Source code for stage.steppers
"""
steppers.py : sample code in Python to communicate with an Arduino running StepperSpline
No copyright, 2021-2023, Garth Zeglin. This file is explicitly placed in the public domain.
"""
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import logging
import os.path
import time
# This requires a pySerial installation.
# Package details: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyserial,
# Documentation: http://pythonhosted.org/pyserial/
import serial
# initialize logging for this module
log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
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class StepperSplineClient(object):
"""Class to manage a connection to a serial-connected Arduino running the StepperSpline script.
:param port: the name of the serial port device
:param debug: true when debug log is enabled
:param verbose: flag to increase logging output
:param kwargs: collect any unused keyword arguments
"""
def __init__(self, port=None, verbose=False, debug=False, **kwargs ):
# logging flags
self.verbose = verbose
self.debug = debug
# initialize the client state
self.arduino_time = 0
self.position = [0, 0, 0, 0]
self.awake = False
# open the serial port, which should also reset the Arduino
if os.path.exists(port):
self.port = serial.Serial(port, 115200, timeout=5)
if self.verbose:
log.info("Opened serial port named %s", self.port.name)
log.info("Sleeping briefly while Arduino boots...")
# wait briefly for the Arduino to finish booting
time.sleep(2) # units are seconds
# throw away any extraneous input
self.port.flushInput()
else:
log.warning("Serial port %s not available, running offline.", port)
self.port = None
return
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def close(self):
"""Shut down the serial connection to the Arduino, after which this object may no longer be used."""
if self.port is not None:
self.port.close()
self.port = None
return
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def _wait_for_input(self):
if self.port is None:
return
line = self.port.readline().rstrip()
if line:
elements = line.split()
if self.verbose:
log.debug("Received: '%s'", line)
if elements[0] == b'txyza':
self.arduino_time = int(elements[1])
self.position = [int(s) for s in elements[2:]]
if self.verbose:
log.debug("Steppers at %s", self.position)
elif elements[0] == b'awake':
self.awake = True
elif elements[0] == b'id':
self.awake = True
log.info("Arduino firmware: %s", line.decode())
elif elements[0] == b'dbg':
log.info("Received debugging message: %s", line)
else:
log.warning("Unknown status message: %s", line)
return
def poll_status(self):
if self.port is not None:
if self.port.in_waiting > 0:
self._wait_for_input()
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def _send_command(self, string):
if self.verbose:
log.debug("Sending: %s", string)
if self.port is not None:
self.port.write(string.encode() + b'\n')
return
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def motor_enable( self, value=True):
"""Issue a command to enable or disable the stepper motor drivers."""
self._send_command( "enable 1" if value is True else "enable 0" )
return
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def send_move(self, position):
"""Issue a command to move to a [x, y, z, a] absolute position (specified in microsteps) and return immediately.
:param position: a list or tuple with at least four elements
"""
self._send_command("a xyza %d %d %d %d" % tuple(position))
return
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def send_relative_move(self, position, mask='xyza'):
"""Issue a command to move to a relative position (specified in microsteps) and return immediately.
:param position: a list or tuple with one element per channel mask entry
:param mask: a string specifying the channels to include
"""
self._send_command("d " + mask + " " + " ".join([str(int(x)) for x in position]))
return
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def send_tempo(self, tempo, mask='xyza'):
"""Issue a command to set the spline rate and return immediately.
:param tempo: a scalar spline rate in segments/minute
:param mask: a string specifying the channels to include (default is all)
"""
# the spline rate command expects milliseconds per spline segment; limit
# the value to 200 ms/segment, i.e. a maximum rate of 5 segs/sec (300 segs/min)
value = max(int(60000 / tempo), 200)
# create a string with the value duplicated for each mask element
elems = len(mask)
values = [value]*elems
self._send_command("r " + mask + " " + " ".join([str(x) for x in values]))
return
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def send_knots(self, knots, mask='xyza'):
"""Issue a series of knot commands to append Bezier spline segments (specified in microsteps) to the current path.
:param knots: a matrix in which each row specifies a knot point value for each active channel
:param mask: a string specifying the channels to include
"""
# reset the knot origin
self._send_command("s " + mask)
# send the knots
for row in knots:
self._send_command("k " + mask + " " + " ".join([str(int(x)) for x in row]))
return
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def wait_for_wakeup(self):
"""Issue a status query and wait until status has been received."""
while self.awake is False:
self._send_command("version")
if self.port is not None:
self._wait_for_input()
else:
self.awake = True # simulate
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