README.md

pyqik_controller

Python Library Pololu Qik Motor Controller

Table of contest

• General info
• Technologies & Libraries
• Setup
• Documentation
• Usage
• License

Genral Info

This project is a Python library for Pololu motor controller Qik it was uses pololu_crc7.so library as dependencies

Technologies & Libraries

• Python 2.7
• pololu_crc7 https://github.com/ArturK-85/pololu_crc7.git

Setup

Download

git clone https://github.com/ArturK-85/pyqik_controller.git

Build from source:

python setup.py build

And install:

python setup.py install

Documentation

All functions uses cyclic redundancy check

• MotorController(port_name, baud_rate)
  • error_check() Prints error name
  • get_conf() Prints configuration parameters list
  • set_conf(id, pwm, err, timeout) Setting parameters : #id 0-255, #pwm 0 or 1, #err 0 or 1, #timeout 0-255
  • motor_coast(motor_number) Setting motor coast: #motor_number 0 or 1
  • motor_run(motor_number, direction, speed) #direction 'Fwd' or 'Rev', #speed: 0 - 255
  • motor_stop() #stops motor

Usage

Simple exapmple program:

import time
import pyqik_controller.pyqik_controller as pyqik

controller = pyqik.MotorController('/dev/ttyUSB0', 38400)   # 38400kbps is the max speed for this controller

controller.get_conf()                                      # getting configuration of controller              

controller.motor_run(0, 'Fwd', 0x40)                         # run motor forward in half speed
time.sleep(1)
controller.motor_stop()                                      # stop motor

controller.port_close()                                    # port close

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.