/* * softServo.c: * Provide N channels of software driven PWM suitable for RC * servo motors. * Copyright (c) 2012 Gordon Henderson *********************************************************************** * This file is part of wiringPi: * https://github.com/WiringPi/WiringPi/ * * wiringPi is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the * License, or (at your option) any later version. * * wiringPi is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with wiringPi. * If not, see . *********************************************************************** */ //#include #include #include #include #include #include "wiringPi.h" #include "softServo.h" // RC Servo motors are a bit of an oddity - designed in the days when // radio control was experimental and people were tryin to make // things as simple as possible as it was all very expensive... // // So... To drive an RC Servo motor, you need to send it a modified PWM // signal - it needs anything from 1ms to 2ms - with 1ms meaning // to move the server fully left, and 2ms meaning to move it fully // right. Then you need a long gap before sending the next pulse. // The reason for this is that you send a multiplexed stream of these // pulses up the radio signal into the reciever which de-multiplexes // them into the signals for each individual servo. Typically there // might be 8 channels, so you need at least 8 "slots" of 2mS pulses // meaning the entire frame must fit into a 16mS slot - which would // then be repeated... // // In practice we have a total slot width of about 20mS - so we're sending 50 // updates per second to each servo. // // In this code, we don't need to be too fussy about the gap as we're not doing // the multipexing, but it does need to be at least 10mS, and preferably 16 // from what I've been able to determine. // WARNING: // This code is really experimental. It was written in response to some people // asking for a servo driver, however while it works, there is too much // jitter to successfully drive a small servo - I have tried it with a micro // servo and it worked, but the servo ran hot due to the jitter in the signal // being sent to it. // // If you want servo control for the Pi, then use the servoblaster kernel // module. #define MAX_SERVOS 8 static int pinMap [MAX_SERVOS] ; // Keep track of our pins static int pulseWidth [MAX_SERVOS] ; // microseconds /* * softServoThread: * Thread to do the actual Servo PWM output ********************************************************************************* */ static PI_THREAD (softServoThread) { register int i, j, k, m, tmp ; int lastDelay, pin, servo ; int myDelays [MAX_SERVOS] ; int myPins [MAX_SERVOS] ; struct timeval tNow, tStart, tPeriod, tGap, tTotal ; struct timespec tNs ; tTotal.tv_sec = 0 ; tTotal.tv_usec = 8000 ; piHiPri (50) ; for (;;) { gettimeofday (&tStart, NULL) ; memcpy (myDelays, pulseWidth, sizeof (myDelays)) ; memcpy (myPins, pinMap, sizeof (myPins)) ; // Sort the delays (& pins), shortest first for (m = MAX_SERVOS / 2 ; m > 0 ; m /= 2 ) for (j = m ; j < MAX_SERVOS ; ++j) for (i = j - m ; i >= 0 ; i -= m) { k = i + m ; if (myDelays [k] >= myDelays [i]) break ; else // Swap { tmp = myDelays [i] ; myDelays [i] = myDelays [k] ; myDelays [k] = tmp ; tmp = myPins [i] ; myPins [i] = myPins [k] ; myPins [k] = tmp ; } } // All on lastDelay = 0 ; for (servo = 0 ; servo < MAX_SERVOS ; ++servo) { if ((pin = myPins [servo]) == -1) continue ; digitalWrite (pin, HIGH) ; myDelays [servo] = myDelays [servo] - lastDelay ; lastDelay += myDelays [servo] ; } // Now loop, turning them all off as required for (servo = 0 ; servo < MAX_SERVOS ; ++servo) { if ((pin = myPins [servo]) == -1) continue ; delayMicroseconds (myDelays [servo]) ; digitalWrite (pin, LOW) ; } // Wait until the end of an 8mS time-slot gettimeofday (&tNow, NULL) ; timersub (&tNow, &tStart, &tPeriod) ; timersub (&tTotal, &tPeriod, &tGap) ; tNs.tv_sec = tGap.tv_sec ; tNs.tv_nsec = tGap.tv_usec * 1000 ; nanosleep (&tNs, NULL) ; } return NULL ; } /* * softServoWrite: * Write a Servo value to the given pin ********************************************************************************* */ void softServoWrite (int servoPin, int value) { int servo ; servoPin &= 63 ; if (value < -250) value = -250 ; else if (value > 1250) value = 1250 ; for (servo = 0 ; servo < MAX_SERVOS ; ++servo) if (pinMap [servo] == servoPin) pulseWidth [servo] = value + 1000 ; // uS } /* * softServoSetup: * Setup the software servo system ********************************************************************************* */ int softServoSetup (int p0, int p1, int p2, int p3, int p4, int p5, int p6, int p7) { int servo ; if (p0 != -1) { pinMode (p0, OUTPUT) ; digitalWrite (p0, LOW) ; } if (p1 != -1) { pinMode (p1, OUTPUT) ; digitalWrite (p1, LOW) ; } if (p2 != -1) { pinMode (p2, OUTPUT) ; digitalWrite (p2, LOW) ; } if (p3 != -1) { pinMode (p3, OUTPUT) ; digitalWrite (p3, LOW) ; } if (p4 != -1) { pinMode (p4, OUTPUT) ; digitalWrite (p4, LOW) ; } if (p5 != -1) { pinMode (p5, OUTPUT) ; digitalWrite (p5, LOW) ; } if (p6 != -1) { pinMode (p6, OUTPUT) ; digitalWrite (p6, LOW) ; } if (p7 != -1) { pinMode (p7, OUTPUT) ; digitalWrite (p7, LOW) ; } pinMap [0] = p0 ; pinMap [1] = p1 ; pinMap [2] = p2 ; pinMap [3] = p3 ; pinMap [4] = p4 ; pinMap [5] = p5 ; pinMap [6] = p6 ; pinMap [7] = p7 ; for (servo = 0 ; servo < MAX_SERVOS ; ++servo) pulseWidth [servo] = 1500 ; // Mid point return piThreadCreate (softServoThread) ; }