Motor.h

00001 /* mbed simple H-bridge motor controller
00002  * Copyright (c) 2007-2010, sford, http://mbed.org
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00022 
00023 #ifndef MBED_MOTOR_H
00024 #define MBED_MOTOR_H
00025 
00026 #include "mbed.h"
00027 
00028 /** Interface to control a standard DC motor 
00029  *
00030  * with an H-bridge using a PwmOut and 2 DigitalOuts
00031  */
00032 class Motor {
00033 public:
00034 
00035     /** Create a motor control interface    
00036      *
00037      * @param pwm A PwmOut pin, driving the H-bridge enable line to control the speed
00038      * @param fwd A DigitalOut, set high when the motor should go forward
00039      * @param rev A DigitalOut, set high when the motor should go backwards
00040      */
00041     Motor(PinName pwm, PinName fwd, PinName rev);
00042     
00043     /** Set the speed of the motor
00044      * 
00045      * @param speed The speed of the motor as a normalised value between -1.0 and 1.0
00046      */
00047     void speed(float speed);
00048 
00049 protected:
00050     PwmOut _pwm;
00051     DigitalOut _fwd;
00052     DigitalOut _rev;
00053 
00054 };
00055 
00056 #endif