Control a DC motor via a standard H-bridge using a PwmOut pin to control speed and two DigitalOut pins to control direction. Can change pwm period on the PwmOut pin, and also brake high or low.

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Committer:
aberk
Date:
Thu Sep 02 16:32:57 2010 +0000
Revision:
0:f05e09f8f5d9
Child:
1:c75b234558af
Added period(...) method to allow the period on the PwmOut pin to be changed.

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aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 1 /* mbed simple H-bridge motor controller
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 2 * Copyright (c) 2007-2010, sford
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 3 *
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 4 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 5 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 6 * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 7 * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 8 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 9 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 10 *
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 11 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 12 * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 13 *
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aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 19 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 20 * THE SOFTWARE.
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 21 */
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 22
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 23 #ifndef MBED_MOTOR_H
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 24 #define MBED_MOTOR_H
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 25
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 26 #include "mbed.h"
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 27
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 28 /** Interface to control a standard DC motor
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 29 * with an H-bridge using a PwmOut and 2 DigitalOuts
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 30 */
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 31 class Motor {
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 32 public:
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 33
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 34 /** Create a motor control interface
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 35 *
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 36 * @param pwm A PwmOut pin, driving the H-bridge enable line to control the speed
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 37 * @param fwd A DigitalOut, set high when the motor should go forward
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 38 * @param rev A DigitalOut, set high when the motor should go backwards
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 39 */
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 40 Motor(PinName pwm, PinName fwd, PinName rev);
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 41
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 42 /** Set the speed of the motor
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 43 *
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 44 * @param speed The speed of the motor as a normalised value between -1.0 and 1.0
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 45 */
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 46 void speed(float speed);
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 47
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 48 /** Set the period of the pwm duty cycle.
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 49 *
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 50 * Wrapper for PwmOut::period()
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 51 *
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 52 * @param seconds - Pwm duty cycle in seconds.
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 53 */
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 54 void period(float period);
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 55
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 56 protected:
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 57 PwmOut _pwm;
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 58 DigitalOut _fwd;
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 59 DigitalOut _rev;
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 60
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 61 };
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 62
aberk 0:f05e09f8f5d9 63 #endif