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Electronics => Electronics => Topic started by: the609blues on January 11, 2008, 08:33:59 PM

Title: servo controller
Post by: the609blues on January 11, 2008, 08:33:59 PM

what exactly does a serrvo controller do and why would you need it.

Title: Re: servo controller
Post by: SmAsH on January 11, 2008, 08:42:59 PM

hahahaha lol i dont use servos....what are the differences between them and motors?

Title: Re: servo controller
Post by: ed1380 on January 11, 2008, 08:50:46 PM

servo is a geared down motor with feedback to where the motor is positioned

Title: Re: servo controller
Post by: airman00 on January 12, 2008, 05:01:57 PM

Quote from: the609blues on January 11, 2008, 08:33:59 PM

what exactly does a serrvo controller do and why would you need it.

it controls servos ....  :D

Title: Re: servo controller
Post by: robonoob on January 12, 2008, 05:11:51 PM

orly :D?
how does it do that? does it make PWM into degrees or something?

Title: Re: servo controller
Post by: ed1380 on January 12, 2008, 07:09:32 PM

a 1500ms pwm signal will usually center it.

1000 left
2000 right

mayeb reversed servo to servo

Title: Re: servo controller
Post by: robonoob on January 13, 2008, 03:23:05 AM

yea but this can be done without a servo controller but why do u need the servo controller then?

Title: Re: servo controller
Post by: Admin on January 13, 2008, 12:19:43 PM

http://www.societyofrobots.com/actuators_servos.shtml