Light sensor & Processing

This example is for Wiring version 0024+. If you have a previous version, use the examples included with your software. If you see any errors or have comments, please let us know.

Driving Servo from a graphical user interface by BARRAGAN

Receives data from the serial from Processing to position a servo motor


#include <Servo.h> 
 
Servo myservo;              // create servo object to control a servo 
 
int val = 0;                // variable to read from the serial port 
 
void setup() 
{ 
  myservo.attach(0);        // attaches the servo on pin 0 to the servo object 
  Serial.begin(9600);       // starts the serial Serial at 9600 bauds 
} 
 
void loop() 
{ 
  if( Serial.available() )  // if data is available to read 
  { 
    val = Serial.read();    // read it and store it in 'val' 
  } 
  myservo.write(val);       // sets the servo position according to value in val 
  delay(15);                // waits for the servo to get there 
} 
 
 
 
/* Processing code for this example 
 
// servo serial 
// by BARRAGAN <http://barraganstudio.com> 
 
// Write data to the serial according to the position of a marker 
// controlled by the mouse to position a servo motor 
 
// created 2 January 2006 
 
import processing.serial.*; 
 
Serial port;  		  // create serial port object 
int val;      		  // variable to receive data from the serial port 
float mx = 0.0; 
boolean firstTime = true;

void setup() 
{ 
  size(200, 200); 
  noStroke(); 
  frameRate(10); 
 
  // List all the available serial ports in the output pane. 
  // You will need to choose the port that the Wiring board is 
  // connected to from this list. The first port in the list is 
  // port #0 and the third port in the list is port #2. 
  println(Serial.list()); 
 
  // Open the port that the Wiring board is connected to (in this case #2) 
  // Make sure to open the port at the same speed Wiring is using (9600bps) 
  port = new Serial(this, Serial.list()[1], 9600); 
} 
 
void draw() 
{   
  // one time wait for 3 seconds before starting to send data to 
  // the serial
  if(firstTime) {
    delay(3000);
    firstTime = false;
  }
  background(#222222);		// clear background 
  fill(#555555);		// set fill color 
  rect(40, height/2-15, 120, 25);	// draw square 
  
  float dif = mouseX - mx; 
  if(abs(dif) > 1.0) { 
    mx = mx + dif/4.0; 
  } 
  mx = constrain(mx, 50, 150-1);// keeps marker on the screen 
  noStroke(); 
  fill(255); 
  rect(50, height/2-5, 100, 5);  
  fill(204, 102, 0); 
  
  rect(mx-2, height/2-5, 4, 5);// draws the position marker 
  int angle = (int)(mx-50)*180/100;	// scales the maker value to one in the range 0-180 
  //print(angle + " ");		// prints the current angle (debug) 
  port.write(angle);		// writes the angle to the serial port 
} 
 
*/