This project demonstrates how to control a servo motor using an analog joystick and an Arduino Uno. By moving the joystick, you can adjust the position of the servo motor, making it ideal for applications like
with diameter of 3mm, because that’s the approximate size of the cuts that the hot wire makes when passing through the Styrofoam. Here we can also set the cutting feedrate which depends on the hot wire itself and the hardness of the Styrofoam. I set it to 150 mm/m. ...
The joystick has a button, X and Y-axis. The button works as usual. The X and Y axis can be thought of as a potentiometer, which provides data between 0 and 1023. A default value is half of that. We will use only the X-axis to control the starship. I have connected the SW to...
In this tutorial we are going to see how to use Arduino Joystick Shield. There are different versions but we'll be using v2.4, which has some interesting features and some extra buttons which can be used in your application in different ways. In this tutorial we are going to see how to...
Now let’s learn how to interface a servo motor with Arduino. Circuit diagram: The wiring is easy and self-explanatory. You need external power supply if you are using a bulky servo motor. If you try to power from arduino power’s supply you will end-up overloading the USB port on ...
Connect pin 3 from the Arduino board to the PPM pad on the Flight Controller. This is the Signal wire which will send all of the commands to the drone. And we're done with all the connections, now test that nothing is incorrectly soldered by using thecontinuity testeron your multimeter....
If you’re still on the fence about trying to build your own drawing robot/plotterbot, take heart. (Skip to the bottom of the post if you want to check out the latest 3D printable files and Arduino code.) If a relative newbie such as myself can make a go of it, I’m pretty sur...
Every robot skill has servo values (i.e., min and max). This means the Camera skill has different servo values than the Joystick skill. The values specified in a skill's configuration are specific to that skill. There are commands for all languages (JavaScript, Python, EZ-Script, etc.)...
Arduino will read the analog voltage and convert it into a digital value, which ranges from 0 to 1023, based on whether the joystick moves fully up or down. When the joystick is in the center position, Arduino receives a value of about 510. When it’s moved upward, the value gradually...
For controlling the hovercraft, I used my DIY Arduino based RC Transmitter which I made in one of my previous videos. I set the right joystick to control the servo motor for positioning the rudders on the back side of the thrust motor, set one of the potentiometers to control the lift ...