Question

Below are my Arduino code. I am planning to run my stepper motor and my tof sensor at the same time, while when the distance is more than 100mm, the motor will stop running or else the stepper motor will keep on running. What I am facing the problem now is the stepper motor does stop when the distance is more than 100mm, but it is moving very slowly. How can I increase the speed of my stepper motor?

#include

#include

#include

VL53L0X sensor;

int pulPin = 13;

int dirPin = 12;

int distance;

//AccelStepper stepper; // Defaults to AccelStepper::FULL4WIRE (4 pins) on 2, 3, 4, 5

AccelStepper stepper(1,pulPin,dirPin);

void setup()

{

Serial.begin(9600);

Wire.begin();


sensor.setTimeout(500);

if(!sensor.init()){

Serial.println("Failed to detect and initialize sensor!");

while(1){}

}

sensor.startContinuous(0.001);

stepper.setMaxSpeed(1500);

stepper.setSpeed(1500);

}

void loop()

{

distance = sensor.readRangeContinuousMillimeters();

Serial.println(distance);

if (sensor.timeoutOccurred()) { Serial.print(" TIMEOUT"); }

if(distance<100){

stepper.runSpeed();

}

else{

stepper.disableOutputs();

}

}

Answer 1

To increase the speed of your stepper motor, modify the value set using the setSpeed() function in your code.

Step-by-step explanation:

To increase the speed of your stepper motor, you can modify the value set using the setSpeed() function in your code. The current value of 1500 determines the maximum speed in steps per second. You can experiment with different values to increase the speed until you find the desired speed. For example, you can try increasing the value to 2000 or higher.

Here's an updated snippet of your code with the setSpeed() value modified:

stepper.setSpeed(2000);