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4 motors one shield

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HI, im rather new to arduino and am building a robot for a uni project currently

problem is, im using an arduino uno, connected to a motorshield with 4 motors connected, but cant seem to get any code to compile so that the board will run.

does anyone have some code that would allow for 4 motors that i could have a look at?

mracole

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Re: 4 motors one shield

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What code do you have now and what errors are you getting? Include your code and perhaps we can help.

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Re: 4 motors one shield

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mracole wrote:HI, im rather new to arduino and am building a robot for a uni project currently

problem is, im using an arduino uno, connected to a motorshield with 4 motors connected, but cant seem to get any code to compile so that the board will run.

does anyone have some code that would allow for 4 motors that i could have a look at?

mracole

have you tried the example motor sketches in the product tutorial?

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Re: 4 motors one shield

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i have tested the basic codes, but every time i get errors, these are:

In file included from AFMotor_ConstantSpeed.cpp:11:
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:145: error: missing terminating ' character
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:147: error: stray '\342' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:147: error: stray '\206' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:147: error: stray '\221' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:148: error: stray '\342' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:148: error: stray '\206' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:148: error: stray '\223' in program
In file included from AFMotor_ConstantSpeed.cpp:11:
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:271:50: error: invalid suffix "d7bdcd4b701026248a2a9c33dfd7" on integer constant
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:490: error: stray '#' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:490: error: stray '#' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:503: error: stray '#' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:658: error: stray '\342' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:658: error: stray '\206' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:658: error: stray '\220' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:662: error: stray '\342' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:662: error: stray '\206' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:662: error: stray '\222' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:666: error: stray '\342' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:666: error: stray '\206' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:666: error: stray '\221' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:670: error: stray '\342' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:670: error: stray '\206' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:670: error: stray '\223' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:680: error: stray '\342' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:680: error: stray '\206' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:680: error: stray '\220' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:684: error: stray '\342' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:684: error: stray '\206' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:684: error: stray '\222' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:688: error: stray '\342' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:688: error: stray '\206' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:688: error: stray '\221' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:692: error: stray '\342' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:692: error: stray '\206' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:692: error: stray '\223' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:735:3: error: invalid preprocessing directive #This
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:736: error: stray '##' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:737: error: stray '##' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:737: error: stray '##' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:737: error: stray '##' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:754:10: error: invalid suffix "a" on integer constant
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:755:10: error: invalid suffix "b" on integer constant
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:761:11: error: invalid suffix "a" on integer constant
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:762:11: error: invalid suffix "b" on integer constant
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:779: error: missing terminating ' character
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:790: error: stray '`' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:790: error: stray '`' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:790: error: stray '`' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:793: error: stray '$' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:796: error: stray '`' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:796: error: stray '`' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:796: error: stray '`' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:812: error: stray '`' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:812: error: stray '`' in program
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:4: error: expected unqualified-id before '<' token
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:127: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '<' token
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:154: error: expected unqualified-id before '<' token
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:446: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '<' token
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:489: error: expected unqualified-id before numeric constant
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:498: error: expected unqualified-id before '<' token
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:736: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '&' token
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:736: error: 'tag' does not name a type
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:737: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '&' token
C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\Afmotor/AFMotor.h:737: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '<'
token

anybody know why im getting these?

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Re: 4 motors one shield

Post by mracole »

ok, having reinstalled arduino and added a new set of files, im finally getting something moving. now to try and get multiple working at once :)

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