chewing up servo gear teeth?
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hey....
first off...thanks to those who answered my last post, i think im
getting it figured out now...
but when i was testing the servos with different pulsout
widths.....the servos internal gears chewed themselves up.....this
happened to TWO servos...both Hitec-303's (bought from
www.servocity.com ...good company!) anyways.....i thought the pot. in
the servo should slow it down and keep that from happening?? are
hitec servos just junk? or did i do sometihng wrong...
i wreak of newbie
thanks
Greg
first off...thanks to those who answered my last post, i think im
getting it figured out now...
but when i was testing the servos with different pulsout
widths.....the servos internal gears chewed themselves up.....this
happened to TWO servos...both Hitec-303's (bought from
www.servocity.com ...good company!) anyways.....i thought the pot. in
the servo should slow it down and keep that from happening?? are
hitec servos just junk? or did i do sometihng wrong...
i wreak of newbie
thanks
Greg
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the servo beyond one limit or the other, it turns until it hits the stop and
bangs on the gears. The servo should always move smoothly and not chatter.
When I was learning servos, I physically turned them to the center position
each time I tried some new code -- that way I knew which way it was trying
to turn.
Something else came to mind -- I think there may be a bug on the BS2 chips
or the editor concerning the PULSOUT statement. I've run across this a
couple of times and it always catches me briefly. If you have the stamp
connected to the PC and have a PULSOUT statement in the code it will only
execute properly one time *unless* you have a DEBUG statement in the code
somewhere. A "Hello World" statement works fine. Don't know why it works
this way, but...
Original Message
> first off...thanks to those who answered my last post, i think im
> getting it figured out now...
>
> but when i was testing the servos with different pulsout
> widths.....the servos internal gears chewed themselves up.....this
> happened to TWO servos...both Hitec-303's (bought from
> www.servocity.com ...good company!) anyways.....i thought the pot. in
> the servo should slow it down and keep that from happening?? are
> hitec servos just junk? or did i do sometihng wrong...
*very* close. My computer crashed recently or I would look up the
range I use for the BS2SX. If you need it, I will try to get it for you.
Hope this helps.
Doug
On 12 Jul 2001, at 21:35, Rodent wrote:
> On an unmodified servo, If you issue a PULSOUT command that tries to
> move the servo beyond one limit or the other, it turns until it hits
> the stop and bangs on the gears. The servo should always move smoothly
> and not chatter. When I was learning servos, I physically turned them
> to the center position each time I tried some new code -- that way I
> knew which way it was trying to turn.
>
> Something else came to mind -- I think there may be a bug on the BS2
> chips or the editor concerning the PULSOUT statement. I've run across
> this a couple of times and it always catches me briefly. If you have
> the stamp connected to the PC and have a PULSOUT statement in the code
> it will only execute properly one time *unless* you have a DEBUG
> statement in the code somewhere. A "Hello World" statement works fine.
> Don't know why it works this way, but...
>
>
Original Message
>
> > first off...thanks to those who answered my last post, i think im
> > getting it figured out now...
> >
> > but when i was testing the servos with different pulsout
> > widths.....the servos internal gears chewed themselves up.....this
> > happened to TWO servos...both Hitec-303's (bought from
> > www.servocity.com ...good company!) anyways.....i thought the pot.
> > in the servo should slow it down and keep that from happening?? are
> > hitec servos just junk? or did i do sometihng wrong...
>
>
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