So I am trying to put together a state machine, and am running into some difficultly.
I have formatted my program like so:
public enum states { STATE_1, STATE_2, STATE_3, STATE_4, STATE_5, STATE_6, MAX_STATES };
states state = new states;
switch (state){
case STATE_1 :
// if this does that, do something
}
state = STATE_2;
break;
case STATE_2:
// if this does that, do something
}
state = STATE_3;
break;
//etc etc
but I am receiving an error saying "cannot find anything named "state". What am I missing?
enum states { STATE_1, STATE_2, STATE_3, STATE_4, STATE_5, STATE_6, MAX_STATES };
states state;
void setup ()
{
} // end of setup
void loop ()
{
switch (state)
{
case STATE_1 :
// if this does that, do something
state = STATE_2;
break;
case STATE_2:
// if this does that, do something
state = STATE_3;
break;
} // end of switch
} // end of loop
EEk well I feel ridiculous. This question was actually intended for the Processing forum. I posted it there, but the problem lies in implementing this in Processing.
All a state machine is is a loop that has some/all parts that run on the value of a variable.
The rest is in how you do it though keep in mind that any task has a least amount of work to accomplish, it's funny how many people not-think/supposed-to a whole lot of extra steps to do the same job.
GoForSmoke:
All a state machine is is a loop that has some/all parts that run on the value of a variable.
The rest is in how you do it though keep in mind that any task has a least amount of work to accomplish, it's funny how many people not-think/supposed-to a whole lot of extra steps to do the same job.
Sorry, this doesn't compile:
post 136723.msg1078711: syntax error at " people not-think/supposed-to a whole lot of extra steps"
Please post the code that you're actually using to make this point
Not-thinking is for example what you just did.
Supposed-to is like how I'm supposed to hand you code.
You don't have to use switch-case in a state machine nor does state have to be limited to a single action. I'm not being much more specific than your original post which is very general, just giving you tips. Your tip-compiler seems to be turned off or powered down.
You want to find code examples, Google arduino state machine. Maybe add nick gammon to the search words, he's gifted at making explanations.