FtSwarmWheelDrive

The wheel drive was designed for vehicle models from the 1980s. It is a 6V motor; use it exclusively with the ftSwarmRC in battery mode. Other ftSwarm controllers cannot be connected to the wheel drive’s battery supply — when the wheel drive starts up, the batteries’ voltage drops too sharply, causing the controllers to reboot.

wheel drive (31494)

FtSwarmWheelDrive(FtSwarmSerialNumber_t serialNumber, FtSwarmPort_t port)

Constructor to create a FtSwarmWheelDrive 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_M8

FtSwarmWheelDrive( const char *name )

Constructor to create a FtSwarmWheelDrive 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.