ((packet[6] << 8) | packet[7]) / 16384f;
q[3] = ((packet[8] << 8) | packet[9]) / 16384f;
for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) if (q[i] >= 2) q[i] = -4 + q[i];
//Debug.Log (quat.x + " " + quat.y + " " + quat.z + " " + quat.w);
quaternion = new Quaternion (q [1], q [2], q [3], q [0]);
index = packet [1] - '0';
}
}
// sample usage
void readFromArduinoPort (SerialPort serial) {
string serialRead = serial.ReadLine ();
int outIndex;
Quaternion quat;
getQuatFromString (serialRead, out quat, out outIndex);
if (outIndex != -1 && !quat.Equals(Quaternion.identity)) {
objs [outIndex].rotation = quat;
}
}
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