need guidance about servo and arduino mega

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Hi,
im noob in arduino and servo.
i want to control 2 servos using the accelerometer from an android phone(since i read that arduino is compatible with most android phones).

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Forget the phone for now, and just get used to driving the servos from serial commands.
Zoomkat will be along shortly to post some example code.

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Thanks

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Simple test code for use with the serial monitor to test your servo.

// zoomkat 10-22-11 serial servo test
// type servo position 0 to 180 in serial monitor
// or for writeMicroseconds, use a value like 1500
// for IDE 0022 and later
// Powering a servo from the arduino usually *DOES NOT WORK*.

String readString;
#include <Servo.h> 
Servo myservo;  // create servo object to control a servo 

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  myservo.writeMicroseconds(1500); //set initial servo position if desired
  myservo.attach(7);  //the pin for the servo control 
  Serial.println("servo-test-22-dual-input"); // so I can keep track of what is loaded
}

void loop() {
  while (Serial.available()) {
    char c = Serial.read();  //gets one byte from serial buffer
    readString += c; //makes the string readString
    delay(2);  //slow looping to allow buffer to fill with next character
  }

  if (readString.length() >0) {
    Serial.println(readString);  //so you can see the captured string 
    int n = readString.toInt();  //convert readString into a number

    // auto select appropriate value, copied from someone elses code.
    if(n >= 500)
    {
      Serial.print("writing Microseconds: ");
      Serial.println(n);
      myservo.writeMicroseconds(n);
    }
    else
    {   
      Serial.print("writing Angle: ");
      Serial.println(n);
      myservo.write(n);
    }

    readString=""; //empty for next input
  } 
}
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btw is arduino mega and mega 2560 the same?
can someone give me a code about two servos being controlled by pushbutton..tnx :slight_smile:

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JUGG3R:
btw is arduino mega and mega 2560 the same?
can someone give me a code about two servos being controlled by pushbutton..tnx :slight_smile:

The original Arduino Mega board was based on the AVR mega1280 chip and that board was replaced by the current Arduino Mega2560 board based on the AVR mega2560 chip. The main difference is the newer mega board has twice the program flash memory size (256KB Vs 128KB) and uses the 8u2 USB serial converter chip Vs the FTDI USB serial converter chip on the older mega. Other then that they are identical in performance.

Lefty