Materials List: Make and Control a Servo Arm with Your Computer

  • computer, Windows or Mac
  • Arduino software; download from https://www.arduino.cc/en/software
  • SparkFun RedBoard or Arduino Uno microcontroller and programming cable; an Arduino Inventor’s Kit is recommended (some of its many components are the items listed below), at SparkFun
  • breadboards
  • 10k-ohm resistors
  • 180-degree servos; one comes with the Arduino Inventor’s Kit recommended above—the generic sub-micro size servo from SparkFun, or obtain higher-quality servos such as the Hitec HS-422 standard size from SparkFun
  • 5V voltage regulator from SparkFun; only needed if you plan to control more than two servos with one Arduino
  • 9V battery; only needed if you plan to control more than two servos with one Arduino
  • Popsicle sticks
  • hot glue gun and hot glue sticks
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