Modifying a servo
#1
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Joined: May 2005
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I need to mody a servo so that instead of working with a reciever it will work with a momentary switch meaning:
I want to send a small amount of voltage into the unit and have it turn 90degrees, then whent he power is turned off i want it to go back to its neutral position.
How palusable is this? This is for a custom Robot project i am working on and a remote can't be used for this particular function.
I want to send a small amount of voltage into the unit and have it turn 90degrees, then whent he power is turned off i want it to go back to its neutral position.
How palusable is this? This is for a custom Robot project i am working on and a remote can't be used for this particular function.
#6
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Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 181
From: Olathe, KS
i know there are different ways of doing this but one way is to buy a microprocessing unit like the basic stamp 2 and put a program in it that makes it do what you want. for yours it would probally just be a loop with an if stament or two.
one nice thing about the basic stamp is it allows 16 lines of I/o so you could have 8 micro switches and 8 servos, if you wanted.
http://www.robotstore.com/catalog/display.asp?pid=475
http://www.robotstore.com/catalog/display.asp?pid=233
one nice thing about the basic stamp is it allows 16 lines of I/o so you could have 8 micro switches and 8 servos, if you wanted.
http://www.robotstore.com/catalog/display.asp?pid=475
http://www.robotstore.com/catalog/display.asp?pid=233
#7
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Joined: May 2005
Posts: 13
Originally Posted by Myt3rocks
i know there are different ways of doing this but one way is to buy a microprocessing unit like the basic stamp 2 and put a program in it that makes it do what you want. for yours it would probally just be a loop with an if stament or two.
one nice thing about the basic stamp is it allows 16 lines of I/o so you could have 8 micro switches and 8 servos, if you wanted.
http://www.robotstore.com/catalog/display.asp?pid=475
http://www.robotstore.com/catalog/display.asp?pid=233
one nice thing about the basic stamp is it allows 16 lines of I/o so you could have 8 micro switches and 8 servos, if you wanted.
http://www.robotstore.com/catalog/display.asp?pid=475
http://www.robotstore.com/catalog/display.asp?pid=233
thanks,
Any other advice?
#8
Tech Adept
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 181
From: Olathe, KS
they sell books on how to progam it but it is pretty easy you just plug in all your stuff and then you type the program into your computer. it uses basic which is probally the easyest lanugage to learn. and it works farily flawlessly




