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General Misc => Misc => Topic started by: blackheart on February 12, 2009, 03:56:20 PM

Title: European electronics online shops
Post by: blackheart on February 12, 2009, 03:56:20 PM

Hello!

Here is the list I made with all the parts I need.

The roboduino which I know where to get from and they ship internationally(that will hurt my pocket)
the photoresistors ready to mount on the microcontroller from some guy on the forum.
I have the chassis already, I need no motor driver as I am using slow servos(yuck)
I need 2 continuous rotation servos from somewhere in EUROPE. I found some futuba parallax ones  but the international shipping from US is $84, more than the servos!

Title: Re: European electronics online shops
Post by: Webbot on February 12, 2009, 07:53:49 PM

Cant you just buy standard servos like Hitec 311 or 322s and modify them yourself?  Not sure where you are in Europe but I get mine for about $8 say 10 to 12 euros

Title: Re: European electronics online shops
Post by: blackheart on February 13, 2009, 03:42:42 AM

I am unable to work with anything that has gears inside. I tried few times on rc car transmissions and I f***ed it up beyond all repair! But if I have to, I will get normal servos. they are way cheaper, huh? I am in Romania!

Title: Re: European electronics online shops
Post by: cosminprund on February 13, 2009, 04:24:47 AM

I modified two 50 ron metal gear servos from www.sierra.ro:
http://www.sierra.ro/Servo-TMG995-BB-MG-Standard-p610p.html

Those servos are known to be junk if you use them for what servos are usually used (car steering, acceleration) but they're OK for continuous rotation. You'll need a dremel to get the job done (need to dremel down the metal tab that stops the servos from rotating continuously).

If you absolutely can't do it yourself I'm willing to help out (ie: modify them for you). Especially if you're from around Sibiu :D In fact if you're from around Sibiu I might have some free goodies for you.