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Re: Problem in program
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
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Date:
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Fri, 2 May 1997 10:36:45 GMT
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Original-From:
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Terry P. Gathright <669@postoffice.worldnet.att.net[nomorespam]>
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King, Terry wrote:
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> Greetings everyone!
> I'm working on a navigation program that has a funny quirk in it. I'm
> hoping one of you IC pros can explain my error. As far as reading the
> info from the sensors (RS 40 Khz IR module) and activating the motor
> ports, it works fine. The strange thing is that the printf statements
> "Left object detected" and "Right object detected" don't always print to
> the LCD even though the digital port responded properly by activating
> the motor port. Several repeated triggerings will eventually result in
> the proper statement,but with no definitive pattern. If one of the
> statements does appear and then the other dig port is triggered, the
> other statement does not always "flip".
>
> The "Object Ahead" statement always responds. By no means are these
> statements crucial to my project, but I have the need to understand what
> I'm doing wrong. Is there some kind of precedence statement I need to
> include or what?
>
> Here is the program:
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> void main (){
> printf ("NAV. TEST\n");
> fd(0); /* Left caterpillar
> drive */
> fd(2); /* Right
> caterpillar drive */
> while(1) {
> while (digital (15)) /* Left sensor */
> bk(2);
> if (digital (15)) printf ("Left object detected\n");
> else fd(2);
> while (digital (14)) /* Right sensor */ /* Line 10
> */
> bk(0);
> if (digital (14)) printf ("Right object detected\n");
> else fd(0);
> while (digital (13)) /* Front sensor */
> if (digital (13)){ printf ("Object ahead\n");
> ao();
> sleep(1.0);
> bk(0);
> bk(2);
> sleep(1.0); /* Experimental-protect
> gears*/
> fd(0);
> bk(2);
> sleep(1.0);}
> else{
> fd(0);
> fd(2);}
> }
> }
>
> Thanks for any ideas,
> Terry King
> Terry.King@fmr.com
Terry,
Try putting a sleep(.1); statement after the printf statements
the board may be working to fast to read the LCD.
Terry Gathright
669@worldnet.att.net
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