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AI on the Jetson Nano - Controlling Servos with the Jetson Nano Using the PCA9685

Paul McWhorter via YouTube

Overview

Learn how to control servos with the NVIDIA Jetson Nano in this comprehensive video lesson. Set up a pan/tilt camera system using servos, a PCA9685 servo control board, and either a Logitech webcam or Raspberry Pi camera. Follow step-by-step instructions for hardware setup, software installation, and programming servo movements. Explore topics including setting permissions, installing required libraries, importing servo kits, and programming servo movements using loops and time functions. Gain hands-on experience in controlling servo speed, range, and diagonal movements to create a fully functional pan/tilt camera system for your AI projects on the Jetson Nano.

Syllabus

Intro
Overview
Setup
Camera Mounting
Nano View
Installing pip
Setting permissions
Setting username
Setting usermod
Setting Nvidia
Setting Jetson GPIO
space
reboot
reboot screen
open terminal
importing servo kit
loading servo kit into program
channel count
servo
pan
moving servo
for loop
import time
range
run
sleep
speed
testing
moving servo at a diagonal

Taught by

Paul McWhorter

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