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Hello, i have a long-term experience with electronics, but mostly analog. I designed several Desk lamps, PSU and other house projects and i have only used a few digital components in my life, like flip flops and latches. I am trying to build a system to control the position of an axis from afar, for that i'll be using those 433Mhz AM modules and two arduinos that a friend got for me. But i am totally new to this and i have like 2 days to do it, it's pretty impossible to learn all this things in two days, so i decided to come to this forum and get some guidance on this matter. My idea was to use a pot, read it's value, positional value, transmit the data through the module, read it on the other arduino and then write this on the servo, i believe there are libraries to help me with this... I'm a fast learner. Also may i ask if there is a
way to make two ways of controlling the axis, one with the value from the pot and one that uses a predetermined way for it to spin, like, in 10s spin 180deg clockwise and then in 25 seg rotate 45deg anticlockwise... and you could switch between those 2

I was reading about users using VirtualWire with another Servo library so it does not conflict, can this be done with those libraries in a easy way ?

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Two days is not much time if this is your first Arduino project.

You really need to figure out each part of the project separately - in separate short programs.

  • How to get data from a potentiometer
  • How to control the position of the axis (you have not given much info) based on fixed values
  • How to control the axis when the potentiometer is on the same Arduino
  • How to send and receive data using wireless

When all the parts work on their own it will be time to integrate them.

And, just to clarify, this step by step approach is how an experienced programmer would approach the project. The approach in Planning and Implementing a Program may be helpful.

I don't have any experience with 433MHz wireless, just with the nRF24L01+ 2.4GHz transceiver modules.

...R