Category circuits

555 Servo Controller

While waiting for my servo shield to arrive I decided to learn how to use a 555 timer chip to control a servo.

First Circuit – Motion Alarm

For my first excursion into things Arduino I had purchased the “Make: Ultimate Microcontroller Pack” kit from RadioShack. It contains an assortment of components, i.e. LEDs, capacitor, resistors, various sensors, LCD display …etc, as well as the Arduino Uno Rev 3 and the MakerShield prototyping “shield”. I had also purchased a passive infrared sensor and […]