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2024-03-28 2:27 am
Hi
Is there a code for Nano ULN2003, in the setup, for returning motor position to home or zero, using a micro switch.
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Charles
2024-03-28 11:01 am
Hi
Is there a code for Nano ULN2003, in the setup, for returning motor position to home or zero, using a micro switch.
Thanks
Charles
There is no 'home' function that I can see in the library.
If home is defined as an arbitrary position of the motor where a micro switch is positioned, then a function you can create called as an example 'moveToHome' just needs to rotate the motor slowly while waiting to sense the micro-switch closing. Of course you will need to physically attach some sort of a micro-switch actuator to allow this to work.
CAUTION: This is a fairly imprecise method if the 'home' position needs to be within a specific angle of the total rotation.
Other sensors are possible that may or may not be more precise but the code is 99% the same.
If you can guarantee no 'slippage', then returning to 'home' is just a matter of counting pulses where 'home' is when the count is zero.
You may want to combine a micro-switch with a count.
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