Wednesday, 29 December 2010


So I have been playing with my Arduino Uno
Ive manged to get blinking LED's, Dimmer Switches and more working.
But today i finally had a go at servos - with nice results!
The code is not written by me & it is included within the Arduino Software.
Code :


// Controlling a servo position using a potentiometer (variable resistor)
// by Michal Rinott <http://people.interaction-ivrea.it/m.rinott>

#include <Servo.h>

Servo myservo;  // create servo object to control a servo

int potpin = 0;  // analog pin used to connect the potentiometer
int val;    // variable to read the value from the analog pin

void setup()
{
  myservo.attach(9);  // attaches the servo on pin 9 to the servo object
}

void loop()
{
  val = analogRead(potpin);            // reads the value of the potentiometer (value between 0 and 1023)
  val = map(val, 0, 1023, 0, 179);     // scale it to use it with the servo (value between 0 and 180)
  myservo.write(val);                  // sets the servo position according to the scaled value
  delay(15);                           // waits for the servo to get there
}

Friday, 3 December 2010

Im Buying An Arduino Uno


Been doing some research into how it is programmed!