FtSwarmRCMotor

Technically, RC servos consist of a motor and a potentiometer. The motor can also be used without a servo.

This type of motor is only available on the ftSwarmRC.

RC-Servo (31495)

FtSwarmRCMotor(FtSwarmSerialNumber_t serialNumber, FtSwarmPort_t port)

Constructor to create a FtSwarmRCMotor object. If the referenced controller isn’t connected to the swarm yet, the firmware will waits until the controller gets online.

  • serialNumber: Serial number of the used ftSwarm controller.
  • port: Port number, FTSWARM_M1 to FTSWARM_M4

FtSwarmRCMotor( const char *name )

Constructor to create a FtSwarmMMotor object. If the referenced controller isn’t connected to the swarm yet, the firmware will waits until the controller gets online.

  • name: Alias name of the IO port.

void setSpeed( int16_t speed )

Sets the motors speed.

  • speed: speed value in the range from -100 to 100

uint16_t getSpeed()

Returns the motor’s speed.