Starting a Servo Motor Upon Motion Detection

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Hi all,

I've been trying to experiment with motion sensors and Servo motors. Now I'm trying to combine the two.

What I basically want to do is when motion is detected, to bring the Servo motor to 90°.

But I'm not sure how to do it. Do I make two different functions, and call them together in the loop function?

I've been looking, and I'm not sure what to do.

I don't need code, just a link to a tutorial to call functions, or whatnot.

Thanks.

2

Do I make two different functions, and call them together in the loop function?

Functions to do what?

const byte pirPin = 3;

void loop()
{
   byte pirState = digitalRead(pirPin);
   if(pirState == HIGH) // Or LOW, if low means motion detected
   {
      myServo.write(90);
   }
}
3

Sorry, call functions to set angle of the Servo motor.

Sorry, I have a disability where I lose my elegance between my brain and my keyboard/paper.

4

I would create a function to detect the motion and when it is detected set a variable (perhaps motionDetected = true);

Then I would have another function to move the servo depending on the value of that variable.

The code in loop() would be

void loop() {
  checkForMotion();
  moveServo();
}

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...R