arduino stuffs
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+/*
+ Controlling a servo position using a potentiometer (variable resistor)
+ by Michal Rinott <http://people.interaction-ivrea.it/m.rinott>
+
+ modified on 8 Nov 2013
+ by Scott Fitzgerald
+ http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Knob
+*/
+
+#include <Servo.h>
+
+Servo myservo; // create servo object to control a servo
+
+int potpin = A0; // analog pin used to connect the potentiometer
+int val; // variable to read the value from the analog pin
+
+void setup() {
+ myservo.attach(9); // attaches the servo on pin 9 to the servo object
+}
+
+void loop() {
+ val = analogRead(potpin); // reads the value of the potentiometer (value between 0 and 1023)
+ val = map(val, 0, 1023, 0, 180); // scale it for use with the servo (value between 0 and 180)
+ myservo.write(val); // sets the servo position according to the scaled value
+ delay(15); // waits for the servo to get there
+}