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Arduino Experimentors Guide adapted for nodebots
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04 Servo - Simplification of circuit? #26

Closed KatieK2 closed 9 years ago

KatieK2 commented 9 years ago

Looking at the circuit for Exercise 4, I see that it could be made more simple. We don't need to use the breadboard's ground/+5 volts; heck, we don't even need the breadboard. We could just run colored jumper wires directly from the servo's connectors to the Arduino.

It might be useful to introduce this concept to makers, since it's commonly used in Sumobot / Simplebot builds. What do you think?

AnnaGerber commented 9 years ago

What I was aiming to do with node-ardx was replicate the ARDX kit exercises exactly - and that's how the circuit appears in the ARDX booklet. But definitely we could explain that there is a simpler option (and for some of the other circuits too)

KatieK2 commented 9 years ago

Ah, I see the diagrams both in the SIK book and at http://www.oomlout.com/oom.php/products/ardx/circ-04. I will have a try at adding some explanatory copy tonight!

KatieK2 commented 9 years ago

Thanks!