/* stepper.h - stepper motor interface 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 stepper_h #define stepper_h #include #include #define STEPPER_MODE_STOPPED 0 #define STEPPER_MODE_RUNNING 1 #define STEPPER_MODE_LIMIT_OVERRUN 2 #define STEPPER_MODE_HOMING 3 // Initialize and start the stepper motor subsystem void st_init(); // Returns a bitmask with the stepper bit for the given axis set uint8_t st_bit_for_stepper(int axis); // Buffer a pace change. Pace is the rate with which steps are executed. It is measured in microseconds from step to step. // It is continually adjusted to achieve constant actual feed rate. Unless pace-changes was buffered along with the steps // they govern they might change at slightly wrong moments in time as the pace would change while the stepper buffer was // still churning out the previous movement. void st_buffer_pace(uint32_t microseconds); // Buffer a new instruction for the steppers void st_buffer_step(uint8_t motor_port_bits); // Block until all buffered steps are executed void st_synchronize(); // Cancel all pending steps void st_flush(); // Start the stepper subsystem void st_start(); // Execute all buffered steps, then stop the stepper subsystem inline void st_stop(); // Execute the homing cycle void st_go_home(); // Echo steps to serial port? (true/false) void st_set_echo(int value); // Convert from millimeters to step-counts along the designated axis int32_t st_millimeters_to_steps(double millimeters, int axis); #endif