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
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
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
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).
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
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
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
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
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)
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