Controlling Servo Motor Using Keyboard Input

I'M BACK!!!!

Well hello everybody!! It has been quite a long time since i posted here. A bit busy with studies lately. But nevertheless, today I would like to share to you guys about a simple experiment concerning arduino and servo motor. In this experiment, I will be controlling my servo motor movement, which is connected to arduino, through keyboard input. Let's go to step 1 shall we?

Step 1: Step 1: List of Items

As usual I will list all of the items(software included) for this simple experiment:

Hardware:

1. Arduino board (I used arduino UNO)

2. Servo motor ( I used a HD-3001HB servo motor)

3. Male to Male wires

Software:

1. Arduino IDE

2 Tera Term

Step 2: Step 2: Assembling the Servo Motor to the Arduino

In a servo motor, there will be three connections provided. In my case, my servo motor consists of connection coloured dark brown,red and orange. After several rounds of internet search, I found that:

1. Dark brown connects to the GROUND

2.Red connects to 5V

3.Orange connects to arduino UNO pin 9

I have attached a JPEG image of the sketch for further clarification(I made the sketch using fritzing by the way). However in the sketch the connections are colored Black, Red, and Yellow:

1. Black connects to the GROUND

2. Red to 5V

3. Yellow to arduino UNO pin 9

Step 3: Step 3: the CODE

Now comes the coding part. I'll try my best to explain as deep as possible of the code that I had made for this experiment.

THE CODE:

#include<Servo.h> // include server library

Servo ser; // create servo object to control a servo

int poser = 0; // initial position of server

int val; // initial value of input

void setup() {

Serial.begin(9600); // Serial comm begin at 9600bps

ser.attach(9);// server is connected at pin 9

}

void loop() {

if (Serial.available()) // if serial value is available

{

val = Serial.read();// then read the serial value

if (val == 'd') //if value input is equals to d

{

poser += 1; //than position of servo motor increases by 1 ( anti clockwise)

ser.write(poser);// the servo will move according to position

delay(15);//delay for the servo to get to the position

}

if (val == 'a') //if value input is equals to a

{

poser -= 1; //than position of servo motor decreases by 1 (clockwise)

ser.write(poser);// the servo will move according to position

delay(15);//delay for the servo to get to the position

}

}

}

Pssst: I have also attached the arduino code just in case!!

Step 4: STEP 4: the Output

Now, upload your code to the arduino. After uploading, open Tera Term and make a serial connection to the arduino board. Now press the designated button( a or d) and watch how the servo responds to the keyboard input. Thank You very much for your time in reading this instructable. I am sorry if I had written anything wrong (please inform me about it) or my English is bad as English is my second language. Other than that, I would like bid good luck and happy Innovating. Lastly, I would like to say, I'LL BE BACK!!