Servo Question

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• Jon Williams Posts: 6,491

  2004-08-07 14:38 edited 2004-08-07 14:38

  A standard hobby servo has three connections: 1) Power, 2) Ground, 3) Signal in. Since there is a single power input, one must assume the designers have protected the electronics inside from motor noise.
  
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• Chris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406

  2004-08-07 20:09 edited 2004-08-07 20:09

  Jon Williams said...
  A standard hobby servo has three connections: 1) Power, 2) Ground, 3) Signal in. Since there is a single power input, one must assume the designers have protected the electronics inside from motor noise.

  Good one Jon!· I couldn't help but chuckle when I read that last part...·
  
  
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• HODX Posts: 13

  2004-08-08 15:23 edited 2004-08-08 15:23

  What I really wanted to know is, is it possible to use the electronics with a larger motor..like making a giant servo?
• Jon Williams Posts: 6,491

  2004-08-08 15:29 edited 2004-08-08 15:29

  Probably not; better to buy a pre-built servo the size your project requires.
  
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• Jerry Posts: 18

  2004-08-08 17:18 edited 2004-08-08 17:18

  Can you give a source for this type of sero?
• Jon Williams Posts: 6,491

  2004-08-08 17:20 edited 2004-08-08 17:20

  Check with the various servo manufacturers (Google is your friend) -- I don't have any personal needs so I don't know a supplier off-hand. That said, I have seen servos as large as motorcycle batteries (I think the ones I saw were from Grand Wing Servo), so I know they're out there.
  
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• Bruce Bates Posts: 3,045

  2004-08-09 13:27 edited 2004-08-09 13:27

  Jerry -
  
  The R/C servos on the page below are some of the largest I've ever seen:
  http://www.vantec.com/products.htm
  
  Make SURE you check the prices though as they are quite expensive!
  
  Regards,
  
  Bruce Bates