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Electronics => Electronics => Topic started by: RAAJ90 on August 14, 2011, 03:41:12 AM

Title: seven servos current draw ??
Post by: RAAJ90 on August 14, 2011, 03:41:12 AM

i am making my project wireless so.in the receiver side there are seven servo motors connected to atmega48a ..now problem is current drawn by seven servos wnt be satisfied if i used dry batteries(current drawn is about 1 AMP with load) ..and step down from main supply wud kill my project tag to be wireless ...plz help

motor: futaba s3003
ic: atmega48a
total servos:7

Title: Re: seven servos current draw ??
Post by: newInRobotics on August 14, 2011, 07:24:51 AM

You can always use more batteries in parallel. Will in happen that all seven servos will be working at the same time and fully loaded? If answer is NO, You can get away with less mAh, hence smaller size power packs.