/* 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(); // Prepare for linear motion in absolute millimeter coordinates. Feed rate given in millimeters/second // unless invert_feed_rate is true. Then the feed_rate states the number of seconds for the whole movement. void mc_linear_motion(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) void mc_arc(double theta, double angular_travel, double radius, int axis_1, int axis_2, double feed_rate); // Prepare linear motion relative to the current position. void mc_dwell(uint32_t milliseconds); // Prepare to send the tool position home void mc_go_home(); // Start the prepared operation. In the current implementation this will block for most of the task at hand. // In future implementations it might not block at all. If you want to make sure the system has reached // quiescence call mc_wait() void mc_execute(); // Wait until all operations complete void mc_wait(); // 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