task_motor.py File Reference

Directly interfaces with motors. More...

Functions
def	task_motor.taskMotor (taskname, period, motor_drv, mFlag, MFlag, duty, eFlag, mode)
	Task that is in charge of any alterations to drivers or motors. More...

Detailed Description

Directly interfaces with motors.

Task file to set duty cycle of motor 1 or motor 2. Interfaces with driver.py driver file to interact with the motor. Contains logic to ensure there are no improper duty cycle inputs.

Author

Ryan Dean

Zachary Hendrix

Date

2/17/2022

Function Documentation

taskMotor()

def task_motor.taskMotor	(		taskname,
			period,
			motor_drv,
			mFlag,
			MFlag,
			duty,
			eFlag,
			mode
	)

Task that is in charge of any alterations to drivers or motors.

This task sets the duty cycle for both mototr as well as enables driver to allow said motors to operate

Parameters

taskname	The name of the task
period	This task is designed to work cooperatively with other tasks. The period is how long it should take for the code to circle back and do this task
motor_drv	The motor driver name, used to refernce the motors being used in this task
mFlag	A flag that is active when the m button was pressed in task user.
MFlag	A flag that is active when the M button was pressed in task user. Holds True or False value dependinf the input from the user in task_user.py. initiates the input duty cycle to motor2
duty	A shared variable that hold the duty cycle value for either motor in the driver
eFlag	A flag that is active when the e button was pressed in task user. Used to tell this task to enable the driver.