Servo Sweep
Parts
-Arduino microcontroller and carrier board
-LiPo battery
-Continuous rotation or regular servo
Prepare the breadboard
Program the Microcontroller
/**
* @file: Servo sweep example
*
* @description
* turn servo from 0 to 180 deg, wait, turn servo 180 to 0 deg
*
*/
// include additional headers
#include <Servo.h>
//global declarations
Servo myservo; // create servo object to control a servo
// a maximum of eight servo objects can be created
#define SERVO 4 // connect to this pin
int pos = 0; // variable to store the servo position
//--- Function: Setup ()
void setup()
{
myservo.attach(SERVO); // attaches the servo on pin 4 to the servo object
}
//--- Function: loop ()
void loop()
{
for(pos = 0; pos < 180; pos += 1) // goes from 0 degrees to 180 degrees
{ // in steps of 1 degree
myservo.write(pos); // tell servo to go to position in variable 'pos'
delay(15); // waits 15ms for the servo to reach the position
}
for(pos = 180; pos>=1; pos-=1) // goes from 180 degrees to 0 degrees
{
myservo.write(pos); // tell servo to go to position in variable 'pos'
delay(15); // waits 15ms for the servo to reach the position
}
}