Update test files to do GPIO cleanup on completion (ex: encoders don't work if GPIO.cleanup is not performed). Add system destructor and add GPIO.cleanup to that too. Everything appears to be working still.

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/System/test_Motor.py b/System/test_Motor.py
index 80cff1e..f48b6ee 100755
--- a/System/test_Motor.py
+++ b/System/test_Motor.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from motor import Motor

 import time

+import RPi.GPIO as GPIO

 

 # Decide which pins to hook up to on the Pi before running

 speed_pin = 17

@@ -10,14 +11,19 @@ m = Motor(speed_pin, forward_pin, reverse_pin)
 

 dir = 'ascending'

 speed = 0.0

-while 1:

-    if speed >= 15.0:

-        dir = 'descending'

-    elif speed <= -15.0:

-        dir = 'ascending'

-    if dir == 'ascending':

-        speed = speed + 2.0

-    else:

-        speed = speed - 2.0

-    m.move(speed)

-    time.sleep(0.1)
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+try:

+    while 1:

+        if speed >= 15.0:

+            dir = 'descending'

+        elif speed <= -15.0:

+            dir = 'ascending'

+        if dir == 'ascending':

+            speed = speed + 2.0

+        else:

+            speed = speed - 2.0

+        m.move(speed)

+        time.sleep(0.1)

+except:

+    print("Program killed by Ctrl-C")

+finally:

+    GPIO.cleanup()
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