My servo is connected to my PCA 9685 which is connected to my Arduino. The servo is not responding to the code and is just making a ticking noise. I want the servo to do what the code is programming it to do.
The PCA 9685 is connected to a 4 AA Battery Holder ( 4 AA Battery Holder – RadioShack ). Each battery holds 1.5V so the four all together equal 6V.
These are the connections:
PCA 9685.............Arduino UNO
GND....................GND
SCL.....................A5
SDA.....................A4
VCC.....................V5
This is the code I'm using:
/*
* Original source: https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-PWM-Servo-Driver-Library
*
* This is the Arduino code PAC6985 16 channel servo controller
* watch the video for details (V1) and demo http://youtu.be/y8X9X10Tn1k
* This code is #2 for V2 Video Watch the video :https://youtu.be/bal2STaoQ1M
* I have got 3 codes as follow:
#1-Arduino Code to run one by one all servos from 0 to 180°
#2-Arduino Code to control specific servos with specific angle
#3-Arduino Code to run 2 or all servos at together
*
* Written/updated by Ahmad Shamshiri for Robojax Video channel www.Robojax.com
* Date: Dec 16, 2017, in Ajax, Ontario, Canada
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*/
#include <Wire.h>
#include <Adafruit_PWMServoDriver.h>
// called this way, it uses the default address 0x40
Adafruit_PWMServoDriver pwm = Adafruit_PWMServoDriver();
// you can also call it with a different address you want
//Adafruit_PWMServoDriver pwm = Adafruit_PWMServoDriver(0x41);
// Depending on your servo make, the pulse width min and max may vary, you
// want these to be as small/large as possible without hitting the hard stop
// for max range. You'll have to tweak them as necessary to match the servos you
// have!
// Watch video V1 to understand the two lines below: http://youtu.be/y8X9X10Tn1k
#define SERVOMIN 125 // this is the 'minimum' pulse length count (out of 4096)
#define SERVOMAX 575 // this is the 'maximum' pulse length count (out of 4096)
// our servo # counter
uint8_t servonum = 0;
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
Serial.println("16 channel Servo test!");
pwm.begin();
pwm.setPWMFreq(60); // Analog servos run at ~60 Hz updates
//yield();
}
// the code inside loop() has been updated by Robojax
void loop() {
//watch video for details: https://youtu.be/bal2STaoQ1M
for(int i=0; i<16; i++)
{
for( int angle =0; angle<181; angle +=10){
delay(50);
pwm.setPWM(0, 0, angleToPulse(angle) );
pwm.setPWM(1, 0, angleToPulse(angle) );
pwm.setPWM(2, 0, angleToPulse(angle) );
}
}
// robojax PCA9865 16 channel Servo control
delay(1000);
}
/*
* angleToPulse(int ang)
* gets angle in degree and returns the pulse width
* also prints the value on seial monitor
* written by Ahmad Shamshiri for Robojax, Robojax.com
*/
int angleToPulse(int ang){
int pulse = map(ang,0, 180, SERVOMIN,SERVOMAX);// map angle of 0 to 180 to Servo min and Servo max
Serial.print("Angle: ");Serial.print(ang);
Serial.print(" pulse: ");Serial.println(pulse);
return pulse;
}