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If you need more power you can use an external power supply, here it is important to connect 0V/-/GND to GND of the ESP and the VCC/+ of the supply to the VCC/+ of the servo. | If you need more power you can use an external power supply, here it is important to connect 0V/-/GND to GND of the ESP and the VCC/+ of the supply to the VCC/+ of the servo. | ||
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== Black Servo ES08MA II == | == Black Servo ES08MA II == | ||
The power (current and voltage) of many USB Ports connected to the ESP32/ESP8266 is not enough for the Servo ES08MA. It many cases it will not work. | The power (current and voltage) of many USB Ports connected to the ESP32/ESP8266 is not enough for the Servo ES08MA. It many cases it will not work. | ||
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Workaround: use the servo SG90. | Workaround: use the servo SG90. | ||
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There are two types of RGB LEDs. | There are two types of RGB LEDs. | ||
| − | There is the standard RGB LEDs (this is included in the LMUBox) - which is basically only 3 LEDs in parallel in one housing, see: | + | There is the standard RGB LEDs (this is included in the LMUBox) - which is basically only 3 LEDs in parallel in one housing, see: [[RGB LED]] |
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| + | There are also "intelligent" RGB LEDs and the are controlled like the NeoPixel Ring (or the WS2812 chip): [[LED Ring NeoPixel]] | ||
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| + | = netvar library = | ||
| + | There are sometimes problem with return values that cannot be parsed - even so the should be OK. | ||
| + | This may be a problem that occurs in the HTTP Request. | ||
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| + | It would be good to catch this error in the library already. | ||
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| + | "Hi, we are using 4 different Networkvariables: "kanban1_todo","kanban1_progress","kanban1_done" and "kanban1_working". We actually just write some int-values to them ("setNetVar") and also read them ("getNetVar"). The getting-part sometimes triggers the mentioned "ValueError: need more than 1 values to unpack.". Right now we are just catching the error, to avoid a crashing of the code, but it would be interesting to know, why it is triggered. " | ||
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| + | There is also a second error being triggered by some get-requests: | ||
| + | Traceback (most recent call last): | ||
| + | File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> | ||
| + | File "<string>", line 301, in <module> | ||
| + | File "netvars.py", line 59, in getNetVar | ||
| + | File "netvars.py", line 25, in http_get | ||
| + | OSError: [Errno 113] EHOSTUNREACH" | ||
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| − | + | If you'd like to use a different port than 80, you'll need to adjust it in the http_get() function. Otherwise you might receive an OSError: -2. | |
Latest revision as of 14:41, 12 June 2024
In our work and during the course a number of issues have come up ... and for some of them, there are also solutions.
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PWM Output (for Servos)[edit]
Re-execution (basically executing a script more than once, without rebooting in between) may not work. PWM output will not switch off.
the workaround is to always deinit the PWM before using it, e.g.
1 servoPin = Pin(26, Pin.OUT)
2 pwm = PWM(servoPin, freq=50)
3 pwm.deinit()
4 pwm = PWM(servoPin, freq=50)
Servos[edit]
Servos and Power[edit]
Servos and motors are power-hungry and many of them will also require a higher voltage. A sign of the servo not having enough power is, that it does not move smoothly or that it only jitters.
Servos have in general 3 connections: GND, VCC/+, and PWM (the control pin).
A typical way to connect it is to connect PWM to the ESP32/ESP8266 (and to a PWM output pin). The GND is also connected to the ESP. VCC/+ is connected to the power supply, in the most simple case the 5V Pin of the ESP32/ESP3266 - this is connected to the 5V of the USB Port (and limited to 500mA with a fuse).
If you need more power you can use an external power supply, here it is important to connect 0V/-/GND to GND of the ESP and the VCC/+ of the supply to the VCC/+ of the servo.
Black Servo ES08MA II[edit]
The power (current and voltage) of many USB Ports connected to the ESP32/ESP8266 is not enough for the Servo ES08MA. It many cases it will not work.
Workaround: use the servo SG90.
ESP32 lableing[edit]
It seems there is a false marking on the additional labels that come in the box. On the left side the additional label says 5V - but the associated pin is actually 3.3V
RGB LEDs[edit]
There are two types of RGB LEDs.
There is the standard RGB LEDs (this is included in the LMUBox) - which is basically only 3 LEDs in parallel in one housing, see: RGB LED
There are also "intelligent" RGB LEDs and the are controlled like the NeoPixel Ring (or the WS2812 chip): LED Ring NeoPixel
netvar library[edit]
There are sometimes problem with return values that cannot be parsed - even so the should be OK. This may be a problem that occurs in the HTTP Request.
It would be good to catch this error in the library already.
"Hi, we are using 4 different Networkvariables: "kanban1_todo","kanban1_progress","kanban1_done" and "kanban1_working". We actually just write some int-values to them ("setNetVar") and also read them ("getNetVar"). The getting-part sometimes triggers the mentioned "ValueError: need more than 1 values to unpack.". Right now we are just catching the error, to avoid a crashing of the code, but it would be interesting to know, why it is triggered. "
There is also a second error being triggered by some get-requests:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "<string>", line 301, in <module> File "netvars.py", line 59, in getNetVar File "netvars.py", line 25, in http_get OSError: [Errno 113] EHOSTUNREACH"
If you'd like to use a different port than 80, you'll need to adjust it in the http_get() function. Otherwise you might receive an OSError: -2.
