Joseph Bradshaw / MotCon

Simple DC motor control commands for driving DC motor conroller with PWM and up to 2 direction signals (complementary). Takes float value from -1.0 to 1.0.

Dependents:   mbed_ES410_simpleSpeedMeasurement mbed_ES20X_V21_Tester

This MotCon motor driver class can be used with a variety of motor driver integrated circuits for driving PM DC motors. The MotCon class is overloaded to accommodate either one or two direction pins and a PwmOut pin for speed control/motor enable .

include the mbed library with this snippet

#include "MotCon.h"     //uses the MotCon.h library for controlling the motor ports

//PC serial connection
Serial pc(USBTX, USBRX);    //tx, rx via USB connection
DigitalOut led(LED1);
MotCon m1(p25, p27);        //uses p25 for PWM and p27 for direction
MotCon m2(p26, p29, p30);   //uses p26 for pwm and p29 and 30 for direction (complimentary)

//------------ Main ------------------------------
int main() {    
    pc.baud(921600);//fast baud rate for USB PC connection
    while(1) {
        //iterate through 2*pi cycles in .01 increments
        for(float cycle=0;cycle<3.14159*2.0;cycle+=.01){
            float m1_dc = .85*sin(cycle);            
            m1.mot_control(m1_dc);
            
            float m2_dc = .85*cos(cycle);
            m2.mot_control(m2_dc);
                        
            pc.printf("cycle=%.3f  m1_dc = %.2f  m1_dc = %.2f\r\n", cycle, m1_dc, m2_dc);
            wait(.01);      //determines period
            led = !led;     //toggle LED1 to indicate activity
        }
    }
}

Diff: MotCon.h

Revision:
10:8e93b06e7ff2
Parent:
7:4d79b914ffdf
Child:
11:7cea0061a144
--- a/MotCon.h	Wed Dec 14 12:49:53 2016 +0000
+++ b/MotCon.h	Fri Mar 16 15:31:03 2018 +0000
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@
     
     void setMode(int mode);                  //mode: 1 = dynamic braking, 0 = free-wheeling (default)
     int getMode(void);
+    float read(void);
+        /**  Shorthand for the write and read functions */
+    MotCon& operator= (float value);
+    MotCon& operator= (MotCon& rhs);
+    operator float();
+    
+    float duty_cycle;    
+    
     bool mc_mode;
 private:
     bool _dir2;