Schlagwort: servo
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Spinning gyroscope “boat” stabilization
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpinning gyroscope “boat” stabilization Arduino Team — May 6th, 2021 When you use a “gyroscope” in Arduino and robotics projects, generally this means a small IMU that leverages several methods of sensing to tell how a device is moving. However, physical gyroscopes are able to employ a spinning disk stay upright…
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A splendid steampunk tea maker
Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — April 14th, 2021 Prolific project maker and Arduino lover Alain Mauer has made a rather splendid tea maker project with a steampunk twist. Despite Mauer being based in Luxemburg, we’d have to say this feels like a very British Arduino application. Crumpets or Battenburg, anyone? Putting the “Tea” in…
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Mechanical 7-segment display made with micro servos and an Arduino Mega
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMechanical 7-segment display made with micro servos and an Arduino Mega Arduino Team — February 12th, 2020 Flip displays are an interesting piece of technology, physically moving segments into place that stay put until other information is needed. Michael Klements has been especially fascinated by these devices, and after inspiration from…
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How to control multiple servo motors with Raspberry Pi
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the latest Explaining Computers video, Christopher Barnatt explains how to use servo motors with Raspberry Pi. Using servos is a great introduction to the digital making side of computing; servos allow you to control the movement of all manner of project components with your Raspberry Pi and a motor controller attached…
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Some tips and tricks for controlling a servo with an Arduino
Reading Time: 2 minutesSome tips and tricks for controlling a servo with an Arduino Arduino Team — November 6th, 2019 Servos aren’t particularly hard to control with Arduinos, and in fact there’s a library available just for that purpose. Actually making the connection between the board and servo and managing one’s power usage will require…
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Raspberry Pi-controlled brass bell for ultimate the wake-up call
Reading Time: 2 minutesNot one for rising with the sun, and getting more and more skilled at throwing their watch across the room to snooze their alarm, Reddit user ravenspired decided to hook up a physical bell to a Raspberry Pi and servo motor to create the ultimate morning wake-up call. DIY RASPBERRY PI BELL…
