/* stepper.c - stepper motor driver: executes motion plans using stepper motors Part of Grbl Copyright (c) 2009-2011 Simen Svale Skogsrud Modifications Copyright (c) 2011 Sungeun K. Jeon 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 . */ /* The timer calculations of this module informed by the 'RepRap cartesian firmware' by Zack Smith and Philipp Tiefenbacher. */ #include "stepper.h" #include "config.h" #include "settings.h" #include #include #include #include "nuts_bolts.h" #include #include "planner.h" #include "limits.h" // Some useful constants #define STEP_MASK ((1< // // The trapezoid is the shape the speed curve over time. It starts at block->initial_rate, accelerates by block->rate_delta // during the first block->accelerate_until step_events_completed, then keeps going at constant speed until // step_events_completed reaches block->decelerate_after after which it decelerates until the trapezoid generator is reset. // The slope of acceleration is always +/- block->rate_delta and is applied at a constant rate following the midpoint rule // by the trapezoid generator, which is called ACCELERATION_TICKS_PER_SECOND times per second. static void set_step_events_per_minute(uint32_t steps_per_minute); void st_wake_up() { // Enable steppers by resetting the stepper disable port STEPPERS_DISABLE_PORT &= ~(1<initial_rate; trapezoid_tick_cycle_counter = CYCLES_PER_ACCELERATION_TICK/2; // Start halfway for midpoint rule. set_step_events_per_minute(trapezoid_adjusted_rate); // Initialize cycles_per_step_event } // This function determines an acceleration velocity change every CYCLES_PER_ACCELERATION_TICK by // keeping track of the number of elapsed cycles during a de/ac-celeration. The code assumes that // step_events occur significantly more often than the acceleration velocity iterations. static uint8_t iterate_trapezoid_cycle_counter() { trapezoid_tick_cycle_counter += cycles_per_step_event; if(trapezoid_tick_cycle_counter > CYCLES_PER_ACCELERATION_TICK) { trapezoid_tick_cycle_counter -= CYCLES_PER_ACCELERATION_TICK; return(true); } else { return(false); } } // "The Stepper Driver Interrupt" - This timer interrupt is the workhorse of Grbl. It is executed at the rate set with // config_step_timer. It pops blocks from the block_buffer and executes them by pulsing the stepper pins appropriately. // It is supported by The Stepper Port Reset Interrupt which it uses to reset the stepper port after each pulse. // The bresenham line tracer algorithm controls all three stepper outputs simultaneously with these two interrupts. SIGNAL(TIMER1_COMPA_vect) { // TODO: Check if the busy-flag can be eliminated by just disabeling this interrupt while we are in it if(busy){ return; } // The busy-flag is used to avoid reentering this interrupt // Set the direction pins a cuple of nanoseconds before we step the steppers STEPPING_PORT = (STEPPING_PORT & ~DIRECTION_MASK) | (out_bits & DIRECTION_MASK); // Then pulse the stepping pins STEPPING_PORT = (STEPPING_PORT & ~STEP_MASK) | out_bits; // Reset step pulse reset timer so that The Stepper Port Reset Interrupt can reset the signal after // exactly settings.pulse_microseconds microseconds. TCNT2 = -(((settings.pulse_microseconds-2)*TICKS_PER_MICROSECOND)/8); busy = true; sei(); // Re enable interrupts (normally disabled while inside an interrupt handler) // ((We re-enable interrupts in order for SIG_OVERFLOW2 to be able to be triggered // at exactly the right time even if we occasionally spend a lot of time inside this handler.)) // If there is no current block, attempt to pop one from the buffer if (current_block == NULL) { // Anything in the buffer? current_block = plan_get_current_block(); if (current_block != NULL) { trapezoid_generator_reset(); counter_x = -(current_block->step_event_count >> 1); counter_y = counter_x; counter_z = counter_x; step_events_completed = 0; } else { st_go_idle(); } } if (current_block != NULL) { // Execute step displacement profile by bresenham line algorithm out_bits = current_block->direction_bits; counter_x += current_block->steps_x; if (counter_x > 0) { out_bits |= (1<step_event_count; } counter_y += current_block->steps_y; if (counter_y > 0) { out_bits |= (1<step_event_count; } counter_z += current_block->steps_z; if (counter_z > 0) { out_bits |= (1<step_event_count; } step_events_completed += 1; // Iterate step events // While in block steps, check for de/ac-celeration events and execute them accordingly. if (step_events_completed < current_block->step_event_count) { // The trapezoid generator always checks step event location to ensure de/ac-celerations are // executed and terminated at exactly the right time. This helps prevent over/under-shooting // the target position and speed. // NOTE: By increasing the ACCELERATION_TICKS_PER_SECOND in config.h, the resolution of the // discrete velocity changes increase and accuracy can increase as well to a point. Numerical // round-off errors can effect this, if set too high. This is important to note if a user has // very high acceleration and/or feedrate requirements for their machine. if (step_events_completed < current_block->accelerate_until) { // Iterate cycle counter and check if speeds need to be increased. if ( iterate_trapezoid_cycle_counter() ) { trapezoid_adjusted_rate += current_block->rate_delta; if (trapezoid_adjusted_rate >= current_block->nominal_rate) { // Reached nominal rate a little early. Cruise at nominal rate until decelerate_after. trapezoid_adjusted_rate = current_block->nominal_rate; } set_step_events_per_minute(trapezoid_adjusted_rate); } } else if (step_events_completed >= current_block->decelerate_after) { // Reset trapezoid tick cycle counter to make sure that the deceleration is performed the // same every time. Reset to CYCLES_PER_ACCELERATION_TICK/2 to follow the midpoint rule for // an accurate approximation of the deceleration curve. if (step_events_completed == current_block-> decelerate_after) { trapezoid_tick_cycle_counter = CYCLES_PER_ACCELERATION_TICK/2; } else { // Iterate cycle counter and check if speeds need to be reduced. if ( iterate_trapezoid_cycle_counter() ) { // NOTE: We will only reduce speed if the result will be > 0. This catches small // rounding errors that might leave steps hanging after the last trapezoid tick. if (trapezoid_adjusted_rate > current_block->rate_delta) { trapezoid_adjusted_rate -= current_block->rate_delta; } else { trapezoid_adjusted_rate >>= 1; // Bit shift divide by 2 } if (trapezoid_adjusted_rate < current_block->final_rate) { // Reached final rate a little early. Cruise to end of block at final rate. trapezoid_adjusted_rate = current_block->final_rate; } set_step_events_per_minute(trapezoid_adjusted_rate); } } } else { // No accelerations. Make sure we cruise exactly at the nominal rate. if (trapezoid_adjusted_rate != current_block->nominal_rate) { trapezoid_adjusted_rate = current_block->nominal_rate; set_step_events_per_minute(trapezoid_adjusted_rate); } } } else { // If current block is finished, reset pointer current_block = NULL; plan_discard_current_block(); } } else { // Still no block? Set the stepper pins to low before sleeping. out_bits = 0; } out_bits ^= settings.invert_mask; // Apply stepper invert mask busy=false; } // This interrupt is set up by SIG_OUTPUT_COMPARE1A when it sets the motor port bits. It resets // the motor port after a short period (settings.pulse_microseconds) completing one step cycle. SIGNAL(TIMER2_OVF_vect) { // reset stepping pins (leave the direction pins) STEPPING_PORT = (STEPPING_PORT & ~STEP_MASK) | (settings.invert_mask & STEP_MASK); } // Initialize and start the stepper motor subsystem void st_init() { // Configure directions of interface pins STEPPING_DDR |= STEPPING_MASK; STEPPING_PORT = (STEPPING_PORT & ~STEPPING_MASK) | settings.invert_mask; STEPPERS_DISABLE_DDR |= 1<> 3; prescaler = 1; // prescaler: 8 actual_cycles = ceiling * 8L; } else if (cycles <= 0x3fffffL) { ceiling = cycles >> 6; prescaler = 2; // prescaler: 64 actual_cycles = ceiling * 64L; } else if (cycles <= 0xffffffL) { ceiling = (cycles >> 8); prescaler = 3; // prescaler: 256 actual_cycles = ceiling * 256L; } else if (cycles <= 0x3ffffffL) { ceiling = (cycles >> 10); prescaler = 4; // prescaler: 1024 actual_cycles = ceiling * 1024L; } else { // Okay, that was slower than we actually go. Just set the slowest speed ceiling = 0xffff; prescaler = 4; actual_cycles = 0xffff * 1024; } // Set prescaler TCCR1B = (TCCR1B & ~(0x07<