It depends on the kind of the digital servo. Most digital servos operate externally exactly the same as analog servos, accept the same control pulses every 20ms or so that vary from roughly 1ms to 2ms in width. There's one line of digital servos that only accepts a proprietary 1MHz serial protocol, but all the others (that I know of) by default accept the same pulse train as analog servos and the Stamps will handle them just fine.
my digital is acting funky, whereas the analog works just like it's programmed. i wonder if the new 9 volt battery, vdd, servo receptacle on the boe is not providing the required current needed by the digital.
You're probably right. 9V batteries don't have much capacity and they don't have much peak current capacity. If you're running the servos off the regulated 5V line, the regulator is limited in how much current it can supply. If you're using the 9V directly, you may have damaged the servos. They're not made to run off 9V.
Digital servos can draw higher peak currents than analog servos and analog servos can draw over 1A peak.
thanks, i have protected the servos as i have run them off vdd on bs2 boe for testing, but they don't work. so i will connect my power supply +5v reg and connect the whole kitchen sink and test that way. i'll have plenty of current that way.
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jim
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Digital servos can draw higher peak currents than analog servos and analog servos can draw over 1A peak.
thanks,
jim