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You can control KeiganMotor KM-1 Series from micro:bit via RADIO

NOTE

micro:bit cannot talk to KeiganMotor via RADIO when the firmware of micro:bit is compiled by the latest makecode editor. So please ise the above old editor “version v1” as follows.

Requirement

  1. KeiganMotor KM-1 Series: The device firmware version needs to be more than 2.06
  2. MakeCode Editor for micro:bit (https://makecode.microbit.org https://makecode.microbit.org/v1)

Setup

KeiganMotor

You need to change KeiganMotor’s RADIO mode from BLE to “micro:bit mode”.

  1. Supply power to KeiganMotor.
  2. Push the middle “Stop” (square-marked) Button 10 times.
  3. It will reboot automatically and change to micro:bit mode. (LED will blink Yellow for 2 seconds right after startup when micro:bit mode.)

Once set to micro:bit mode, KeiganMotor will start with micro:bit mode after shutdown. If you push Stop Button 10 times again, it will be back to BLE mode.

MakeCode editor

Make a new project and add KeiganMotor extension to the project.

  1. Move to https://makecode.microbit.org/v1
  2. Click “Extensions” from the upper right gear button.
  3. Input “Keigan” or “https://github.com/keigan-motor/pxt-KeiganMotor" to the textbox
  4. Click to add “KeiganMotor” extension.
  5. Make sure that the extension “KeiganMotor” is displayed in the left column.

Important

You need to specify KeiganMotor’s unique 4 digits “name” and its RADIO group for micro:bit to control wirelessly. It is used in initializer of KeiganMotor on MakeCode editor as belows.

(1) Name

It is a unique specific 4 digit number of KeiganMotor. You can know it by two ways as belows.

  1. The last 4 digits of the serial number.
    • If the serial number is “ABCDEFGH”, the name is “EFGH”
  2. The 4 digits Included by devicename of Bluetooth Low Energy.
    • If the device name is “KM-1 EFGH#RGB”, the name is “EFGH”.
    • You can use “KeiganCore” app or other BLE apps to get device name.

(2) RADIO group

You need to match RADIO group between MakeCode and KeiganMotor. The default RADIO group of KeiganMotor is 0. RADIO group can be from 0 to 255. If you want to control multiple KeiganMotors, you should assign separate RADIO group to them. (Please refer to the section “Control Multiple KeiganMotors” as belows.)

Get RADIO group of KeiganMotor

Use the following project.

KMRadioGroupFinder

https://makecode.microbit.org/_fbvR7ifav6Ht

  1. Set your KeiganMotor’s 4 digit name to parameter “name”.
  2. Download to micro:bit and push “A” button.
  3. If the name is found, the display shows the name and RADIO group number.

Write new RADIO group to KeiganMotor

Use the following project.

KMRadioGroupWriter

https://makecode.microbit.org/_2RoaiV5R4Y3T

  1. Set your KeiganMotor’s 4 digit name to parameter “name”.
  2. Set a new group to parameter “newGroupId”.
  3. Download to micro:bit and push “A” button.
  4. If the name is found, micro:bit will write newGroupId to KeiganMotor.
  5. KeiganMotor will reboot and start RADIO with newGroupId.

Sample Project

Make KeiganMotor rotate and control LED.

https://makecode.microbit.org/_6ARcAWbt5cDq

JavaScript

Initialization

// Initialize KeiganMotor by RADIO group and its name
// RADIO group should be from 0 to 255
let m = keiganmotor.create(0, "EFGH") // RADIO group ID = 0, name = "EFGH"

Enable Action

m.enable()

Rotate

m.runRpm(10) // run at velocity 10 [rotation/minute]
basic.pause(10000) // wait for 10 seconds
m.stop() // stop (set speed to 0)

LED

m.led(led_state.ON_SOLID, 255, 255, 0) // Set LED color to RGB(255,255,0) = yellow

Control Multiple KeiganMotors

You should change RADIO groupId separately to avoid to get jammed.

let m1 = keiganmotor.create(0, "EFGH")
let m2 = keiganmotor.create(1, "PQRS")

m1.enable()
m2.enable()

TIPS

If you want to control multiple KeiganMotors that have the same RADIO group ID, You can avoid to get jammed by inserting “basic.pause(50)” between commands as belows.

m1.moveToDeg(30)
basic.pause(50)
m2.moveToDeg(-30)

License

MIT

Supported targets

KeiganMotor=github:keigan-motor/pxt-KeiganMotor#v1.0.5