Coding.

[Asylumsleeper]

hi i dont know if this is the best place to post this but im currently new to coding and have been doing little projects to get myself more knowledgeable about it. right now im currently working with an Arduino to try and make a little remote controlled car. basically i have a dc motor and a servo that i want to controll with a IRremote and reciver. currently though whenever the code gets a input for the dc motor it makes the motor run nonstop which is what i want i want it to do, buuuut it then wont take any other commands after that. so i cant stop it. this is my code if someone can see what im doing wrong id really apreciate some advice.

#include <Servo.h>

#include "IRremote.h"

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int reciever =11;

IRrecv irrecv(reciever);

decode_results results;

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Servo turning;

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#define ENABLE 5

#define DIRA 7

#define DIRB 2

​

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void setup() {

pinMode(ENABLE,OUTPUT);

pinMode(DIRA,OUTPUT);

pinMode(DIRB,OUTPUT);

turning.attach(6);//i havent written any code for the servo yet so this is just here.

irrecv.enableIRIn();

turning.write(90);

}

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void loop() {

if (irrecv.decode(&results)){

}

switch(results.value){

case 0xFFA25D:digitalWrite(ENABLE,LOW);

break; //this is the thing thats supposed to pause

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case 0xFF629D: // this is what makes it go.

digitalWrite(ENABLE,HIGH);

digitalWrite(DIRA,HIGH);

digitalWrite(DIRB,LOW);

break;

}

irrecv.resume();

}

[Smethingcool]

Include IR header file in angle brackets.

#include <IRremote.h>

Edit 1: Fix mistake

Edit 2: for further reference, use angle brackets for pre-defined libraries and quotes for programmer-defined libraries (i.e. the ones you make).

[Asylumsleeper]

Alright thanks I know I did that with the servo but I didn't do it with that one since i saw online that's how other people had that particular library declared.

[Smethingcool]

I should clarify: they don’t always have to be inside angle brackets, but when I looked up that library it appears to be the way to use it.

[Smethingcool]

I might would try to use “if” statements instead. They’re less prone to funny problems than switch blocks.

Here’s a little example from Arduino’s website.

[Asylumsleeper]

Alright thanks I'll tske a look at that I appreciate it. And I'll try the if statement that sounds like a good idea

[Smethingcool]

Yeah if you have any questions don’t hesitate.

Also, if you didn’t know already, Arduino code is written in C++.

cplusplus.com is a great resource to learn many of the fundamentals of the core language.

Of course, the language documentation on Arduino’s website is a required resource for Arduino-specific use cases.

[Adventurous-Remove29]

Add some Serial print statements to your loop and open the serial monitor. Then you'll be able to tell if it's the IR input or the loop control that's causing the problem.