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important, like moving the arm of a robot or controlling the steering of a toy
car.

How Does a Servo Motor Move to a Specific Angle?

A servo motor works by receiving a signal that tells it what angle to move to.
Inside the motor, there’s a small circuit that reads these signals and controls

how much the motor should turn.
For example:

• If you want the motor to move to 90 degrees, you send a signal to tell the

motor to stop when it reaches that position.
• If you need it to move to 45 degrees, you send a different signal.

The motor will move and stay at that exact angle until it gets a new signal,

making it very useful for precise movements in many projects.

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Century #Technology Literacy
Activity Controlling a Motor Using Micro:bit Skills

Step 1 Go to Microsoft make code https://makecode.microbit.org/

Step 2 Click on new projects.

Click on new
project

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