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MicroPython Cookbook

You're reading from   MicroPython Cookbook Over 110 practical recipes for programming embedded systems and microcontrollers with Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838649951
Length 452 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Marwan Alsabbagh Marwan Alsabbagh
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting started with MicroPython 2. Controlling LEDs FREE CHAPTER 3. Creating Sound and Music 4. Interacting with Buttons 5. Reading Sensor Data 6. Button Bash Game 7. Fruity Tunes 8. Let's Move It, Move It 9. Coding on the micro:bit 10. Controlling the ESP8266 11. Interacting with the Filesystem 12. Networking 13. Interacting with the Adafruit FeatherWing OLED 14. Building an Internet of Things (IoT) Weather Machine 15. Coding on the Adafruit HalloWing Microcontroller 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Setting the actuation range of a servo

Servos vary in the range of motion their arms have. For the angles, you make a request in your software to map correctly to the angles the servo actually moves in; you need to configure the servo with its actuation range. Once configured, you will be able to accurately move the arms connected to servos into their correct positions. This is an important step in configuring any project you plan to use servos in. If you don't do this, you will face a number of strange surprises where the servo arms keep moving to the wrong positions.

Getting ready

You will need access to the REPL on the Circuit Playground Express to run the code presented in this recipe.

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