Physical Computing Entry #3 More Labs

As I mentioned in my last post, I have to do some labs for practice. Over this weekend I tried my hand at the potentiometer lab and the servo lab.

For the potentiometer lab I followed the instructions listed in the labs for analog in by following the diagram below.

P-COM Lab with potentiometer.

Here's what my work looked like:

My recreation of the lab.

Before constructing my circuit I was a bit worried about having to solder wires to the potentiometer but then I realized I could fit it into the breadboard itself. I tested different resistances on the LED. Overall it was a success.

To practice with servos I decided to use a YouTube tutorial as a way to test the waters before playing around with the FSRs. My practice circuit looked like this:

Servo lab practice.

I used the code from the tutorial and it worked surprisingly well.

Servo lab code.

This week worked out well and I then began working on my project for next week.