LaunchPad Energia and Stepper Motor

Using the MSP430 LaunchpPad and Energia to control a stepper motor.
For this project a former Arduino’s project was used.

First thing was to make the stepper and driving board as a single assembly, this make it easier to experiment with it in the future.

Some wiring to connect the Launchpad (3.6 Volts) was done.
The stepper motor can be powered from the USB Voltage (5 volts at TP1) or
an external power supply. In this case I used both for testing purposes, the USB power and a Power adapter.

The connections are shown as an image to make it easier for all.

And now the code:

/*------------------------------------------------------
StepperPot_11
Arduining.com 13 APRIL 2013

A stepper motor follows a potentiometer on analog input 5.
A software low-pass filter is used to reduce the noise in the analog reading.
After 3 seconds of inactivity the motor coils are turned OFF to save energy.
The RED_LED is used to signal when the stepper is powered.

Hardware:
LaunchPad with MSP430G2553.
Driver: ULN2003A
Stepper Motor:  28BYJ48, 5VDC, step pangle 5.625 °
                Gear reduction 64:1
                No-load starting frequency:> = 500PPS (4 rpm)
                Coil resistance 60 Ohms.               
 -----------------------------------------------------*/

#include <Stepper.h>

// change this to the number of steps on your motor
#define  STEPSREV    4096    // 64(fullsteps) * 64 (reduction ratio)
#define  COIL1       14
#define  COIL2       12
#define  COIL3       13
#define  COIL4       11
#define  POT         A5
#define  ENER        RED_LED
#define  TIMEOUT     3000    //Turns off after 3 secs of inactivity.

// create an instance of the stepper class, specifying
// the number of steps per revolution and pins atached to motor coils.
Stepper myStepper(STEPSREV, COIL1, COIL2, COIL3, COIL4);
int PotVal;
int LastPotVal= 0 ;          // To implement a software Low-Pass-Filter
int pos = 0;              // stepper position(0-4096)->(0-360°)
unsigned long stamp = 0;  // last move time stamped.

void setup()
{
  myStepper.setSpeed(4);  // set the motor speed to 4 RPM
  pinMode(ENER, OUTPUT);  // status led (coils energized).
//  Serial.begin(9600);   //for debuging.
}

void loop(){

  PotVal = analogRead(POT);       // Potentiometer value range 0-1023

  PotVal= map(PotVal,0,1023,0,2047);      // Map pot range in the stepper range.
  PotVal= PotVal * 0.1 + LastPotVal * 0.9 ;  // Filtering to reduce noise.
  LastPotVal= PotVal;

//  Serial.print(Val);              // For debuging.
//  Serial.print("   ");            //    "
//  Serial.println(pos);            //    "
//  delay(500);                     //    "  

  if(abs(PotVal - pos)> 4){              //if diference is greater than 4 steps.
      if((PotVal - pos)> 0){
          digitalWrite(ENER, HIGH);   //Motor energized.     
          myStepper.step(1);           // move one step to the right.
          pos++;
          }
      if((PotVal - pos)< 0){
          digitalWrite(ENER, HIGH);   //Motor energized.
          myStepper.step(-1);            // move one step to the left.
          pos--;
          }
      stamp = millis();               // stamp actual time.
      }
  else {      
      if((millis() - stamp) > TIMEOUT){   //Turn Off coils after TIMEOUT.
          digitalWrite(COIL1, LOW);
          digitalWrite(COIL2, LOW);
          digitalWrite(COIL3, LOW);
          digitalWrite(COIL4, LOW);
          digitalWrite(ENER, LOW);    //Motor de-energized.
          }    
      } 

}

See in YouTube this experiment: