/* motion_control.h - cartesian robot controller. Part of Grbl Copyright (c) 2009 Simen Svale Skogsrud Grbl is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. Grbl 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 General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Grbl. If not, see . */ #ifndef motion_control_h #define motion_control_h #include #define MC_MODE_AT_REST 0 #define MC_MODE_LINEAR 1 #define MC_MODE_ARC 2 #define MC_MODE_DWELL 3 #define MC_MODE_HOME 4 // Initializes the motion_control subsystem resources void mc_init(); // Execute linear motion in absolute millimeter coordinates. Feed rate given in millimeters/second // unless invert_feed_rate is true. Then the feed_rate means that the motion should be completed in // 1/feed_rate minutes. void mc_line(double x, double y, double z, float feed_rate, int invert_feed_rate); // Prepare an arc. theta == start angle, angular_travel == number of radians to go along the arc, // positive angular_travel means clockwise, negative means counterclockwise. Radius == the radius of the // circle in millimeters. axis_1 and axis_2 selects the plane in tool space. // Known issue: This method pretends that all axes uses the same steps/mm as the X axis. Which might // not be the case ... (To be continued) // Regarding feed rate see note on mc_line. void mc_arc(double theta, double angular_travel, double radius, double linear_travel, int axis_1, int axis_2, int axis_linear, double feed_rate, int invert_feed_rate); // Dwell for a couple of time units void mc_dwell(uint32_t milliseconds); // Send the tool home void mc_go_home(); // Check motion control status. result == 0: the system is idle. result > 0: the system is busy, // result < 0: the system is in an error state. int mc_status(); #endif