5202 Motor Speed with RC Control

Good Day Everyone!

First time here!

I'm using a 5202 motor with a micro controller with an RC interface. I want to monitor the speed of the motor through the encoder.

I based my sketch off of one that used a potentiometer to control the motor, but I use an RC unit to do that. I commented out the lines for the potentiometer control.

My sketch won't compile. Please help.

Here's my sketch:
/*
Gearmotor Rotary Encoder Test
motor-encoder-rpm.ino
Read pulses from motor encoder to calculate speed
Control speed with potentiometer
Displays results on Serial Monitor
Use Cytron MD10C PWM motor controller
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*/

// Motor encoder output pulse per rotation (change as required)
#define ENC_COUNT_REV 537

/*
// Encoder output to Arduino Interrupt pin
#define ENC_IN 3
// MD10C PWM connected to pin 10
#define PWM 10
// MD10C DIR connected to pin 12
#define DIR 12
// Analog pin for potentiometer
int speedcontrol = 0;
*/

// Pulse count from encoder
volatile long encoderValue = 0;

// One-second interval for measurements
int interval = 1000;

// Counters for milliseconds during interval
long previousMillis = 0;
long currentMillis = 0;

// Variable for RPM measurement
int rpm = 0;

/*
// Variable for PWM motor speed output
int motorPwm = 0;
*/

void setup()
{
// Setup Serial Monitor
Serial.begin(9600);

// Set encoder as input with internal pullup
pinMode(3,INPUT_PULLUP);

/*
pinMode(ENC_IN, INPUT_PULLUP);
*/

/*
// Set PWM and DIR connections as outputs
pinMode(PWM, OUTPUT);
pinMode(DIR, OUTPUT);
*/

// Attach interrupt
attachInterrupt(digitalPinToInterrupt(3), updateEncoder, RISING);

/*
attachInterrupt(digitalPinToInterrupt(ENC_IN), updateEncoder, RISING);
*/

// Setup initial values for timer
previousMillis = millis();
}

void loop()
{
/*
// Control motor with potentiometer
motorPwm = map(analogRead(speedcontrol), 0, 1023, 0, 255);

// Write PWM to controller
analogWrite(PWM, motorPwm);
*/

// Update RPM value every second
currentMillis = millis();
if (currentMillis - previousMillis > interval)
{
previousMillis = currentMillis;

// Calculate RPM
rpm = (float)(encoderValue * 60 / ENC_COUNT_REV);

// Only update display when there is a reading
if (rpm > 0) 
{

  /*
  Serial.print("PWM VALUE: ");
  Serial.print(motorPwm);
  */
  
  Serial.print('\t');
  Serial.print(" PULSES: ");
  Serial.print(encoderValue);
  Serial.print('\t');
  Serial.print(" SPEED: ");
  Serial.print(rpm);
  Serial.println(" RPM");
}

encoderValue = 0;

}
}

void updateEncoder()
{
// Increment value for each pulse from encoder
encoderValue++;
}

@oavion, your topic has been moved to a more suitable location on the forum.

Can you please take some time to read How to get the best out of this forum (again?), edit your post and apply code tags as described. It makes it esier to read and copy. Thanks

What is the error? You did not provide that information. What board are you using? It compiles just fine for me on a Uno.

blh64,

Thank you for the sanity check!

I pared down the sketch title and restarted everything and it's working!

The program did ask to set up a new folder with "sketch" in the title.

All good!

Thanks again!

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