Project 10 problems with program, help needed

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#1

Hey,

i followed every step described in the projects book (at least i think i did), but my power button does not seem to work at all. The problem is in the code i think, because as you can see, i was monitoring it through serial communication, and every time i press the button, the "motorPower" variable stays the same. It does write out "INDICATOR" tho. Thanks for the help in advance :slight_smile: Here is my code:

const int controlPin1 = 2;
const int controlPin2 = 3;
const int enablePin = 9;
const int directionSwitchPin = 4;
const int onOffPin = 5;
const int potPin = A0;

int onOffSwitchState = 0;
int prevOnOffSwitchState = 0;
int directionSwitchState = 0;
int prevDirectionSwitchState = 0;

int motorPower = 0;
int motorSpeed = 0;
int motorDirection = 1;
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
pinMode(controlPin1,OUTPUT);
pinMode(controlPin2,OUTPUT);
pinMode(enablePin,OUTPUT);
pinMode(directionSwitchPin,INPUT);
pinMode(onOffPin,INPUT);

analogWrite(enablePin, 0);
}

void loop() {
onOffSwitchState = digitalRead(onOffPin);
delay(1);

directionSwitchState = digitalRead(directionSwitchPin);

motorSpeed = analogRead(potPin)/4;

if (onOffSwitchState != prevOnOffSwitchState) {
if (onOffSwitchState == 1) {
Serial.print("INDICATOR");
motorPower = 0;
}
prevOnOffSwitchState = onOffSwitchState;
}

if (directionSwitchState != prevDirectionSwitchState) {
if (directionSwitchState == 1) {
motorDirection = !motorDirection;
}
}

if (motorDirection = 1) {
digitalWrite(controlPin1,LOW);
digitalWrite(controlPin2,HIGH);
} else {
digitalWrite(controlPin1,HIGH);
digitalWrite(controlPin2,LOW);
}

if (motorPower = 1){
analogWrite(enablePin,motorSpeed);
} else {
analogWrite(enablePin,0);
}
prevDirectionSwitchState = directionSwitchState;
Serial.print("onoffPin = ");Serial.print(onOffSwitchState);Serial.print(" prev: ");Serial.print(prevOnOffSwitchState);Serial.print(" motorpower: ");Serial.println(motorPower);
}

#2

Try adding more print statements to show when button states change and speed up the serial baud rate. 9600 is slow even compared to that sketch, go for the high end to serial monitor.

#3

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#5