Remarks

MotorWing
Status
Source code	GitHub
NuGet package

Code Example

public class MeadowApp : App<F7Micro, MeadowApp>
{
    MotorWing motorWing;

    public MeadowApp()
    {
        Initialize();
        Run();
    }

    void Initialize()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Initialize hardware...");
        var i2CBus = Device.CreateI2cBus(I2cBusSpeed.FastPlus);
        motorWing = new MotorWing(i2CBus, 0x61);
        motorWing.Initialize();
    }

    void Run()
    {
        //Get DC motor 1
        var dcMotor1 = motorWing.GetMotor(1);

        //Get DC motor 2
        var dcMotor2 = motorWing.GetMotor(2);

        //Get Stepper motor number 2
        var stepper = motorWing.GetStepper(2, 200);

        dcMotor1.Run(Commmand.FORWARD);
        dcMotor2.Run(Commmand.BACKWARD);

        while (true)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Speed up");
            for (short i = 0; i <= 255; i++)
            {
                dcMotor1.SetSpeed(i);
                dcMotor2.SetSpeed(i);
                Thread.Sleep(10);
            }

            stepper.Step(50);

            Thread.Sleep(500);

            Console.WriteLine("Slow down");
            for (short i = 255; i >= 0; i--)
            {
                dcMotor1.SetSpeed(i);
                dcMotor2.SetSpeed(i);
                Thread.Sleep(10);
            }

            stepper.Step(-50);

            Thread.Sleep(500);
        }
    }
}

Characteristic	Locus
Inheritance	System.Object > MotorWing
Inherited Members	System.Object.ToString() System.Object.Equals(System.Object) System.Object.Equals(System.Object, System.Object) System.Object.ReferenceEquals(System.Object, System.Object) System.Object.GetHashCode() System.Object.GetType() System.Object.MemberwiseClone()
Namespace	Meadow.Foundation.FeatherWings
Assembly	MotorWing.dll

Syntax

public class MotorWing

Constructors

MotorWing(II2cBus, Byte, Int32)

Declaration

public MotorWing(II2cBus i2cBus, byte address = 96, int frequency = 1600)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
II2cBus	i2cBus	i2c bus
System.Byte	address	The address of the i2c Peripheral
System.Int32	frequency

Methods

GetMotor(Int16)

Returns a instance of a DC Motor object

Declaration

public DCMotor GetMotor(short dcMotorIndex)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Int16	dcMotorIndex	The motor port we want to use: 1 thru 4 are valid

Returns

Type	Description
DCMotor	DCMotor

GetStepper(Int16, Int32)

Returns a instance of a Stepper Motor object

Declaration

public StepperMotor GetStepper(short stepperMotorIndex, int steps)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Int16	stepperMotorIndex	The stepper motor port we want to use: only 0 or 1 are valid
System.Int32	steps	The number of steps the motor has

Returns

Type	Description
StepperMotor	StepperMotor

Initialize()

Initialize the PCA9685

Declaration

public void Initialize()