Project Info
Author: Chris
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Time Invested: 3 Hours
Prerequisites:
Take a look at the above
tutorials before continuing
to read this project.
Author: Chris
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Time Invested: 3 Hours
Prerequisites:
Take a look at the above
tutorials before continuing
to read this project.
This tutorial will cover:
1. Servo Motor Theory.
2. Single Servo Motor Control w/ PIC.
3. Multiple Servo Motor Control w/ PIC.
It is highly recommended that you understand how to program a PIC before continuing with this tutorial. I have a tutorial written that explains this process. Take a quick look through it if you're not familiar with the PIC Microprocessor.
The Servo Connector
Purpose of this project
The purpose of this project is to explain what a servo motor is, how it is used & how to control it using the PIC microcontroller. Basic servo theory will be explained and then we'll look at some sample programing methods to control servo motors.
A great advantage of servo motors is that they are very easy to control in comparison with other types of motors (DC, Stepper) that require an H-Bridge or external circuitry. The servo motor has all this circuitry internally.