TinkerCAD with Arduino: Servo Motors and DC Motors
Sensors vs Actuators
Website Reference: Sensors vs Actuators
Actuators are Output Components (LED, Motor, speaker etc.) and produce heat or motion
Sensors are Input Components (push button, ultrasonic sensor, gas sensor, scale, etc.) and produce an electrical signal that can be read to determine various types of data (distance, gas mass, color, etc.) There are to main categories of sensors Digital and Analog
- Digital Sensors/Electrical Components: have a finite set of possible values. Typically On or Off states (i.e. light switch, touch sensor)
- Analog Sensors: have a range of values can be ever changing based on the environment (i.e. thermometer (thermocouple), photoresistor, potentiometer, gas sensor, color sensor)
Tutorials and Assignments
1. Servo Motors
2. DC Motors
3. DC Motor and Ultrasonic Sensor
Note: RGB Colors: That color schemes may not match up to same in Tutorial; it does not matter if exact colors as long as the RGB is changing colors based upon the state of the input (potentiometer, motor, button, etc.)
Written Tutorial: Arduino Tutorial and Assignment: Servo Motors
Reference Document: Programming Functions
Written Tutorial: Arduino Tutorial and Assignment: DC Motors with Ultrasonic Sensor
Reference Document: Piezo Speaker: Wiring and Programming
Sensors
TinkerCAD Class Code:
Written Tutorial: Photoresistor
Written Tutorial: Gas Sensor
Written Tutorial: LCD Screen and Keypad
Written Tutorial: Temperature Sensor
Written Tutorial: TinkerCAD Capstone Project