#1 C++ for the MOTORplate

[Bill Fosbury]

Hi,

Do you have any plans to create the code for the Pi Plates MOTORplate:
https://pi-plates.com/motorr1/

Thanks,
Bill

[Ed Chapman]

I had not planned on it, is this something you would need?

On Sun, Apr 7, 2019, 11:49 Bill Fosbury fozz@users.sourceforge.net wrote:

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Labels: MOTORplate
Created: Sun Apr 07, 2019 03:49 PM UTC by Bill Fosbury
Last Updated: Sun Apr 07, 2019 03:49 PM UTC
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Hi,

Do you have any plans to create the code for the Pi Plates MOTORplate:
https://pi-plates.com/motorr1/

Thanks,
Bill

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[Bill Fosbury]

Ed,

"Need" is too strong a word. If the C++ MOTORplate code existed I would buy a Raspberry Pi and experiment with both.

I spent some time looking at the following:

#1: official? python code: https://pypi.org/project/pi-plates/

#2: referenced by Pi-Plates: https://github.com/pi-plates/libpiplates

I briefly looked at your code, also referenced by Pi-Plates:

    #3: https://sourceforge.net/p/raspberry-piplates-classes/svn/HEAD/tree/

Looking at #1 & #2, above, I discovered all the 0x## byte values and commands. Some commands are only used for one plate, some for only two or some for all three plates. I did not find any documentation on the commands. I could study the code for each command to decipher what their purpose is and there by uncover the theory of how to communicate with the Pi-Plates. A header file with #defines for the commands and some documentation would have been helpful.

I could use your code and the libpiplates code as a guide and try to create my own C++ code for the MOTORplate. But, I am hesitant to buy the MOTORplate and Raspberry Pi and not get my code to work.

I think I will search for other motor drivers for the Raspberry Pi that have C++ code already written, and they may not exist.

You could keep a list of those of who are interested in C++ for the MOTORplate. When you reach some threshold and have nothing else to do you could contact those on the list and ask if we are still interested in having you spend the time to write the code and have us help in testing.

Regards,
Bill