Comment by btbuildem

That's an impressive servo! I've been messing around in this space lately, though on a smaller budget. The cheap NEMA-x motors he mentions are still quite decent, and you can do a lot of the position keeping etc in software. Accel/decel curves are a _whole thing_, there's definitely a lot to learn and explore here.

I'm making a set of roller blinds, and it's a pretty fun/challenging project that incorporates 3d design and printing, circuit design, and "microprogramming" (using a pico w board). It's really neat seeing physical manifestations of running code!