Make: Volume 91

Joan Horvath/Rich Cameron, James Fey/Raquel Robinson/Selin Ovali

90-degree angle and then move it to 45 degrees

when the board is shaken.

ATTACHING A SERVO

We can make a very simple “cat” with just

alligator clips and a servo. First, we will need to

wire up the servo, connecting it to the micro:bit's

pads. Make sure you’ve thought through the

relative positions of your micro:bit and servo and

that the wires you have are long enough.

Servos come with three wires attached. For our

servo, the brown wire is ground, red is power, and

orange is signal. (There are some exceptions to

this convention, so check your servo’s packaging

or documentation if ...