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Basic Stamps and Servos/Bipolars

NWUpgradesNWUpgrades Posts: 292
edited 2009-04-11 17:34 in BASIC Stamp
How many Servor and or Bipolar Stepper motors can 1 BS2 chip control at a time without degrading the stability of the motor?

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  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2009-04-11 14:12
    Maybe 3 to 4 servos or 1 stepper motor. Theoretically, a Stamp could control maybe 8 servos, but there's no time left for the Stamp to do anything else like read switches or other sensors and process the sensor information to see what to do with it.

    A Stamp can only do one thing at a time. If it's producing a control pulse for a servo or a sequence of pulses for a stepper motor, it's not doing anything else.
    It can't communicate with anything else, can't provide debug information, can't get commands from something else, can't read sensors.
  • NWUpgradesNWUpgrades Posts: 292
    edited 2009-04-11 17:34
    So, If I use motor controllers for DC, Servo and Bipolar motors, does that make a difference? If not, what is the big deal about them then????? I will be using an ITX motherboard in my robot and thought it would be a good idea to use the BS2 chip, am I wrong?
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