I have a L298 motor driver, which I coded with an Arduino Nano. The code is very simple at the moment:
// connect motor controller pins to Arduino digital pins
// motor one
int enA = 10;
int in1 = 9;
int in2 = 8;
// motor two
int enB = 5;
int in3 = 7;
int in4 = 6;
void setup()
{
// set all the motor control pins to outputs
pinMode(enA, OUTPUT);
pinMode(enB, OUTPUT);
pinMode(in1, OUTPUT);
pinMode(in2, OUTPUT);
pinMode(in3, OUTPUT);
pinMode(in4, OUTPUT);
}
void demoTwo()
{
// this function will run the motors across the range of possible speeds
// note that maximum speed is determined by the motor itself and the operating voltage
// the PWM values sent by analogWrite() are fractions of the maximum speed possible
// by your hardware
// turn on motors
Motors_FWD_PWM_Initialize();
// accelerate from zero to maximum speed
for (int i = 0; i < 256; i++)
{
analogWrite(enA, i);
analogWrite(enB, i);
delay(20);
}
// decelerate from maximum speed to zero
for (int i = 255; i >= 0; --i)
{
analogWrite(enA, i);
analogWrite(enB, i);
delay(20);
}
// now turn off motors
MotorsOff();
}
void loop()
{
demoTwo();
delay(1000);
}
void Motors_FWD_PWM_Initialize()
{
digitalWrite(in1, HIGH);
digitalWrite(in2, LOW);
digitalWrite(in3, HIGH);
digitalWrite(in4, LOW);
}
void MotorsOff()
{
digitalWrite(in1, LOW);
digitalWrite(in2, LOW);
digitalWrite(in3, LOW);
digitalWrite(in4, LOW);
}
Currently I have two questions:
Q1: I have an ultrasonic sensor, how can I write the code so that the motors work and 'keep an eye out' with the ultrasonic sensor simultaneously? i.e. When a certain proximity is reached I would like the robot to stop.
Q2: Also I would like my robot to 'rove' around. How can I make it so? I was thinking having a number of subroutines, and making the arduino randomly choose one.