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Programming the BeagleBone

You're reading from  Programming the BeagleBone

Product type Book
Published in Jan 2016
Publisher
ISBN-13 9781784390013
Pages 180 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages

Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Programming the BeagleBone
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgment
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Cloud9 IDE 2. Blinking Onboard LEDs 3. Blinking External LEDs 4. Controlling LED Using a Push Button 5. Reading from Analog Sensors 6. PWM – Writing Analog Information 7. Internet of Things with BeagleBone 8. Physical Computing in Python 9. UART, I2C, and SPI Programming 10. Internet of Things using Python GPIO Control in Bash BeagleBone Capes
Pinmux and the Device Tree Index

Micro servo motor circuit setup


We are going to control a micro servo motor. Servo motors are special types of DC motors tightly coupled with a feed-backing control circuit that positions a shaft in a precise angle. They are used where fast, accurate, and limited angle movement is needed, for example, robot arm movement and CNC machine. The position of the motor shaft can be controlled through PWM. There is no need for extra motor driver chip.

A micro servo motor can rotate 180 degrees. The frequency/period is specific as per the servo motor. A typical servo motor expects approximately a 20 millisecond period to drive the motor. A servo motor changes shaft angle as per pulse width. If the specified pulse width is 1 millisecond or less, it remains at angle zero. That translates to approximately 3% duty cycle. If the pulse width is 1.5 milliseconds, then the servo shaft will change to a 90 degree angle. If a 2 millisecond pulse is given, the servo shaft will be at a maximum 180 degrees. It...

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