B4R Tutorial Adafruit Motor Shield - Microstepping

This is not really a tutorial, just a small piece of information regarding the microstepping.

With respect to the library from Erel: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/radafruitmotorshield-v2.69089/

Microstepping is set in the ".h" file, as default, to 16 steps. If you wish to change this, edit the file "Adafruit_MotorShield.h" and change the value on line 26. Values of 8 or 16 are allowed.

B4X:
/******************************************************************
 This is the library for the Adafruit Motor Shield V2 for Arduino. 
 It supports DC motors & Stepper motors with microstepping as well
 as stacking-support. It is *not* compatible with the V1 library!

 It will only work with https://www.adafruit.com/products/1483
 
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 source code, please support Adafruit and open-source hardware
 by purchasing products from Adafruit!
 
 Written by Limor Fried/Ladyada for Adafruit Industries.
 BSD license, check license.txt for more information.
 All text above must be included in any redistribution.
 ******************************************************************/

#ifndef _Adafruit_MotorShield_h_
#define _Adafruit_MotorShield_h_

#include <inttypes.h>
#include <Wire.h>
#include "Adafruit_MS_PWMServoDriver.h"

//#define MOTORDEBUG

#define MICROSTEPS 16         // 8 or 16   <== CHANGE THIS

The file can be found, when you download the library, in the directory "rAdafruitMotorShieldV2"

Compared to the style "stepper.STYLE_SINGLE" or "stepper.STYLE_DOUBLE", the movement is very smooth.

*** Also don't forget, the step command blocks the main thread ***
 
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