motor drive libary to use speed control, coasting and dynamic braking. NOTE, dynamic braking my result in large currents. this may or may not set the motor driver on fire/break it/other undesired effects. so read the data sheet folks.

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motordriver.cpp

00001 /*motor driver libary modified from the following libary,
00002 *
00003 * mbed simple H-bridge motor controller
00004 * Copyright (c) 2007-2010, sford
00005 *
00006 * by Christopher Hasler.
00007 *
00008 * from sford's libary,
00009 *
00010 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
00011 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
00012 * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
00013 * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
00014 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
00015 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
00016 *
00017 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
00018 * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
00019 *
00020 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
00021 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
00022 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
00023 * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
00024 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
00025 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
00026 * THE SOFTWARE.
00027 */
00028 
00029 #include "motordriver.h"
00030 
00031 #include "mbed.h"
00032 
00033 Motor::Motor(PinName pwm, PinName fwd, PinName rev, int brakeable):
00034         _pwm(pwm), _fwd(fwd), _rev(rev) {
00035 
00036     // Set initial condition of PWM
00037     _pwm.period(0.001);
00038     _pwm = 0;
00039 
00040     // Initial condition of output enables
00041     _fwd = 0;
00042     _rev = 0;
00043 
00044     //set if the motor dirver is capable of braking. (addition)
00045     Brakeable= brakeable;
00046     sign = 0;//i.e nothing.
00047 }
00048 
00049 float Motor::speed(float speed) {
00050     float temp = 0;
00051     if (sign == 0) {
00052         _fwd = (speed > 0.0);
00053         _rev = (speed < 0.0);
00054         temp = abs(speed);
00055         _pwm = temp;
00056     } else if (sign == 1) {
00057         if (speed < 0) {
00058             _fwd = (speed > 0.0);
00059             _rev = (speed < 0.0);
00060             _pwm = 0;
00061             temp = 0;
00062        } else {
00063             _fwd = (speed > 0.0);
00064             _rev = (speed < 0.0);
00065             temp = abs(speed);
00066             _pwm = temp;
00067         }
00068     } else if (sign == -1) {
00069         if (speed > 0) {
00070             _fwd = (speed > 0.0);
00071             _rev = (speed < 0.0);
00072             _pwm = 0;
00073             temp = 0;
00074         } else {
00075             _fwd = (speed > 0.0);
00076             _rev = (speed < 0.0);
00077             temp = abs(speed);
00078             _pwm = temp;
00079         }
00080     }
00081     if (speed > 0)
00082         sign = 1;
00083     else if (speed < 0) {
00084         sign = -1;
00085     } else if (speed == 0) {
00086         sign = 0;
00087     }
00088     return temp;
00089 }
00090 //  (additions)
00091 void Motor::coast(void) {
00092     _fwd = 0;
00093     _rev = 0;
00094     _pwm = 0;
00095     sign = 0;
00096 }
00097 
00098 float Motor::stop(float duty) {
00099     if (Brakeable == 1) {
00100         _fwd = 1;
00101         _rev = 1;
00102         _pwm = duty;
00103         sign = 0;
00104         return duty;
00105     } else
00106         Motor::coast();
00107         return -1;
00108 }
00109 
00110 float Motor::state(void) {
00111     if ((_fwd == _rev) && (_pwm > 0)) {
00112         return -2;//braking
00113     } else if (_pwm == 0) {
00114         return 2;//coasting
00115     } else if ((_fwd == 0) && (_rev == 1)) {
00116         return -(_pwm);//reversing
00117     }  else if ((_fwd == 1) && (_rev == 0)) {
00118         return _pwm;//fowards
00119     } else
00120         return -3;//error
00121 }
00122 
00123 /*
00124  test code, this demonstrates working motor drivers.
00125 
00126 Motor A(p22, p6, p5, 1); // pwm, fwd, rev, can break
00127 Motor B(p21, p7, p8, 1); // pwm, fwd, rev, can break
00128 int main() {
00129     for (float s=-1.0; s < 1.0 ; s += 0.01) {
00130        A.speed(s);
00131        B.speed(s);
00132        wait(0.02);
00133     }
00134     A.stop();
00135     B.stop();
00136     wait(1);
00137     A.coast();
00138     B.coast();
00139 }
00140 */