Remarks

MotorWing
Status
Source code	GitHub
Datasheet(s)	GitHub
NuGet package

Code Example

MotorWing motorWing;

public MeadowApp()
{
    Console.WriteLine("Initializing ...");
    var i2CBus = Device.CreateI2cBus(I2cBusSpeed.FastPlus);
    motorWing = new MotorWing(i2CBus, 0x61);
    motorWing.Initialize();

    Run();
}

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);
    }
}

Sample project(s) available on GitHub

Characteristic	Locus
Inheritance	System.Object > MotorWing
Namespace	Meadow.Foundation.FeatherWings
Assembly	MotorWing.dll

Syntax

public class MotorWing : object

Constructors

MotorWing(II2cBus, Byte, Int32)

Declaration

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

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
II2cBus	i2cBus	i2c bus
System.Byte	address	The address of the i2c Peripheral
System.Int32	frequency	The PWM frequency for the PCA9685 IC

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()