Arduino serial servo control

Video example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW7G_mqVWnA



A quick test with a servo motor. Serial data controls the position of a micro servo motor.


Code:

/* Quick Serial Servo Control

by Sebastian Tomczak

3 February 2008

Adelaide, Australia

*/

byte data;

void setup() {

Serial.begin(57600);

pinMode(2, OUTPUT);

}

void loop() {

if(Serial.available() > 0) {

data = Serial.read();

for(int i = 0; i < 21; i++) {

digitalWrite(2, HIGH);

delayMicroseconds(data * 6 + 700);

digitalWrite(2, LOW);

delayMicroseconds(22000 - (data * 6 + 700));

}

}

}

And of course, by extension it is quite easy to modify the above code to run two servo motors and sequence them from Ableton Live...

Code:
/* Quick 2 x Serial Servo Control

by Sebastian Tomczak



3 February 2008

Adelaide, Australia

*/

byte data1;

byte data2;

void setup() {

Serial.begin(57600);

pinMode(2, OUTPUT);

pinMode(3, OUTPUT);

}

void loop() {

if(Serial.available() > 1) {

data1 = Serial.read();

data2 = Serial.read();

for(int i = 0; i < 20; i++) {

digitalWrite(data1, HIGH);

delayMicroseconds(data2 * 6 + 700);

digitalWrite(data1, LOW);

delayMicroseconds(22000 - (data2 * 6 + 700));

}

}

}