// Test a stepper motor driven with an Allegro A4988 Stepper Motor Driver. // Copyright (C)2021-2023, Philip Munts dba Munts Technologies. // // Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without // modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: // // * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, // this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. // // THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" // AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE // IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE // ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE // LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR // CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF // SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS // INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN // CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) // ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE // POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. using static System.Console; WriteLine("\nA4988 Stepper Motor Driver Test\n"); // Create STEP signal GPIO pin object var desg = new IO.Objects.SimpleIO.Device.Designator("Enter STEP signal GPIO pin channel: "); IO.Interfaces.GPIO.Pin Step_Pin = new IO.Objects.SimpleIO.GPIO.Pin(desg, IO.Interfaces.GPIO.Direction.Output, false); // Create DIR signal GPIO pin object desg = new IO.Objects.SimpleIO.Device.Designator("Enter DIR signal GPIO pin channel: "); IO.Interfaces.GPIO.Pin Dir_Pin = new IO.Objects.SimpleIO.GPIO.Pin(desg, IO.Interfaces.GPIO.Direction.Output, false); // Get the number of descrete steps the motor under test has Write("Enter the number of motor steps: "); int numsteps = int.Parse(ReadLine()); // Create A4988 device object IO.Interfaces.Stepper.Output outp = new IO.Devices.A4988.Device(numsteps, Step_Pin, Dir_Pin); WriteLine(); for (;;) { Write("Steps? "); int steps = int.Parse(ReadLine()); Write("Rate? "); float rate = float.Parse(ReadLine()); outp.Move(steps, rate); }