I'm writing a program in python where moving servos at specific times is a crucial part of the project. To achive this, I am using the pyfirmata library.
I've tried two methods of delays, but none of them seem to work. When I run the code, the servo turns the first time, but after the delay, it doesn't turn and the program just stops, instead of moving the servo to 0 degrees and then stopping.
This is the one with the board.pass_time() built in to the pyfirmata library:
from pyfirmata import Arduino, util
import time
board = Arduino('COM3')
servo = board.get_pin('d:9:s')
servo.write(180) #This works and turns the servo
time.sleep(1)
servo.write(0) #This time the servo does not turn, then the program ends
And here's the one with time.sleep():
from pyfirmata import Arduino, util
board = Arduino('COM3')
servo = board.get_pin('d:9:s')
servo.write(180) #This works and turns the servo
board.pass_time(1)
servo.write(0) #This time the servo does not turn, then the program ends
I would highly appreciate if someone could help.
Thank you, David
I found the answer!
There might be a better answer, but if I write board.get_pin('d:9:s') as board.get_pin('d:9:'), like this, I need to control it with a value from 0 to 5 instead of 0 to 360, but the delays work