Most electromagnetic actuators are rotating motors, or some variation on the theme, like servos. However, it’s possible to do linear actuation with electomagnetics, too. [Adrian Perez] demons… ...

“Building a Lower-power Linear Actuator with Arduino: quite a few people have asked me about scaling down openDog to make it lighter and cheaper, so I thought I’d discuss the options in this ...

[Adrian Perez] demonstrates this with Linette, his design of a linear actuator ... Arduino, which switches power to the coil to move it up and down. He also notes that the design is similar ...

Arduino is a good option when it comes to actuator control. With Arduino, you can apply linear actuators in multiple projects, even those that require top precision speed and movement accuracy.