[PD] arduino-help.me.please.pd [gadlletas]

[Martin Peach]

Christian Klippel wrote:
> hello,
> 
> servo's are _slightly_ different in that they dont take the classical pwm that 
> you can regulate from 0..100%.
> 
> instead, a servo needs a repetetive pulse between 1 and 2 miliseconds.
> that pulse train can have a frequency from 30 to 400 hz, for example, but the 
> pulse width stays in the same range. a pulse of 1.5 ms positions the servo 
> into the center, 1 and 2 ms are for the full movement to the left or right 
> respectively.
> 
> in the controller you need a loop (or, preferably, an interrupt) that just 
> waits some 20 ms, then sets the pulse on, waits 1 to 2 ms, and turns off 
> again, then repeat ....

...or a 50Hz pwm with a positive pulse width varying between 5 and 10 
percent. Doing this from a soundcard output is bad because 50Hz is close 
to the low-frequency cutoff of the card, so the parts of the pulse that 
should be at either 0V or 5V will actually drift towards each other. You 
would need to add a comparator to get a digital level signal.
The arduino digitalWrite command in conjunction with delayMicroseconds 
(for the positive pulse)and delay (for the negative pulse) should be OK 
for this.
Martin