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I have come across this little servo, Power HD Micro Analog Servo HD-1900A.
at this site, http://www.robotgear.com.au/Product.aspx/Details/375.

Is this a suitable alternative to the hs-311 for the 50 dollar photovore robot upgrade, as it's cheap to buy here in Australia.
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Re: Suitable alternative to the hs-311 50 dollar robot infrared scanner servo?
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2010, 06:04:52 AM »
post the link again,it isn't working ::)

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Re: Suitable alternative to the hs-311 50 dollar robot infrared scanner servo?
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2010, 06:10:24 PM »
Hi,

post the link again,it isn't working ::)

"The page cannot be found"
Just remove the trailing period in the URL to get this.
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A rather fast and fairly heavy robot with quite large wheels needs what? A lot of power?
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Re: Suitable alternative to the hs-311 50 dollar robot infrared scanner servo?
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2010, 06:13:11 PM »
The IR sensor isn't a lot of weight to move, so almost any servo that you can mount it to will work. (Within reason of course)
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Re: Suitable alternative to the hs-311 50 dollar robot infrared scanner servo?
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2010, 06:35:50 PM »
That is a micro servo.. it will struggle under load. Get a standard sized servo.

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Re: Suitable alternative to the hs-311 50 dollar robot infrared scanner servo?
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2010, 07:46:51 PM »
That is a micro servo.. it will struggle under load. Get a standard sized servo.

There's no way micro servers can't move around two ounces of plastic that's only like an inch long.
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Re: Suitable alternative to the hs-311 50 dollar robot infrared scanner servo?
« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2010, 09:35:12 PM »
I'm assuming that those are for the drive wheels? Can't really be sure, there really is no photovore upgrade because it is a photovore to begin with. For drive wheels micro servos won't be enough, but for an IR rangefinder (if that was what he meant) it should be fine.

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Re: Suitable alternative to the hs-311 50 dollar robot infrared scanner servo?
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2010, 11:19:07 PM »
Can you get a Hitech HS 322

Thats the original upmarket version of the 311 that has sort of been discontinued.
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Re: Suitable alternative to the hs-311 50 dollar robot infrared scanner servo?
« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2010, 12:21:42 AM »
Just because its cheaper doesn't mean it'll save you money.

Think about what you'll have to spend if the el-cheapo servo you buy breaks or fries for no reason within just a few week of you using it. Its cheap for a reason! :P

The HS-311 is really reliable, I've owned like 20 of them over ~9 years and only one fried for no reason, and one broke a gear. Compared to most servos I've used, thats really good reliability.

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Re: Suitable alternative to the hs-311 50 dollar robot infrared scanner servo?
« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2010, 04:49:21 AM »
I purchased the power (hd-1900a) micro servo already, i'll let you know if it fries. It does however drive(rotate) the tiny sharp infrared rangefinder and it's aluminium mount with ease. I think using a standard hs-311 or similar is better upon reflection as i can more easily reuse a standard servo for my next project.

 


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