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Offline ServoCityTopic starter

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How servos work - helpful links
« on: November 14, 2013, 10:24:59 AM »
Our tech team fields a lot of questions regarding how servos work, how to calculate power and speed, etc. So we've created a few pages that some of you might find helpful!

What is a servo? http://www.servocity.com/html/what_is_a_servo_.html
How servos work: http://www.servocity.com/html/how_do_servos_work_.html
What servo to use? http://www.servocity.com/html/what_servo_do_you_need_.html
Servo Power and Speed; http://www.servocity.com/html/servo_power___speed.html
180° Rotation info: http://www.servocity.com/html/180o_rotation_information.html
Connector types: http://www.servocity.com/html/connector_types.html

Our team is always available for your specific questions as well: [email protected] or 620-221-0123.
Thanks,
ServoCity

Offline waltr

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Re: How servos work - helpful links
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2013, 10:38:01 AM »
Nice. These should be very useful.
Maybe the Admin can make this a 'sticky' for east reference.

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Re: How servos work - helpful links
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2013, 04:53:31 PM »
I think it would be better if it was actually accurate.

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A Servo is a small device that incorporates a three wire DC motor, a gear train, a potentiometer, an integrated circuit, and an output shaft bearing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servomechanism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servo_(radio_control)

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Re: How servos work - helpful links
« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2013, 05:06:08 PM »
I think it would be better if it was actually accurate.

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A Servo is a small device that incorporates a three wire DC motor, a gear train, a potentiometer, an integrated circuit, and an output shaft bearing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servomechanism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servo_(radio_control)

We have changed it to read: "A servo is a small device that incorporates a TWO wire DC motor..."
Thank you for pointing this out.
Sincerely,
ServoCity

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Re: How servos work - helpful links
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2013, 10:47:47 AM »
There's nothing that says that a servo has to be a DC motor, or a particular number of wires.
As stated on the Wikipedia articles I linked to...
What you are describing is a hobbyist RC servo. The qualifications are important!
"Servo" means any actuator drive that has a sensor, feedback loop, and controller. There are lots of servos that don't use a potentiometer, instead using higher-quality sensors (optical, magnetic, etc.) There are lots of servos that don't have a three-wire wiring harness. There are lots of servos that don't come with horns. There are lots of servos that use AC motors.

 


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