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84 changes: 84 additions & 0 deletions libraries/Stepper/stepper.h
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Stepper.h - - Stepper library for Wiring/Arduino - Version 0.4

Original library (0.1) by Tom Igoe.
Two-wire modifications (0.2) by Sebastian Gassner
Combination version (0.3) by Tom Igoe and David Mellis
Bug fix for four-wire (0.4) by Tom Igoe, bug fix from Noah Shibley
High-speed stepping mod and timer rollover fix (0.5) by Eugene Kozlenko

Drives a unipolar or bipolar stepper motor using 2 wires or 4 wires

When wiring multiple stepper motors to a microcontroller,
you quickly run out of output pins, with each motor requiring 4 connections.

By making use of the fact that at any time two of the four motor
coils are the inverse of the other two, the number of
control connections can be reduced from 4 to 2.

A slightly modified circuit around a Darlington transistor array or an L293 H-bridge
connects to only 2 microcontroler pins, inverts the signals received,
and delivers the 4 (2 plus 2 inverted ones) output signals required
for driving a stepper motor. Similarly the Arduino motor shields 2 direction pins
may be used.

The sequence of control signals for 4 control wires is as follows:

Step C0 C1 C2 C3
1 1 0 1 0
2 0 1 1 0
3 0 1 0 1
4 1 0 0 1

The sequence of controls signals for 2 control wires is as follows
(columns C1 and C2 from above):

Step C0 C1
1 0 1
2 1 1
3 1 0
4 0 0

The circuits can be found at
http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Stepper
*/

// ensure this library description is only included once
#ifndef Stepper_h
#define Stepper_h

// library interface description
class Stepper {
public:
// constructors:
Stepper(int number_of_steps, int motor_pin_1, int motor_pin_2);
Stepper(int number_of_steps, int motor_pin_1, int motor_pin_2, int motor_pin_3, int motor_pin_4);

// speed setter method:
void setSpeed(long whatSpeed);

// mover method:
void step(int number_of_steps);

int version(void);

private:
void stepMotor(int this_step);

int direction; // Direction of rotation
int speed; // Speed in RPMs
unsigned long step_delay; // delay between steps, in us, based on speed
int number_of_steps; // total number of steps this motor can take
int pin_count; // whether you're driving the motor with 2 or 4 pins
int step_number; // which step the motor is on

// motor pin numbers:
int motor_pin_1;
int motor_pin_2;
int motor_pin_3;
int motor_pin_4;

long last_step_time; // time stamp in us of when the last step was taken
};

#endif