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Title: I need some suggestions.
Post by: galannthegreat on May 28, 2009, 02:03:16 PM
I need some help in finding a servo that can rotate 360 degrees. Does Hitec or Futaba have any servos that can accomplish this? And I am wanting to find it in my hobby shop, so a specific type would be of great help.

I don't want to have to buy them online, because I am making a trip up to the hobby shop to get some servos for general applications and I thought that it would be a good idea to get this one aswell.

Thanks, Kurt. :)
Title: Re: I need some suggestions.
Post by: Razor Concepts on May 28, 2009, 03:12:27 PM
Rotate 360 degrees or a continuous rotation servo?

If you want a continuous rotation servo the LHS probably won't have them, but one option is you can ask them to order it for you and in a week or so you can buy it from them when it arrives.
Title: Re: I need some suggestions.
Post by: galannthegreat on May 28, 2009, 03:53:00 PM
I guess that's a good idea, and the reason for the 360 degree stop is because I have a rotating platform, and if it kept rotating to get to the next "closest" position, it would create an issue. So now that I think about it... If you have a general suggestion (internet or not), of a place in which I could find one, that would be awesome.

Thanks Razor Concepts for giving a clarification on what I needed.  :)
Title: Re: I need some suggestions.
Post by: SmAsH on May 29, 2009, 02:28:33 AM
have you considered using an electrical stop?
eg something that makes contact to tell the mcu that is has reached 360 degrees rotation?
Title: Re: I need some suggestions.
Post by: galannthegreat on May 29, 2009, 09:05:59 PM
That has played out in my mind a bit but if I can find a servo with that spec in would be awesome.
Title: Re: I need some suggestions.
Post by: SmAsH on May 29, 2009, 09:09:13 PM
yep, it would probably be more expensive, yes?
Title: Re: I need some suggestions.
Post by: galannthegreat on May 29, 2009, 09:11:24 PM
Yes, but for this one servo I don't mind spending abit more, and if I can get 2 my buddy can replicate my project.  :)
Title: Re: I need some suggestions.
Post by: SmAsH on May 29, 2009, 09:18:16 PM
now that's always good isn't it
Title: Re: I need some suggestions.
Post by: galannthegreat on May 29, 2009, 10:33:11 PM
Yes it is, and hopefully the project will turn out.
Title: Re: I need some suggestions.
Post by: robologist on June 11, 2009, 03:24:47 PM
Use 2 servos, one horn hooked to the other, one servo upside down. Bottom servo does 0-180, top does the remaining 180 to 360.

Or get a sail winch servo, does 3.5 x 360 http://www.servocity.com/html/hs-785hb_3_5_rotations.html (http://www.servocity.com/html/hs-785hb_3_5_rotations.html)

Or get a 360 rotation gearbox ; http://www.servocity.com/html/spg425a-360_360o_rotation.html (http://www.servocity.com/html/spg425a-360_360o_rotation.html)
Title: Re: I need some suggestions.
Post by: sonictj on June 11, 2009, 07:06:42 PM
Use a stepper motor.  You can rotate any amount of degrees you want very accurately.  A stepper can also move faster.  The only disadvantages are the simplicity of driving the motor, power and size.  Depending on your project though a stepper may be a better choice.  If the load on the motor is small a stepper would likely be a better choice.
Title: Re: I need some suggestions.
Post by: awally88 on June 11, 2009, 07:52:11 PM
I doubt that you will find 360o servos in a general hobby shop, I'm not sure about how big this store is but I would doubt they would have anything but the usual 180o ones. I think you may have to go online for it.

If you want to modify a normal one to rotate 360o there is a tutorial  here (http://www.uoguelph.ca/~antoon/gadgets/servos/servomod.html)