uln2003

ULN2003 driver for Android Things

This driver supports ULN2003 driver with 28BYJ-48 Stepper Motor.
This tutorial helped us developing our driver.

How to use the driver

Gradle dependency

To use the uln2003 driver, simply add the line below to your project's build.gradle, where <version> matches the last version of the driver available on maven central.

dependencies {
    compile 'com.polidea.androidthings.driver:uln2003:<version>'
}

Hardware Setup

Connect all four "in" pins on uln2003 driver into GPIOs available on your board.

Sample usage of high level Stepper Motor Driver

com.polidea.androidthings.driver.uln2003.motor.ULN2003StepperMotor

// select gpio pins on your board for uln2003 input pins

val in1Pin = "BCM4"
val in2Pin = "BCM17"
val in3Pin = "BCM27"
val in4Pin = "BCM22"

val stepper = ULN2003StepperMotor(in1GpioId = in1Pin,
                                  in2GpioId = in2Pin,
                                  in3GpioId = in3Pin,
                                  in4GpioId = in4Pin)
                                  
//Perform a rotation and add rotation listener
stepper.rotate(degrees = 180.0,
        direction = Direction.CLOCKWISE,
        resolutionId = ULN2003Resolution.HALF.id,
        rpm = 2.5,
        rotationListener = object : RotationListener {
            override fun onStarted() {
                Log.i(TAG, "rotation started")
            }
            override fun onFinishedSuccessfully() {
                Log.i(TAG, "rotation finished")
            }
            override fun onFinishedWithError(degreesToRotate: Double, rotatedDegrees: Double, exception: Exception) {
                Log.e(TAG, "error, degrees to rotate: {$degreesToRotate}  rotated degrees: {$rotatedDegrees}")
            }
        })
        
// Close the ULN2003StepperMotor when all moves are finished. Otherwise close() will terminate current and pending rotations.
stepper.close()

You can call rotate method multiple times. All tasks will be queued and invoked synchronously on a separate thread.
Remember, if you close ULN2003StepperMotor during the execution process you'll be notified about the error from the running task only.

Sample usage of ULN2003

package com.polidea.androidthings.driver.uln2003.driver.ULN2003

// select gpio pins on your board for uln2003 input pins

val in1Pin = "BCM4"
val in2Pin = "BCM17"
val in3Pin = "BCM27"
val in4Pin = "BCM22"

val uln2003 = ULN2003(in1GpioId = in1Pin,
                      in2GpioId = in2Pin,
                      in3GpioId = in3Pin,
                      in4GpioId = in4Pin)
                      
// Open uln2003 gpios
uln2003.open()

//Set direction
uln2003.direction = Direction.COUNTERCLOCKWISE

//Set resolution
uln2003.resolution = ULN2003Resolution.FULL

//Perform a step
uln2003.performStep(StepDuration(1))

// Close the ULN2003 when finished. 
uln2003.close()

Performing a half step gives you higher resolution and torque, but its maximum speed is lower than in a full step mode.

License

MIT License

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