import time import math import random from pimoroni import Button from servo import Servo, servo2040 """ An example of how to move a servo smoothly between random positions. Press "Boot" to exit the program. """ UPDATES = 50 # How many times to update Servos per second TIME_FOR_EACH_MOVE = 2 # The time to travel between each random value UPDATES_PER_MOVE = TIME_FOR_EACH_MOVE * UPDATES SERVO_EXTENT = 80 # How far from zero to move the servo USE_COSINE = True # Whether or not to use a cosine path between values # Create a servo on pin 0 s = Servo(servo2040.SERVO_1) # Get the initial value and create a random end value between the extents start_value = s.mid_value() end_value = random.uniform(-SERVO_EXTENT, SERVO_EXTENT) # Create the user button user_sw = Button(servo2040.USER_SW) update = 0 # Continually move the servo until the user button is pressed while not user_sw.raw(): # Calculate how far along this movement to be percent_along = update / UPDATES_PER_MOVE if USE_COSINE: # Move the servo between values using cosine s.to_percent(math.cos(percent_along * math.pi), 1.0, -1.0, start_value, end_value) else: # Move the servo linearly between values s.to_percent(percent_along, 0.0, 1.0, start_value, end_value) # Print out the value the servo is now at print("Value = ", round(s.value(), 3), sep="") # Move along in time update += 1 # Have we reached the end of this movement? if update >= UPDATES_PER_MOVE: # Reset the counter update = 0 # Set the start as the last end and create a new random end value start_value = end_value end_value = random.uniform(-SERVO_EXTENT, SERVO_EXTENT) time.sleep(1.0 / UPDATES) # Disable the servo s.disable()