Continuous push button detection in for Stepper control

Question

Currently, I've worked on code for controlling stepper motor with pushbuttons. So, basically, I have to press two push button to run forward and backwards. but the problem is when I press the 1st pushbutton it detects that pushbutton and run motor CW or CCW, That means it cannot detect the press of another pushbutton to make it counterclockwise.

I realize that the program isn't detecting the second push button after pressing 1st one. Tried different options to make it work. but failed.

any suggestions?

Here's my code for reference:-

#include <AccelStepper.h>

const int button1Pin = A2 ;
const int button2Pin = A1;

int button1State = 0;
int button2State = 0;

boolean flag1 = 0;
boolean flag2 = 0;

AccelStepper stepper = AccelStepper(1, 8, 9);
void setup()
{  
   pinMode(button1Pin, INPUT);
   pinMode(button2Pin, INPUT);  
   
   Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop()
{  

      int sensorReading = analogRead(A0);
      int motorSpeed = map(sensorReading, 0, 1023, 500, 1000);
      button1State = digitalRead(button1Pin);
      button2State = digitalRead(button2Pin);

     stepper.setMaxSpeed(2000);
     stepper.setSpeed(motorSpeed);
     
     if (button1State == HIGH)
       {
       
        stepper.setSpeed(motorSpeed);
        Serial.print("ok");
        stepper.runSpeed();
       

       }
 
  if (button2State == HIGH)
       {

        Serial.print("ok2");
        stepper.setSpeed(-motorSpeed);
        stepper.runSpeed();

      }
}

Another problem is in this current code, it cannot detect the potentiometer input inside the if ( button state ) {} loop.

it would be a great help pointing out my mistakes.

Answer 1

I implemented your code here on a UNO using 2 pushbuttons (with the stepper motor functions commented out) and it seems to work fine. When I press button1 I get a lot of "ok" printouts for as long as the button is held down. When I press button2, the same thing happens except with "ok2" instead of "ok".

Here's the code I used:

/*
    Name:       TwoPushButtonTest.ino
    Created:    9/28/2020 2:36:07 PM
    Author:     FRANKNEWXPS15\Frank
*/



//#include <AccelStepper.h>

const int button1Pin = A2;
const int button2Pin = A1;

int button1State = 0;
int button2State = 0;

boolean flag1 = 0;
boolean flag2 = 0;

//AccelStepper stepper = AccelStepper(1, 8, 9);
void setup()
{
  pinMode(button1Pin, INPUT);
  pinMode(button2Pin, INPUT);

  Serial.begin(115200);
}

void loop()
{

  //int sensorReading = analogRead(A0);
  //int motorSpeed = map(sensorReading, 0, 1023, 500, 1000);
  button1State = digitalRead(button1Pin);
  button2State = digitalRead(button2Pin);

  //stepper.setMaxSpeed(2000);
  //stepper.setSpeed(motorSpeed);

  if (button1State == HIGH)
  {

    Serial.print("ok");
    //stepper.setSpeed(motorSpeed);
    //stepper.runSpeed();


  }

  if (button2State == HIGH)
  {

    Serial.print("ok2");
    //stepper.setSpeed(-motorSpeed);
    //stepper.runSpeed();

  }
}

and here's the wiring diagram:

Note the two 10K pull-down resistors. If these are not present, then the A2/A3 inputs are indeterminate whenever the buttons are in the 'disconnected' state, and anything can happen.