writeDigitalPin question in matlab

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Hi all,
I connected Rapberry PI to Fischertechnik robot model and I have a question about it -
I know that there is the command:
writeDigitalPin(r, 23, 1);
But, the robot have 2 opposite directions that it can be moved to each one of the motors...
So, how can I write in the code which one of the 2 directions I want?
Thank you!!

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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 14 Mar 2021
You cannot. writeDigitalPin() does not support tri-state pins (left, off, right); it only supports binary (off, on) .
Systems with motors often use one of several systems:
  • quadrature encoding; https://cdn.sparkfun.com/datasheets/Robotics/How%20to%20use%20a%20quadrature%20encoder.pdf
  • separate pins for each direction --- this is less common and leads to questions about what should happen if both pins are active at the same time
  • analog signal in which negative indicates opposite direction
  • two bits grouped together that are together interpreted as a binary value that indicates direction number; this leads to questions about what to do with the 4th value. Sometimes two stop states are defined and gray encoding is used: 00 -> stop; 01 -> right; 11 -> stop; 10 -> left
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Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 14 Mar 2021
I doubt he'd know that. I think you'd have to consult the manual for your motor (which we don't have).
Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 14 Mar 2021
See the description from line 226 at https://github.com/CodaFi/FTKit/blob/master/fischertechnik/fischertechnik/ftapi.h
Each motor has two controlling outputs 0 to 7 for speed. One output for each direction. For reverse set the first output to 0 and a speed for the second output.

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