Motor - OSC
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Control DC motors with the Application Board via OSC.
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Control DC motors with the Application Board via OSC.
There are 4 DC Motor controllers available on the Application Board, numbered 0 - 3.
Each motor controller is composed of 2 adjacent Digital Outs on the Make Application Board:
- motor 0 - Digital Outs 0 and 1.
- motor 1 - Digital Outs 2 and 3.
- motor 2 - Digital Outs 4 and 5.
- motor 3 - Digital Outs 6 and 7.
Each motor controller has three properties:
- Speed
- The speed property corresponds to the speed at which a motor is being driven. This value can be both read and written. The range of values expected by the board is from 0 - 1023. A speed of 0 means the motor is stopped, and 1023 means it is being driven at full speed.
- To set the second motor (connected to Digital Outs 2 and 3) at half speed, send the message Leave the argument value off to read the speed of the motor:
- Direction
- The direction property corresponds to the forward/reverse direction of the motor. This value can be both read and written, and the range of values expected is simply 0 or 1. 1 means forward and 0 means reverse.
- For example, to set the first motor to move in reverse, send the message Simply change the argument of 0 to a 1 in order to set the motor's direction to forward.
- Active
- The active property corresponds to the active state of the motor. If the motor is set to be active, no other tasks will be able to use its 2 digital out lines. If you're not seeing appropriate responses to your messages to the motor, check the whether it's locked by sending a message like
- If you're no longer using the motor, you can free the 2 Digital Outs by sending the message
