AFMotor won't Compile on My iMac OR Windows PC

[TerrenceJ]

AFMotor won't Compile on My iMac OR Windows PC

[elbowdonkey]

What specific Arduino are you using? If it's an Arduino 101 or Genuino 101 (which use 32bit Intel Curie chips) you'll see this error. AFMotor isn't currently working for the Curie chips yet.

Adding support shouldn't be too hard but will take some time and research. I may need to add support or use different hardware for a project I'm working on. I haven't decided yet. If I do end up working on it, I'll be submitting a pull request here.

[jsharf]

Unfortunately this fix is pretty half-baked, but I modified the library to still compile on non-AVR and non-PIC boards like the Arduino 101 (Intel Curie Core)

My modifications currently only support DC motors (and not stepper motors) and don't support setting the frequency of the control signal.

You can find the source code here:

https://github.com/jsharf/Adafruit-Motor-Shield-library

And you can find the slightly modified library in the Arduino library manager. If I decide to work on stepper motor support, I'll submit a pull request to make this more widely available.

[ladyada]

this library deprecated, use v2 of the library, supported by all arduinos!

[jsharf]

Wait does V2 of the library support the original Adafruit Arduino motor shield? I own one of these things and would be pretty sad if it's just totally unsupported now.

[ladyada]

it is totally unsupported at this time, we haven't sold it for 3 or 4 years...since its release there are dozens of arduinos each with different pin configs and timers, it was not maintainable to keep the old version.
It still works with the UNO it was released for (well, at the time it was the Diecimilla!)

[DaveCasey]

Please disregard my earlier comment, I got it working with an UNO.