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Revision 8913c26d

ID8913c26d9ebc512b1533bd368257904666391c1f
Parent 3aec4aa2
Child fcd68ec1

Added by Thomas Mullins over 11 years ago

Fixed motors node to work around pwm driver bug

The node can now only do writes to /dev/pwm*, because doing both reads
and writes causes the fstream to try seeking, which fails because it's
not supported by the driver. Then the fstream refuses to do any more io.

View differences:

scout/motors/src/motors.cpp
57 57
Motor::Motor(int pwm_gpt, int in1_gpio, int in2_gpio)
58 58
{
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  char buf[60];
60
  int pwm, in1, in2;
61 60

  
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  // open device files
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  sprintf(buf, "/dev/pwm%d", pwm_gpt);
64
  fpwm.open(buf);
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  fpwm.open(buf, ios::out);
65 64
  sprintf(buf, "/sys/class/gpio/gpio%d/value", in1_gpio);
66
  fin1.open(buf);
65
  fin1.open(buf, ios::out);
67 66
  sprintf(buf, "/sys/class/gpio/gpio%d/value", in2_gpio);
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  fin2.open(buf);
69

  
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  // read current values from device files
71
  fpwm >> pwm;
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  fin1 >> in1;
73
  fin2 >> in2;
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  fin2.open(buf, ios::out);
74 68

  
75
  // convert to our speed units
76
  if (in1)
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  {
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    if (in2)
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    {
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      // short brake
81
      speed = 0;
82
    }
83
    else
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    {
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      // CW
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      speed = pwm;
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    }
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  }
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  else
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  {
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    if (in2)
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    {
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      // CCW
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      speed = -pwm;
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    }
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    else
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    {
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      // off
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      speed = 0;
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    }
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  }
69
  /* I set speed to 0 here rather than reading in what the current speed is
70
   * because the pwm driver does not support seeking in the device files. Doing
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   * both reading and writing causes fpwm to attempt seeking, which fails,
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   * causing fpwm to refuse to do any more io. So, we can only write.
73
   */
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  speed = 0;
102 75

  
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  // ensure we are in a consistent state by writing back to hardware
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  // ensure we are in a consistent state by writing to hardware
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  set_speed(speed);
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}
106 79

  
107 80
/**
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 * @brief Motor destructor
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 *
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 * Sets the motor's speed to zero in preparation for the node exiting
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 */
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Motor::~Motor()
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{
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    set_speed(0);
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}
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/**
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 * @brief Returns current motor speed
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 *
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 * Note that this doesn't read from the hardware
......
156 139
  fin2 << in2 << flush;
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}
158 141

  
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/// @todo change these to the correct motor locations
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/// @todo change these to the correct motor locations / directions
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// Motor state variables
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static Motor motor_fl( 8, 70, 71);
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static Motor motor_fr( 9, 72, 73);
......
241 224
    ROS_INFO("Motors node ready.");
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    ros::spin();
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    motor_fl.set_speed(0);
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    motor_fr.set_speed(0);
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    motor_bl.set_speed(0);
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    motor_br.set_speed(0);
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244 232
    return 0;
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}
246 234

  
scout/motors/src/motors.h
59 59
{
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  public:
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    Motor(int pwm_gpt, int in1_gpio, int in2_gpio);
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    ~Motor();
62 63
    int get_speed();
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    void set_speed(int speed);
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  private:

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