However you can also try using analogwrite(pin,Dutycycle) function or library to apply PWM on the servo pin (PWM pin) only good thing about this is that you can use more than just pin 9 and 10 pins, but you can use all the PWM pins on your arduino. It could also be coded in such a way that you can control the shaft using potentiometer and eventually a joystick which is basically a potentiometer.īut that still does not explain how is this library controlling the shaft position, well after looking it up in the oscilloscope i found out that each of these angles written in the library code sends a different pulse width signal to the servo, 0/-90/-180 sends signal continuously (i think) with a pulse width of 0.5 mS with a period of 20 mS which is basically chosen or preferred for all servo’s, 90 degree angle will send pulse width of 1.5 mS so it stays in the middle and 180 degree pulse width of 2.5 mS so it goes all the way to the left.Īs you can see a pulse width modulation occurs ,as we change the pulse’s width the angle and position of the shaft changes as well, which basically means we change the duty cycle of the pulse to change the shaft’s position. in the coding department you have to include servo.h library and then use attach function NameOfTheMotor.attach(pin no.) you can name the motor and assign a pin to it, it should be either 9 or 10 according tot he arduino website, and then using write function you can change the position of the motor 90 degree would mean neutral in the middle, 180 meaning to the left all the way and -90, -180 or 0 meaning all the way to the right, with attach function you can also make the motor go from 0 angle to all the way to 180 gradually and then going in reverse direction. Now there are different ways to control the Servo through coding in arduino First lets look at the attach function used in arduino with servo.h library, in arduino its recommended to use the servo.h library for pins 9 and 10. ![]() Servo motors in general have low speed ranges to about 50 to 60 RPM and also low torque, but they are usually used for precise positioning of the shaft because of the feedback device inside the motor. ![]() Now a pulse width of 1.5 mS will position the shaft in its neutral place on a scale of 0-180 that would be the 90 degrees, 0.5 mS would turn the shaft all the way to the right to 0 angle and 2.5 mS would cause it to go all the way to left meaning 180 angle. generally at first the Servo’s can only rotate for about 180 degrees meaning starting from 0 angle all the way to 180, however it could be hacked for 360 degree angle rotation as well. Generally in Servo’s at least for the ones I am using the pulse received by the servo must have Frequency of 50 Hz thus period of 20 mS Vp of 5 V depending on the source voltage and the pulse width determines the position of the shaft of the Servo. Which means that the Servo motor work with Pulse width modulation. Servo’s have three wires Red color for Voltage source usually ranges from 4.8 to 6 volt for arduino case its 5 V, a black/brown color wire for Ground and orange/white/yellow for the PWM. First of all Servo motor is basically a DC motor with gear box, control unit and a position sensing device, which means that these motors use feedback to determine the shaft position using potentiometer or a volume control knob. Here I am using S3001 Servo and HD-1900A micro-servo. ![]() Now before we go into that first we need to look at the Servo’s we are using. ![]() For this project, which is quite simple to implement, but the goal is to understand how and in what way does the arduino control the servo.
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