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Controlling a Servo with a TLC5940 (calculating PWM setting)
I'm trying to control a few servos and a bunch of RGB-LED from an arduino board. To do that I'm going to chain together a few TLC5940 chips. The issue I'm trying to resolve at the moment is what PWM ...
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Arduino Nano: This schematic would work?
If I used this 9v battery, and a 6v battery pack(AA battery), would this combination work.
I want to it run disconnected from the PC.
Sorry my bad english.
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Arduino uno - Servo
Im trying to control two servos at once using Arduino UNO and Arduino Motor Shield. My servos are modified, so that they can work with constant movement. When I send the first order ...
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6 Volt Futaba Servo controlled by a 5V Arduino
I've been able to hook up a Futaba S3003 servo directly to my Arduino and it works perfectly. However, when I power it with an external 6 volt DC power supply (instead of the Arduino's onboard 5V) it ...
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Jumpy servo with arduino
I'm using the sparkfun inventor's kit. I'm using the code listed at the end fo this post, to controll a servo with a potientiometer using the arduino.
Unfortunately, the servo behaves very jumpy. ...
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Need opinions on servo motor control for heavy applications
I want to control a servo motor using Arduino and sensors. But all the example schemes or tutorials so far I found are for motors used in toys, low power applications. My task is to control a servo ...
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How do I control speed using servo.h?
I have an Arduino mega 2560 attached to a 4 wheeled robot (similar to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPqZQsKHJ9s&feature=related) .
Pin 9 on the Arduino is connected to the front wheels ...
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Driving a dual axis with one stepper motor [closed]
I'm busy learning a bit of electronics, and trying to create an analog gauge replica of a Cessna 172 aircraft altimeter.
I'm using an Arduino Mega 2560 to fiddle with, and thinking of using a stepper ...
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What's the best approach to implementing a remote control lock?
I was thinking how I would go about building a remote control lock with an Arduino (or better yet a Raspberry Pi when I get one) and thought I'd check to see if any were available for sale. Schlage ...
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Recording Servo/Motor movement with arduino
Hi I'm really new to Arduino projects and don't really know how to start. I'have to do a project for university. The programming part should be no problem but I don't have any experiance with ...
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Servo selection Lightweight robot, 4 Legs, 3 joints per leg. [closed]
I'm building a robot for my major work at school and need to select servo motors for the legs.
The robot will have 4 legs and each leg will have 3 joints so 12 servos are needed.
My robot will be ...
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My servo wont turn when accepting commands from an arduino
I'm trying to turn a servo with my arduino when it receives commands from a serial input, in this case my keyboard. I have already done this with motors and it works fine but when I try with my servo ...
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Servo Motor Won't Turn Without Push
So, please forgive me for the naiveté I'm most certainly going to exhibit here. I'm mostly a software guy, so this project is a little out of my comfort zone. Nevertheless:
Project
I have been given ...
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DIY Servo arm using wrong inverse kinematics doesn't make a straight line
I have built a Servo-Arms with HS-422 servo (super simple basic servo motors found in a starter kit) that gets angle values with inverse kinematics in Processing (java).
The inverse kinematic (on ...
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1answer
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Arduino external power source causes timing issues
I was prototyping a project (basically a servo and piezo controlled by a button with some LEDs to indicate the state) everything was going fine. So I decided to take the project off the ardiuno board ...
