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This instructable is the written version of my "Arduino : How To Control Servo Motor with
Potentiometer" YouTube video that I've uploaded recently. I strongly recommend you to check it
out.

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Arduino Servo Motor Control with Potentiometer

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Control the position of a RC (hobby) servo motor with your Arduino and a potentiometer.

*** I recommend! You not connect directly the servo motor to arduino. I suggest you use
external power to the servo.

SG90 Mini RC servo motors can be used. This can damage the Arduino MG996 instant high
torque.

MG996 Stall Torque: 9.4kg / cm (4.8V) - 11 kg / cm (6.0V) and Operating voltage: 4.8 ~ 6.6v.

I wanted to tell in this tutorial; connections, code generation and motor control. So I did not give
more details about the engine.

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Hardware Required

Arduino or Genuino Board

Servo Motor
10k ohm potentiometer
hook-up wires
mini breadboard

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Servo motors have three wires: power, ground, and signal. The power wire is typically red, and
should be connected to the 5V pin on the Arduino or Genuino board. The ground wire is
typically black or brown and should be connected to a ground pin on the board. The signal pin
is typically yellow or orange and should be connected to pin 9 on the board.

The potentiometer should be wired so that its two outer pins are connected to power (+5V) and
ground, and its middle pin is connected to analog input 0 on the board.

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This example makes use of the Arduino servo library.

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(/member/Salamyman/) Salamyman (/member/Salamyman/) Question 2 years ago

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could this work with a 22k ohm potentiometer as well?

(/member/Arjun+Dhama+2/) Arjun Dhama 2 (/member/Arjun+Dhama+2/) Question 2 years ago

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i made it but to power the servo i used a bread board power supply module , it didnt work.If i plug in
the servo to the board the power of the board is gone , the coding is correct

(/member/Mano373/) Mano373 (/member/Mano373/) 4 years ago

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 hi my friend I want to make an rc transmitter & receiver 4ch or more by using 2 arduino one send the
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positions of the servos and the second receive and output the pulses for each one and by the serial
connection ..... any ideas ^_^ I will be thankful
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(/member/ahmet_024102/) ahmet_024102 (/member/ahmet_024102/) 4 years ago

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