tutorial motors

Making the Motors Move

It's time to make the robot be more than just a brick with an absurdly bright LED.

First, include the relevant files:

#include <RASLib/inc/common.h>
#include <RASLib/inc/motor.h>

Then, create the main loop, and declare the motors:

static tMotor *left;
static tMotor *right;
int main() {

Next, initialize the motors:

left = InitializeServoMotor(PIN_B6, false);
right = InitializeServoMotor(PIN_B7, true);

Note that the second argument can be either true or false; this argument controls the direction.

Finally, set the motor speeds. Motor speed parameters should be a floating point number between -1 and 1, inclusive.

SetMotor(left, 1.0);
SetMotor(right, 1.0);

Putting this all together, our code is:

#include <RASLib/inc/common.h>
#include <RASLib/inc/motor.h>

static tMotor *left;
static tMotor *right;

int main() {
    left = InitializeServoMotor(PIN_B6, false);
    right = InitializeServoMotor(PIN_B7, true);

    SetMotor(left, 1.0);
    SetMotor(right, 1.0);
}