int Pin1 = 8;//IN1 is connected to 10
int Pin2 = 9;//IN2 is connected to 11
int Pin3 = 10;//IN3 is connected to 12
int Pin4 = 11;//IN4 is connected to 13
int switchCW  =2;//define input pin for CW push button
int switchStop=3;//define input pin for Stop push button
int switchCCW =4;//define input pin for CCW push button

 int pole1[] ={0,0,0,0, 0,1,1,1, 0};//pole1, 8 step values
int pole2[] ={0,0,0,1, 1,1,0,0, 0};//pole2, 8 step values
int pole3[] ={0,1,1,1, 0,0,0,0, 0};//pole3, 8 step values
int pole4[] ={1,1,0,0, 0,0,0,1, 0};//pole4, 8 step values



int poleStep = 0;
int  dirStatus = 3;// stores direction status 3= stop (do not change)

void setup()
{
 pinMode(Pin1, OUTPUT);//define pin for ULN2003 in1
 pinMode(Pin2, OUTPUT);//define pin for ULN2003 in2
 pinMode(Pin3, OUTPUT);//define pin for ULN2003 in3
 pinMode(Pin4, OUTPUT);//define pin for ULN2003 in4

 pinMode(switchCW,INPUT_PULLUP);// CW push button pin as input
 pinMode(switchStop,INPUT_PULLUP);//Stop push button pin as input
 pinMode(switchCCW,INPUT_PULLUP);//CCW push button pin as input

}
 void loop()
{

  if(digitalRead(switchCCW) == HIGH)
  {
    dirStatus =1;
  }else if(digitalRead(switchCW) == HIGH)
  {
   dirStatus  = 2;
  }else if(digitalRead(switchStop) == HIGH)
  {
    dirStatus =3;
  }
 if(dirStatus ==1){
   poleStep++;
    driveStepper(poleStep);
 }else if(dirStatus ==2){
   poleStep--;
    driveStepper(poleStep);
 }else{
  driveStepper(8);
 }
 if(poleStep>7){
   poleStep=0;
 }
 if(poleStep<0){
   poleStep=7;
 }
 delay(1);

}// loop



/*
 * @brief sends signal to the motor
 * @param "c" is integer representing the pol of motor
 * @return does not return anything
 *
 * www.Robojax.com code June 2019
 */
void driveStepper(int c)
{
     digitalWrite(Pin1, pole1[c]);
     digitalWrite(Pin2, pole2[c]);
     digitalWrite(Pin3, pole3[c]);
     digitalWrite(Pin4, pole4[c]);
}//driveStepper end here