Mulberry
USA
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Resolved by Steve G!
Evening All
Electronics novice here :-)
I'm attempting to connect a two wire servo (need more torque) to EZ. Is this possible?
Thanks,
D.Scott
@Mulberry.
It sounds like what you have is a DC motor, not a servo. A servo needs three wires, ground and positive to supply power, and a signal wire to get the information it needs to turn in which direction, and how far.
With a DC motor (which I suspect you have), you will need a motor controller or H-Bridge. This allows the motor to go in either forwards or reverse directions, and controls the speed (if the motor controller or H-Bridge has a speed control option). This connects to the EZ-B digital pins and the two motor wires connects to the two motor output on the motor controller. Below is a very good tutorial a member wrote which explaines what a H-Bridge does and how to connect it.
H-Bridge tutorial.
@Steve's right, It's a DC motor.... Is this a Vex product? You will need a H-bridge, sabertooth or another type of motor controller to use it....
I thought it was odd with only two wires but since it was listed as the GWS Heavy Duty S777 6BB servo Motor I though perhaps it was something special. Link is below:
http://www.robotshop.com/en/gws-heavy-duty-s777-6bb-servo-motor.html
I've worked with H-Bridges so that's not a problem.
Thanks,
Daniel
@Mulberry The above link you provided ( GWS servo) indicates it is indeed a normal 3 wire servo...
Do you actually have the device in hand? The photograph shows 3 wires, and the description is that of a regular servo.
Alan
Good idea Alan... @Mulberry do you have a pic or link to exactly what 2 wire motor you are referring to?
I agree. The one in the photo does look like it has white signal, red Vcc and black ground wires.
Like the others asked, post a pic if you can, and let's see what you've got.
Big whoops
There are 3 wires. Last year I had separated them, installed the servo in it's bracket, and the third wire got tucked out of sight. Lesson learned. Start a step, finish a step.
Thanks everyone,
Daniel
Right, it's all making sense now. I thought you were supplied a dodgy servo for a minute. Thanks for letting us know.