EAS 199A Lecture 10:     26, 27 October 2011

Last updated at 09:13 AM on 02 Nov 2011

10. Servo motor control, Begin Solidworks drawing

Class meeting on 26, 27 October 2011

Learning Objectives

  1. Be able to identify characteristics that distinguish a servo and a DC motor
  2. Be able to describe the difference a conventional servo and a continuous rotation servo
  3. Be able to use the Arduino Servo library to control servo position
  4. Be able to launch Solidworks to begin drawing of the fan parts

Notes and Supplemental Files

  1. Controlling a servo with Arduino slides in Powerpoint (PPTX) or slides (PDF) or 3up notes
  2. Solidworks drawing setup for laser cutter parts: right click to save as...
  3. Failure modes for laser cutter drawings
  4. List of learning objectives: MS Word (.docx) or PDF
  5. List of topics covered on the midterm: MS Word (.docx) or PDF

Midterm on Monday, October 31

One way to study for the midterm is to review the Learning Objectives for each lecture that are posted on this web page.