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hello alltogether,

I'm bloody new to arduino & co, unfortunately lost and might need some help
with synchronising some servos.

Just shortly to understand my project:
I want to create a movable "water-tap" controlled by 3 servos.

See: http://www.freshform.de/download/Mario.mov

To get some kind of realistic behaviour/gestures, the servos need to
work all simultaneously! So I could e.g. create a circular movement out of
back/forth and left/right.

With my code so far, the functions only go one after the other, which defentitely
doesn't work for my purpose.

Code:

//int pulse = 0;        // Amount to pulse the servo
//int end = 0;
//int act =0;
//int counter=0;

/*int refreshTime = 20; // the time needed in between pulses
unsigned long lastPulse = 0;*/

//int analogValue = 0;  // the value returned from the analog sensor
//int analogPin = 0;    // the analog pin that the sensor's on
// minPulse = links ; maxPulse = rechts


//servo1
int servoPin1 = 2;     // Control pin for servo motor
int minPulse1 = 850;   // Minimum servo position
int maxPulse1 = 1400;  // Maximum servo position

//servo2
int servoPin2 = 3;     // Control pin for servo motor
int minPulse2 = 500;   // Minimum servo position
int maxPulse2 = 2400;  // Maximum servo position

//servo3
int servoPin3 = 4;     // Control pin for servo motor
int minPulse3 = 400;   // Minimum servo position
int maxPulse3 = 2400;  // Maximum servo position


void setup() {
  pinMode(servoPin1, OUTPUT);  // Set servo pin as an output pin
  pinMode(servoPin2, OUTPUT);  // Set servo pin as an output pin
  // pinMode(potPin, INPUT);  // Set servo pin as an output pin
//pulse = 1500;           // Set the motor position value to the minimum
  Serial.begin(9600);
}


void loop() {
  moveServo(servoPin1, 850, 1400,1,1,2,2);
  
  moveServo(servoPin2, 500, 2400,3,3,5,5);
}


void moveServo(int servoPin, int minPulse, int maxPulse, int v1, int v2, int d1, int d2) {

for (int i=minPulse; i<maxPulse; i = i + v1) {  
// count up

  digitalWrite(servoPin, HIGH);   // Turn the motor on
  delayMicroseconds(i);       // Length of the pulse sets the motor position
  digitalWrite(servoPin, LOW);    // Turn the motor off
  delay(d1);
}
  for (int i=maxPulse; i>minPulse; i = i - v2) {  
// count down

  digitalWrite(servoPin, HIGH);   // Turn the motor on
  delayMicroseconds(i);       // Length of the pulse sets the motor position
  digitalWrite(servoPin, LOW);    // Turn the motor off
  delay(d2);

}
}

/*
void moveServo1() {

for (int i=minPulse; i<maxPulse; i = i + 1) {  
// count up

  digitalWrite(servoPin, HIGH);   // Turn the motor on
  delayMicroseconds(i);       // Length of the pulse sets the motor position
  digitalWrite(servoPin, LOW);    // Turn the motor off
  delay(2);
}
  for (int i=maxPulse; i>minPulse; i = i - 1) {  
// count down

  digitalWrite(servoPin, HIGH);   // Turn the motor on
  delayMicroseconds(i);       // Length of the pulse sets the motor position
  digitalWrite(servoPin, LOW);    // Turn the motor off
  delay(2);

}
}
}*/

/*

void moveServo2() {

for (int i=minPulse; i<maxPulse; i = i + 3) {  
// count up

  digitalWrite(servoPin, HIGH);   // Turn the motor on
  delayMicroseconds(i);       // Length of the pulse sets the motor position
  digitalWrite(servoPin, LOW);    // Turn the motor off
  delay(5);
}
  for (int i=maxPulse; i>minPulse; i = i - 3) {  
// count down

  digitalWrite(servoPin, HIGH);   // Turn the motor on
  delayMicroseconds(i);       // Length of the pulse sets the motor position
  digitalWrite(servoPin, LOW);    // Turn the motor off
  delay(5);

}
}*/

Does anyone has an idea, understandable for a beginner like me?

tx for all thinking
joto