The Raspberry Pi 5 Servo Guide

You'll learn how to connect a servo motor to your Raspberry Pi 5 and gain a clear understanding of the code to control it.

We'll cover everything you need: your Raspberry Pi, a servo motor, and three jumper wires. I'll guide you through connecting the servo motor to the Raspberry Pi, including which pins to use. Then, we'll run a Python script to control the servo and break down the code step-by-step.

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Access the complete code to run the script

[simratsingh]

Thanks for the video. Pleaseee make a lot more. There are very few resources for RPI5.

[qzorn]

This is a wonderful RPi5 servo example. Do you have a video using the RPI5 controlling the PWM pins for the brightness of a LED? Thank you.

[MishaLonely]

Hi! I just had an issue with the same servo that you used: Pi 5 turns off when I start the servo or interrupt the script. What is the possible reason for this? Thank you beforehand 😊

[brightfuturelearningacadem]

This channel is EXACTLY what I was looking for, keep up the good work! However, I encounter an issue I don't know how to solve - The Pi 5 crashes, it seems, after the servo running for about 30 seconds. Do you know why this might happen?

[alicam]

How can we solve shaking problem after completed movement?

[amirphilip]

Hello, recently I was working on a project and it was my first time trying to access the Raspberry Pi 5 GPIOs.
I encountered the error that says
Runtime error: Could not determine the SOC peripheral base address ?
I was using gpiozero library, can you help me with that

[mahmoudsalah]

Love it ❤
But I think u might have made into a short under 1 min by showing the connections in a schematic maybe and omit the time needed to show it done