May 2020 25
Project: Rotary Encoder & Servo
Posted By : Dave Hartburn

Can we control a servo with a rotary encoder? Can we make it turn in the same direction as we turn the rotary encoder? What could we attach to the servo arm? Perhaps use this

May 2020 25
Micro:bit Rotary Encoder
Posted By : Dave Hartburn

A rotary encoder, such as the common KY-040 above, is a knob that you can turn continuously either clockwise or anti-clockwise and detect which direction it is being turned. Types such as the KY-040 are

May 2020 18
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Posted By : Lauren Hartburn

Apologies for not posting over the weekend. I have been very busy training Cloud and helping out becaust the riding school is back open. The virus never really hit Jorvik so Dundull Stables Riding School

May 2020 17
Micro:bit Buttons
Posted By : Dave Hartburn

About Buttons Microcontrollers such as the Micro:bit all do one similar thing, accept an input (some sort of ‘message’ from the outside world), process (run some code) and output (show something to the outside world).

May 2020 15
Micro:bit SG09 Servo
Posted By : Dave Hartburn

Servos are small motors with gearing that can add a high amount of torque (turning strength), and reliably turn to a precise angle. Servos such as the SG09 are small, cheap, run on low power

May 2020 15
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Posted By : Lauren Hartburn

With the three day event coming up, I am mainly riding Cloud to keep him fit and ready for the show. However, he gets bored easily if we keep to the school so we need

May 2020 14
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Posted By : Lauren Hartburn

The riding school needs all the help they can get so I gave one of their ponies, Foxy, some exercise in the school this morning and lunged my Chincoteague Pony, Dawn. In the afternoon I

May 2020 13
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Posted By : Lauren Hartburn

It’s Wednesday so I went to volunteer at the rescue centre on South Hoof between 8am and 11am. There is a new horse in from the wild— his name is Spirit of course! He was

May 2020 12
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Posted By : Lauren Hartburn

Some of the riding school ponies were being exercised in the big school so once Maya and I had sorted my horses out, I hacked my connemara Cloud Nine (named after the Riverdale Pony Stories)

May 2020 11
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Posted By : Lauren Hartburn

I am really exited about my first ever Star Stable blog post. It took a while to get it working but I am definetly pleased with the result. I was watching Blue in the field