/* Controlling a servo position using a potentiometer (variable resistor) by Michal Rinott modified on 8 Nov 2013 by Scott Fitzgerald modified for the ESP32 on March 2017 by John Bennett see http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Knob for a description of the original code * Different servos require different pulse widths to vary servo angle, but the range is * an approximately 500-2500 microsecond pulse every 20ms (50Hz). In general, hobbyist servos * sweep 180 degrees, so the lowest number in the published range for a particular servo * represents an angle of 0 degrees, the middle of the range represents 90 degrees, and the top * of the range represents 180 degrees. So for example, if the range is 1000us to 2000us, * 1000us would equal an angle of 0, 1500us would equal 90 degrees, and 2000us would equal 1800 * degrees. * * Circuit: (using an ESP32 Thing from Sparkfun) * Servo motors have three wires: power, ground, and signal. The power wire is typically red, * the ground wire is typically black or brown, and the signal wire is typically yellow, * orange or white. Since the ESP32 can supply limited current at only 3.3V, and servos draw * considerable power, we will connect servo power to the VBat pin of the ESP32 (located * near the USB connector). THIS IS ONLY APPROPRIATE FOR SMALL SERVOS. * * We could also connect servo power to a separate external * power source (as long as we connect all of the grounds (ESP32, servo, and external power). * In this example, we just connect ESP32 ground to servo ground. The servo signal pins * connect to any available GPIO pins on the ESP32 (in this example, we use pin 18. * * In this example, we assume a Tower Pro SG90 small servo connected to VBat. * The published min and max for this servo are 500 and 2400, respectively. * These values actually drive the servos a little past 0 and 180, so * if you are particular, adjust the min and max values to match your needs. */ // Include the ESP32 Arduino Servo Library instead of the original Arduino Servo Library #include Servo myservo; // create servo object to control a servo // Possible PWM GPIO pins on the ESP32: 0(used by on-board button),2,4,5(used by on-board LED),12-19,21-23,25-27,32-33 int servoPin = 18; // GPIO pin used to connect the servo control (digital out) // Possible ADC pins on the ESP32: 0,2,4,12-15,32-39; 34-39 are recommended for analog input int potPin = 34; // GPIO pin used to connect the potentiometer (analog in) int ADC_Max = 4096; // This is the default ADC max value on the ESP32 (12 bit ADC width); // this width can be set (in low-level oode) from 9-12 bits, for a // a range of max values of 512-4096 int val; // variable to read the value from the analog pin void setup() { // Allow allocation of all timers ESP32PWM::allocateTimer(0); ESP32PWM::allocateTimer(1); ESP32PWM::allocateTimer(2); ESP32PWM::allocateTimer(3); myservo.setPeriodHertz(50);// Standard 50hz servo myservo.attach(servoPin, 500, 2400); // attaches the servo on pin 18 to the servo object // using SG90 servo min/max of 500us and 2400us // for MG995 large servo, use 1000us and 2000us, // which are the defaults, so this line could be // "myservo.attach(servoPin);" } void loop() { val = analogRead(potPin); // read the value of the potentiometer (value between 0 and 1023) val = map(val, 0, ADC_Max, 0, 180); // scale it to use it with the servo (value between 0 and 180) myservo.write(val); // set the servo position according to the scaled value delay(200); // wait for the servo to get there }