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Interesting Article And Discussion Describing What Servos Are And How They Work

Saw this today on Hack-a-day. Nothing new to me, but it ties directly to a conversation I was having recently with @RR333 about using a DC motor and why I thought a servo better fit his needs.

https://hackaday.com/2016/03/24/hackaday-dictionary-servo-motors/

Alan


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#1  

I think you will find our learn lesson much more informative: https://synthiam.com/Tutorials/Lesson/48?courseId=6

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#2  

@Alan,

You didn't take the lesson, no soup for you! :)

#3  

I think the articles complement each other well. Yours is more comprehensive, theirs is an easier to digest quick overview. I found some of the comments more interesting than the article though.

Alan

#4  

I didn't see anything in the servo tutorial about if you could control the speed of a servo on a EZ Robot robot. Are they set to operate at a set speed in the programming or can you speed up or slow down the servos?

#5  

You can control the speed in scripts and in most objects that use servos.

Alan

#6  

Thanks for your reply Alan.

Gary