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/*
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  Stepper.cpp - - Stepper library for Wiring/Arduino - Version 0.4
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  Original library     (0.1) by Tom Igoe.
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  Two-wire modifications   (0.2) by Sebastian Gassner
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  Combination version   (0.3) by Tom Igoe and David Mellis
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  Bug fix for four-wire   (0.4) by Tom Igoe, bug fix from Noah Shibley  
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  Drives a unipolar or bipolar stepper motor using  2 wires or 4 wires
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  When wiring multiple stepper motors to a microcontroller,
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  you quickly run out of output pins, with each motor requiring 4 connections. 
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  By making use of the fact that at any time two of the four motor
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  coils are the inverse  of the other two, the number of
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  control connections can be reduced from 4 to 2. 
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  A slightly modified circuit around a Darlington transistor array or an L293 H-bridge
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  connects to only 2 microcontroler pins, inverts the signals received,
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  and delivers the 4 (2 plus 2 inverted ones) output signals required
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  for driving a stepper motor.
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  The sequence of control signals for 4 control wires is as follows:
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  Step C0 C1 C2 C3
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     1  1  0  1  0
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     2  0  1  1  0
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     3  0  1  0  1
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     4  1  0  0  1
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  The sequence of controls signals for 2 control wires is as follows
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  (columns C1 and C2 from above):
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  Step C0 C1
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     1  0  1
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     2  1  1
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     3  1  0
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     4  0  0
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  The circuits can be found at 
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http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Stepper
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 */
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#include "Arduino.h"
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#include "Stepper.h"
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/*
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 * two-wire constructor.
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 * Sets which wires should control the motor.
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 */
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Stepper::Stepper(int number_of_steps, int motor_pin_1, int motor_pin_2)
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{
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  this->step_number = 0;      // which step the motor is on
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  this->speed = 0;        // the motor speed, in revolutions per minute
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  this->direction = 0;      // motor direction
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  this->last_step_time = 0;    // time stamp in ms of the last step taken
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  this->number_of_steps = number_of_steps;    // total number of steps for this motor
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  // Arduino pins for the motor control connection:
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  this->motor_pin_1 = motor_pin_1;
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  this->motor_pin_2 = motor_pin_2;
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  // setup the pins on the microcontroller:
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  pinMode(this->motor_pin_1, OUTPUT);
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  pinMode(this->motor_pin_2, OUTPUT);
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  // When there are only 2 pins, set the other two to 0:
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  this->motor_pin_3 = 0;
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  this->motor_pin_4 = 0;
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  // pin_count is used by the stepMotor() method:
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  this->pin_count = 2;
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}
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/*
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 *   constructor for four-pin version
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 *   Sets which wires should control the motor.
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 */
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Stepper::Stepper(int number_of_steps, int motor_pin_1, int motor_pin_2, int motor_pin_3, int motor_pin_4)
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{
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  this->step_number = 0;      // which step the motor is on
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  this->speed = 0;        // the motor speed, in revolutions per minute
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  this->direction = 0;      // motor direction
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  this->last_step_time = 0;    // time stamp in ms of the last step taken
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  this->number_of_steps = number_of_steps;    // total number of steps for this motor
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  // Arduino pins for the motor control connection:
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  this->motor_pin_1 = motor_pin_1;
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  this->motor_pin_2 = motor_pin_2;
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  this->motor_pin_3 = motor_pin_3;
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  this->motor_pin_4 = motor_pin_4;
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  // setup the pins on the microcontroller:
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  pinMode(this->motor_pin_1, OUTPUT);
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  pinMode(this->motor_pin_2, OUTPUT);
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  pinMode(this->motor_pin_3, OUTPUT);
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  pinMode(this->motor_pin_4, OUTPUT);
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  // pin_count is used by the stepMotor() method:  
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  this->pin_count = 4;  
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}
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/*
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  Sets the speed in revs per minute
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*/
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void Stepper::setSpeed(long whatSpeed)
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{
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  this->step_delay = 60L * 1000L / this->number_of_steps / whatSpeed;
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}
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/*
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  Moves the motor steps_to_move steps.  If the number is negative, 
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   the motor moves in the reverse direction.
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 */
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void Stepper::step(int steps_to_move)
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{  
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  int steps_left = abs(steps_to_move);  // how many steps to take
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  // determine direction based on whether steps_to_mode is + or -:
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  if (steps_to_move > 0) {this->direction = 1;}
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  if (steps_to_move < 0) {this->direction = 0;}
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  // decrement the number of steps, moving one step each time:
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  while(steps_left > 0) {
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  // move only if the appropriate delay has passed:
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  if (millis() - this->last_step_time >= this->step_delay) {
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      // get the timeStamp of when you stepped:
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      this->last_step_time = millis();
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      // increment or decrement the step number,
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      // depending on direction:
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      if (this->direction == 1) {
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        this->step_number++;
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        if (this->step_number == this->number_of_steps) {
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          this->step_number = 0;
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        }
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      } 
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      else { 
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        if (this->step_number == 0) {
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          this->step_number = this->number_of_steps;
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        }
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        this->step_number--;
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      }
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      // decrement the steps left:
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      steps_left--;
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      // step the motor to step number 0, 1, 2, or 3:
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      stepMotor(this->step_number % 4);
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    }
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  }
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}
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 * Moves the motor forward or backwards.
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void Stepper::stepMotor(int thisStep)
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{
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  if (this->pin_count == 2) {
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    switch (thisStep) {
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      case 0: /* 01 */
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      digitalWrite(motor_pin_1, LOW);
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      digitalWrite(motor_pin_2, HIGH);
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      break;
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      case 1: /* 11 */
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      digitalWrite(motor_pin_1, HIGH);
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      digitalWrite(motor_pin_2, HIGH);
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      break;
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      case 2: /* 10 */
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      digitalWrite(motor_pin_1, HIGH);
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      digitalWrite(motor_pin_2, LOW);
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      break;
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      case 3: /* 00 */
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      digitalWrite(motor_pin_1, LOW);
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      digitalWrite(motor_pin_2, LOW);
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      break;
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    } 
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  }
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  if (this->pin_count == 4) {
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    switch (thisStep) {
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      case 0:    // 1010
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      digitalWrite(motor_pin_1, HIGH);
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      digitalWrite(motor_pin_2, LOW);
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      digitalWrite(motor_pin_3, HIGH);
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      digitalWrite(motor_pin_4, LOW);
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      break;
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      case 1:    // 0110
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      digitalWrite(motor_pin_1, LOW);
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      digitalWrite(motor_pin_2, HIGH);
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      digitalWrite(motor_pin_3, HIGH);
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      digitalWrite(motor_pin_4, LOW);
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      break;
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      case 2:    //0101
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      digitalWrite(motor_pin_1, LOW);
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      digitalWrite(motor_pin_2, HIGH);
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      digitalWrite(motor_pin_3, LOW);
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      digitalWrite(motor_pin_4, HIGH);
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      break;
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      case 3:    //1001
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      digitalWrite(motor_pin_1, HIGH);
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      digitalWrite(motor_pin_2, LOW);
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      digitalWrite(motor_pin_3, LOW);
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      digitalWrite(motor_pin_4, HIGH);
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      break;
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    } 
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  }
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}
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/*
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  version() returns the version of the library:
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*/
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int Stepper::version(void)
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{
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  return 4;
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}