dealing with rotations per minute of a continuous rotation servo...

IIIA.2

Hi, I'm taking robotics as an elective and i think you may categorize me as a 'beginner.' Well, right now my class is dealing with the motor's RPM. Thus, my question is, how can I speculate the RPM of the continuous rotation servo when it is assigned a particular motor speed???

Here is the code sample the teacher handed to me;

' {$STAMP BS2}
' {$PBASIC 2.5}
loopcount var Word
motor_speed var word
loopcount = 150
motor_speed = 1200

DEBUG "Motor On", CR
DO WHILE loopcount <150
Pulsout 13, motor_speed
PAUSE 20
Loopcount = loopcount + 1
LOOP

DEBUG "All done."
END

Thanks [noparse]:)[/noparse]

erco

Empirical observation, Watson! It's all approximate, and will vary based on your particular your setup, servo, load & battery voltage. With fresh batteries, test several different pulsouts and count revolutions per minute and make a lookup chart. It will be roughly repeatable, but RPM will slow down as your load increases or your batteries poop out. For more consistent results, use rechargeable batteries, NiMH or LiPo.

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IIIA.2

Thank you. [noparse]:)[/noparse]

silverback

IIIA.2 said...
Hi, I'm taking robotics as an elective and i think you may categorize me as a 'beginner.' Well, right now my class is dealing with the motor's RPM. Thus, my question is, how can I speculate the RPM of the continuous rotation servo when it is assigned a particular motor speed???

Here is the code sample the teacher handed to me;

' {$STAMP BS2}
' {$PBASIC 2.5}
loopcount var Word
motor_speed var word
loopcount = 150
motor_speed = 1200

DEBUG "Motor On", CR
DO WHILE loopcount <150
Pulsout 13, motor_speed
PAUSE 20
Loopcount = loopcount + 1
LOOP

DEBUG "All done."
END

Thanks [noparse]:)[/noparse]

If you are using a parallax CRServo your pulsout range is 650 to 850


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Franklin

Also the motor won't rotate because of the value of loopcount.

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Spiral_72

Franklin said...
Also the motor won't rotate because of the value of loopcount.

HA! you're right! So to answer your question..... RPM = 0



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