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
  }
}