Arduino Animatronics - Setting up a RC Controller

This is the first in a series of videos in which I'll demonstrate how to create a remote, realtime animatronic controller, using a radio control transmitter and an Arduino to manipulate eyes, tentacles, and other animatronic mechanisms.
In this first video, I'll show how to configure a Flysky FS-I6 6-channel Radio Transmitter and wire the receiver module to an Arduino, which will then read six channel input signals and display their values using the Arduino IDE Serial Plotter.
Intro music sampled from "Spooky Action at a Distance" by Krowne.

[@michaelconey4784]

this channel is a goldmine of info please keep it up!

[@mowerguy4u]

Amazing video. Thank you for actually taking time to walk through the RC code. Very informative.

[@haneen3731]

Great explanation!

[@TheAmishUpload]

i love you Alaster

[@TheSacredDefiance]

Very Nice ! I noticed your eye mechanism has 3 servos.. Do you have a link to the 3d print build for that design?

[@ignaciocastro1031]

Do you know how it can be programmed in another way like those animatronic musical show?

[@WeirdSide]

Do you have any fully finished Animatronics?

[@Videogame9559]

What pins do you use if your useing a uno board as don't have the smaller board?

[@Astrobiologica]

Work it’s pololu maestro servo controller ?

[@ziomalZparafii]

Any more info about that eye? Neat!

[@PlayfulTechnology]

Yes - I'll be putting up links to all the models and Arduino etc. code as I go through the series... just give me a little time to put it all together!

[@sidtaylor1161]

ruclips.net/video/I7IxOmThaxw/видео.html

[@tomscietvirs2379]

hi
How can the RC transmiter control the speed of the stepper motor

[@PlayfulTechnology]

Stepper motors don't have a speed as such - they move a number of discrete "steps". You can use the code here to read the value of the RC stick on the Arduino and then use that to specify the number of steps to move.

[@swyntopia]

What´s the use ????
You can control the servos directly by the receiver.....
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[@PlayfulTechnology]

Because RC receivers only provide a 1:1 mapping, where each servo is controlled by a specific input channel. For animatronic control, I might want a non-linear relationship, or I might want to combine input channels, or to add a timing circuit, or other rules, and that's why you use a microprocessor like an Arduino to add a logic layer between input and output.

[@swyntopia]

@@PlayfulTechnology Thank you !

[@unboxinggiveawaylt1615]

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