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Published inMar 2023
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781804612880
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Mason White
Mason White
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Mason White

M.T. White has been programming since the age of 12. His fascination with robotics flourished when he was a child programming microcontrollers such as Arduinos. M.T. currently holds an undergraduate degree in mathematics, a master's degree in soft ware engineering, and is currently working on an MBA in IT project management. M.T. is currently working as a soft ware developer for a major US defense contractor and is an adjunct CIS instructor at ECPI University. His background mostly stems from the automation industry where he programmed PLCs and HMIs for many different types of applications. M.T. has programmed many different brands of PLCs over the years and has developed HMIs using many different tools.
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Building custom libraries

By exploring third-party libraries and the guiding principles of developing libraries, we have touched on building custom libraries. So, before we move on and attempt to build a working math library, we are going to develop a simple library using some of the principles we have learned so far in the book.

Requirements

For this project, we are going to build a simple library that can perform the following functions:

  • Home the motor
  • Turn the motor on
  • Turn the motor off
  • Stop the motor
  • Position the motor

In short, this will be a very simple library and will not require complex architecture. For a library as simple as this, we don’t have to worry too much about complexities such as design patterns; however, the facade pattern may help a little. Turning the motor off and on will be a bit more complex as we will need to automatically zero the motor out, which means that the homing function will also need to zero out. Let...

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Published in: Mar 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781804612880

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Mason White

M.T. White has been programming since the age of 12. His fascination with robotics flourished when he was a child programming microcontrollers such as Arduinos. M.T. currently holds an undergraduate degree in mathematics, a master's degree in soft ware engineering, and is currently working on an MBA in IT project management. M.T. is currently working as a soft ware developer for a major US defense contractor and is an adjunct CIS instructor at ECPI University. His background mostly stems from the automation industry where he programmed PLCs and HMIs for many different types of applications. M.T. has programmed many different brands of PLCs over the years and has developed HMIs using many different tools.
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