ucsd-creative-robotics

Dev Board Actuators

Making things move.

Servo Motor

Rotational motion 0-180 degrees.

Another use of Pulse Width Modulation is driving the position of a servo motor.

Servo Sweep

• Install the Servo library:
  • Tools -> Manage Libraries:
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  • Search for Servo. Click Install:
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  • Select the “Sweep” example:
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https://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/LibraryExamples/Sweep

• How to read a schematic
• Pulse Width Modulation
  • (analogWrite()!)
  • more on PWM Secrets of Arduino PWM

Servo Knob

A knob is a kind of simple “sensor” to drive the servo motion.

• Under Examples -> Servo, select the Knob example:
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• Reading the schematic.
• Use the servo to control two knobs.

DC Motors

Continous forward/backward motion controlled with PWM outputs. Including geared DC motors, which are a special instance of the above with slower rotation rate. [TK]

Geared DC Motor

[TK]

Solenoid

Push (or pull) linear potion. Digital (on/off). [TK]

Stepper Motor

Very precise rotational motion (200 steps/rotation, typically), controlled with digital outputs. [TK]

Capacitive Touch Sensing

[TK]

References

[TK]