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Overview

by Simon Monk

This lesson describes how to control a single servo motor using Python.  

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Servo motors are controlled by pulses of varying lengths. This requires fairly accurate timing. The Raspberry Pi has one pin that generates pulses in hardware, without having to rely on the operating system.

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Last updated on 2016-10-28 at 11.25.28 PM Published on 2013-01-09 at 09.22.53 AM

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