Hello,
I am currently working on a XY plotter using two stepper motors. For that I downloaded Arduino version 1.0.6, and <MultiStepper.h> class. Even though I have successfully uploaded the code to Arduino board, the motors doesn't move. The reason for using an old version of Arduino is <MultiStepper.h> is not available for latest Arduino versions.
Can someone suggest me what would have been the problem here. Thanks in advance.
// MultiStepper.pde
// -*- mode: C++ -*-
// Use MultiStepper class to manage multiple steppers and make them all move to
// the same position at the same time for linear 2d (or 3d) motion.
#include <AccelStepper.h>
#include <MultiStepper.h>
// EG X-Y position bed driven by 2 steppers
// Alas its not possible to build an array of these with different pins for each :-(
AccelStepper stepper1(AccelStepper::FULL4WIRE, 8, 9, 10, 11);
AccelStepper stepper2(AccelStepper::FULL4WIRE, 4, 5, 6, 7);
// Up to 10 steppers can be handled as a group by MultiStepper
MultiStepper steppers;
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
// Configure each stepper
stepper1.setMaxSpeed(100);
stepper2.setMaxSpeed(100);
// Then give them to MultiStepper to manage
steppers.addStepper(stepper1);
steppers.addStepper(stepper2);
}
void loop() {
long positions[2]; // Array of desired stepper positions
positions[0] = 1000;
positions[1] = 50;
steppers.moveTo(positions);
steppers.runSpeedToPosition(); // Blocks until all are in position
delay(1000);
// Move to a different coordinate
// positions[0] = -100;
// positions[1] = 100;
// steppers.moveTo(positions);
// steppers.runSpeedToPosition(); // Blocks until all are in position
// delay(1000);
}
