Servo HelloWorld

Dependencies:   mbed

Dependents:   Servo_Motor_Button

Fork of Servo by Simon Ford

Servo.h

Committer:
simon
Date:
2010-05-18
Revision:
2:8995c167f399
Parent:
0:24148c673250
Child:
3:36b69a7ced07

File content as of revision 2:8995c167f399:

/* mbed R/C Servo Library
 *  
 * Copyright (c) 2007-2010 sford, cstyles
 *
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
 * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 *
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
 * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 *
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
 * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
 * THE SOFTWARE.
 */
  
#ifndef MBED_SERVO_H
#define MBED_SERVO_H

#include "mbed.h"

/* Class: Servo
 *  Servo control class, based on a PwmOut
 *
 * Example:
 * > // Continuously sweep the servo through it's full range
 * > #include "mbed.h"
 * > #include "Servo.h"
 * >
 * > Servo myservo(p21);
 * >
 * > int main() {
 * >     while(1) {
 * >         for(int i=0; i<100; i++) {
 * >             myservo = i/100.0;
 * >             wait(0.01);
 * >         }
 * >         for(int i=100; i>0; i--) {
 * >             myservo = i/100.0;
 * >             wait(0.01);
 * >         }
 * >     }
 * > }
 */
class Servo {

public:
    /* Constructor: Servo
     *  Create a servo object connected to the specified PwmOut pin
     *
     * Variables:
     *  pin - PwmOut pin to connect to 
     */
    Servo(PinName pin);
    
    /* Function: write
     *  Set the servo position, normalised to it's full range
     *
     * Variables:
     *  percent - A normalised number 0.0-1.0 to represent the full range.
     */
    void write(float percent);
    
    /* Function: read
     *  Read the servo motors current position
     *
     * Variables:
     *  returns - A normalised number 0.0-1.0  representing the full range.
     */
    float read();
    
    /* Function: position
     *  Set the servo position
     *
     * Variables:
     *  degrees - Servo position in degrees
     */
    void position(float degrees);
    
    /* Function: calibrate
     *  Allows calibration of the range and angles for a particular servo
     *
     *
     * Variables:
     *  range - Pulsewidth range from center (1.5ms) to maximum/minimum position in seconds
     *  degrees - Angle from centre to maximum/minimum position in degrees
     */
    void calibrate(float range = 0.0005, float degrees = 45.0); 
        
    /* Function: operator=
     *  Shorthand for the write and read functions
     */
    Servo& operator= (float percent);
    Servo& operator= (Servo& rhs);
    operator float();

protected:
    PwmOut _pwm;
    float _range;
    float _degrees;
    float _p;
};

#endif