Package com.diozero.devices.motor

Class TB6612FNGMotor

java.lang.Object

com.diozero.devices.motor.MotorBase

com.diozero.devices.motor.TB6612FNGMotor

All Implemented Interfaces:

DeviceInterface, MotorInterface, AutoCloseable

public class TB6612FNGMotor
extends MotorBase

Bi-directional motor controlled by a single PWM pin and separate forward / backward GPIO pins. Toshiba TB6612FNG Dual Motor Driver such as this one from Pololu.

Turn forward

set pin 1 to HIGH, pin 2 to LOW, and PWM to >0.

Turn backward

set pin 1 to LOW, pin 2 to HIGH, PWM to >0.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TB6612FNGMotor(DigitalOutputDevice motorForwardControlPin, DigitalOutputDevice motorBackwardControlPin, PwmOutputDevice motorPwmControl)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	backward(float speed)
void	close()	Close this device
void	forward(float speed)
float	getValue()	Represents the speed of the motor as a floating point value between -1 (full speed backward) and 1 (full speed forward)
boolean	isActive()
void	stop()

Methods inherited from class com.diozero.devices.motor.MotorBase

addListener, removeListener, reverse, setValue, valueChanged, whenBackward, whenForward, whenStop

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TB6612FNGMotor

public TB6612FNGMotor(DigitalOutputDevice motorForwardControlPin,
                      DigitalOutputDevice motorBackwardControlPin,
                      PwmOutputDevice motorPwmControl)

Method Detail

close

public void close()

Description copied from interface: DeviceInterface

Close this device

forward

public void forward(float speed)
             throws RuntimeIOException

Parameters:

speed - Range 0..1

Throws:

RuntimeIOException - if an I/O error occurs

backward

public void backward(float speed)
              throws RuntimeIOException

Parameters:

speed - Range 0..1

Throws:

RuntimeIOException - if an I/O error occurs

stop

public void stop()
          throws RuntimeIOException

Throws:

RuntimeIOException

getValue

public float getValue()
               throws RuntimeIOException

Represents the speed of the motor as a floating point value between -1 (full speed backward) and 1 (full speed forward)

Throws:

RuntimeIOException - if an I/O error occurs

isActive

public boolean isActive()
                 throws RuntimeIOException

Throws:

RuntimeIOException