To make the demo more interesting, I strapped a webcam to the top of the servo so I could use it like a DIY security cam.
The servo controlling software opens a WebSocket port to listen for incoming messages. For now, the messages are simple -- A number, which represents the percent of range of motion of the servo.
So if you send 50, that means 50% of the range of motion, and the program will instruct the servo to move there.
To send messages to the servo controller, I use a super simple program written to bridge stdio to WebSocket connection, basically a WebSocket 'telnet'. This is my wsEndpoint program.
Feeding into the wsEndpoint is stdio, but now controlled by a 'tk' gui program showing the numbers 1-100. Click the number, it prints the number to stdout, which is relayed over the WebSocket connection, and the servo moves.
In the screenshot above you can see a washed-out square image on the screen, that is the grid of numbers.
The webcam in this demo is hooked up to my laptop, not the Pi. No WebRTC involved here.
