Hey guys. Throwing this one out there. I have a low profile servo from Korea called the protek PTK-160T. It’s a 7.4v servo with some good power. But this servo has one issue I’ve not experienced. The degree of steps seems really big to me giving me chunky moves instead of nice smooth degrees. It sounds like someone added a box of rocks to it. Having two I added the second one only to get the same degrees of motion and chunky sound.
My question is the pulse says 1520us/333 htz. Would this have anything to do with compatibility with EZB ? Some how creating larger degrees per step?! I’m at a loss. These were a bit pricey at $110. But more importantly they need to work.
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EZB/Iotiny firmware is tailored for EZ-Robot servos specifications. The specifications are not listed neither are relevant for the EZ-Robot offer.
1520 us(microseconds) is the center position.
EZB 4 uses the following fixed (firmware) values:
http://www.ez-robot.com/Community/Forum/Thread?threadId=9625
Code:
So your center position will be > 90 (degrees), if you don't need full 180 degrees it's not an issue.
300 hz is the "update" frequency
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/pulse-width-modulation
your servo allows higher frequencies. You can always run a fast rated servo at lower refresh frequencies, but you can't run a slow rated servo at fast refresh frequencies.
no problem here too.
Operating speed:
EZ-Robot servo speed:
https://www.robotshop.com/en/ezrobot-heavy-duty-servo.html
https://www.servocity.com/servo-power-speed
So your servo is fast or very fast. So how you control speed ?
Speed is done by software (firmware), EZB firmware has 10 different speed values. The firmware creates the smooth effect using a different step increment and/or different delay between step increments.
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https://www.ez-robot.com/Community/Forum/Thread?threadId=9081
So i believe you have the experience of high speed Ferrari through a slow camera rate
You mentioned two servos, both have the same behavior, unless both are defective it's my best explanation.
I don’t ever use the Auto Position control or speed controls when I do my animations. Every motion is built up over time using the finger pad and two axis at a time. Eventually I have one master animation that contains 10s of animations layered on top of one another.
If anyone is interested in seeing my process I’d be happy to put together a video of the process.
Also as @PTP mentioned, your center value is going to be off so be prepared to lose some resolution and add some max/min values in order to stop the servo from hitting it's internal end stop.
@jeremie can you tell me what not to look for in a Servo, so I don’t make this mistake again. I’m always looking for fast (.06/60sec or below) 7.4v and sometimes non standard servos, as in this case a low profile to fit the space. Finding servos to match my criteria often limits my choices. By knowing not what to pick should narrow my chances for success?! Thanks.
@bob as soon as I assemble alan and alena for their test ( before paint) , I will create a video to show how I build up motions.