Utility Class

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Provides a collection of helper functions you can use to configure settings for security, collections, driver manipulation, time, and idle CPU usage.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System. . :: . .Object
Microsoft.SPOT.Hardware..::..Utility

Namespace: Microsoft.SPOT.Hardware
Assembly: Microsoft.SPOT.Native (in Microsoft.SPOT.Native.dll)

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class Utility

public static class Utility

public ref class Utility abstract sealed

[<AbstractClass>]
[<Sealed>]
type Utility =  class end

public final class Utility

The Utility type exposes the following members.

	Name	Description
	Backlight	Controls the backlight hardware feature.
	CombineArrays(array<Byte> [] () [] [], array<Byte> [] () [] [])	Combines all of the data from two arrays of bytes into one array.
	CombineArrays(array<Byte> [] () [] [], Int32, Int32, array<Byte> [] () [] [], Int32, Int32)	Combines ranges of data from two arrays of bytes into one array.
	ComputeCRC	Computes a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) from the specified byte array buffer.
	ExtractRangeFromArray	Extracts a linear section of data from a byte array.
	ExtractValueFromArray	Extracts a value from a byte array, using the specified position and size of the data objects in the array.
	GetMachineTime	Gets the machine time (system time).
	InsertValueIntoArray	Inserts a value at a specified position in a byte array.
	Piezo	Causes a sound to be emitted from the piezo speaker.
	SetLocalTime	Sets the system to the local time.

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Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.