[SOLVED] BrickOS Jitters

[HIGHLIFE]

Hey guys I was playing around with BrickOS and had a problem with this code:


#include <config.h>
#include <dmotor.h>
#include <dsensor.h>



int main()
{

while (1)
{

motor_a_dir(fwd);
motor_c_dir(fwd);

motor_a_speed(255);
motor_c_speed(255);

if (TOUCH_1 == 1)
{
motor_a_dir(rev);
motor_a_speed(0);
}
else
{
motor_a_dir(fwd);
motor_a_speed(255);
}
}

return 0;
}

When I press the touch sensor the motor just jitters in the reverse direction rather than driving backwards at full speed. What am I doing wrong here?

[Zugzwang]

Should be obvious. If you press the button then the code


{
motor_a_dir(rev);
motor_a_speed(0);
} is executed. Afterwards the end of the control loop is reached (the "while(1) {...}"), so the controller begins executing it from the beginning of the loop again, which starts with:


motor_a_dir(fwd);
motor_c_dir(fwd);

motor_a_speed(255);
motor_c_speed(255);

Afterwards the condition is checked again and

{
motor_a_dir(rev);
motor_a_speed(0);
} is again executed (and so on). This surely causes jitter since the direction of the motor is switched extremly often. You probably want:
#include <config.h>
#include <dmotor.h>
#include <dsensor.h>

int main()
{
motor_a_dir(fwd);
motor_c_dir(fwd);

motor_a_speed(255);
motor_c_speed(255);
while (1)
{

if (TOUCH_1 == 1)
{
motor_a_dir(rev);
motor_a_speed(0);
}
else
{
motor_a_dir(fwd);
motor_a_speed(255);
}
}

return 0;
}

[HIGHLIFE]

#-o Haha thanks.