doc/tools: improve datalog information

- Fix typo in example
- Explain how to upload a log file
- Show an example graph
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Laurens Valk
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.. automethod:: pybricks.tools.StopWatch.reset
.. autoclass:: pybricks.tools.DataLog
:no-members:
.. automethod:: pybricks.tools.DataLog.log
By default, this class creates a ``csv`` file on the EV3 brick with the
name ``log`` and the current date and time. For example, if you
use this class on 13 February 2020 on 10:07 and 44.431260
seconds, the file is called ``log_2020_02_13_10_07_44_431260.csv``.
You can upload the file to your computer using the device browser as shown
in :numref:`fig_datalog_vscode_upload`. Then you can open it with common
spreadsheet applications, as well as most plain text editors.
.. _fig_datalog_vscode_upload:
.. figure:: ../api/images/datalog_vscode_upload.png
:width: 50 %
Uploading a file from the EV3 to your computer.
.. toggle-header::
:header: **Show/hide example: Logging and visualizing measurements**
**Example**
This example shows how to log the angle of a rotating wheel as time passes.
.. literalinclude:: ../../pybricks-projects/snippets/ev3/datalog/main.py
It creates a ``csv`` file on the EV3 brick with the name ``log`` and
the current date and time. For example, if you
run this example on 13 February 2020 on 10:07 and 44.431260
seconds, the file is called ``log_2020_02_13_10_07_44_431260.csv``. In this
case, it has the following contents::
In this example, the generated file has the following contents::
time, angle
3, 0
@@ -46,14 +63,22 @@
838, 333
942, 385
The file is created on the EV3 Brick. You can find the file in the ev3dev
device browser in the bottom left of your Visual Studio Code window. To
upload it to your computer, right click it and click ``upload``.
When you upload the file to your computer as shown above, you can open it
in a spreadsheet editor. You can then generate a graph of the data, as
shown in :numref:`fig_datalog_graph`.
In this example, we see that the motor angle changes slowly at first. Then
the angle begins to change faster, and the graph becomes a straight line.
This means that the motor has reached a constant speed. You can verify that
the angle increases by 500 degrees per second.
.. _fig_datalog_graph:
.. figure:: ../api/images/datalog_graph.png
:width: 100 %
Original file contents (left) and a generated graph (right).
You can open this ``csv`` file with spreadsheet tools such as
Microsoft Excel, Apple Numbers, or Libreoffice Calc (free). You can then
further analyse or plot the data. The file can also be opened with most
text editors.
.. toggle-header::
:header: **Show/hide example: Using the optional arguments**
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@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class DataLog:
timestamp (bool): Choose ``True`` to add the date and time to the
file name. This way, your file has a unique name.
Choose ``False`` to omit the timestamp.
extension (str): File extension
extension (str): File extension.
"""
pass