Resurrecting burnt out servos!
Ok, I have several burnt out servos, and I believe I know the part that has failed (the same on each). I had the privilege (more like stroke of bad luck) to have one burn out right in my hand, with PCB exposed. I traced the burning smell (and heat) to a small thing that looks like a transistor (I don't know if it is or not). It has 3 pins going in, and 1 pin going out, which looks like its connected to the servo motor's red wire. On it, it says "D J R R" each letter on a corner of the face of the burnt part (transistor). Here are some pictures (sorry they are blurry, anyone have tips on getting cleaner shots of small things?)
Anyways, any insight on how to repair these servos would greatly be appreciated. I would imagine, the first step would be to find a wiring diagram for the servo? Then I'd probably find some replacement transistors (or whatever they are) and then pop 'em in.
Anyways, any insight on how to repair these servos would greatly be appreciated. I would imagine, the first step would be to find a wiring diagram for the servo? Then I'd probably find some replacement transistors (or whatever they are) and then pop 'em in.
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Unless they were expensive enouph to affort the repair...
Thanos
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Better yet, design your own controller.
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My first concern would be to try to figure out why you are going through so many servos’.· Are you supplying too much voltage to them?
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Beau Schwabe
IC Layout Engineer
Parallax, Inc.
http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=525689
http://forums.parallax.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=37088
...I have made this sort of modification several times to cordless screwdrivers.
Ztek (<-I think) makes a nice 2A H-Bridge, I wil try to find a part number
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Beau Schwabe
IC Layout Engineer
Parallax, Inc.
Ohh well..... Here is a 1A H-Bridge that I have used with great success...
www.vishay.com/docs/70007/70007.pdf
company's main page
www.vishay.com/power-ics/
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Beau Schwabe
IC Layout Engineer
Parallax, Inc.
www.vishay.com/power-ics/motor-drive/sales
...based on the link above, Mouser or Allied Electronics look like they carry vishay components.
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Beau Schwabe
IC Layout Engineer
Parallax, Inc.
kelvin
www.hobbyengineering.com/H1194.html
In many instances, this frees up your microcomputer to do other tasks as the PWM generation is more complex than a simple binary left and right control.
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You can simply gut the boards and run two wires out of the servo and you have a simple geared motor.
From there, you can do anything you want to control power and direction. You can use two DPDT relays [noparse][[/noparse]take a look at the Sumobot in the Junkbotics book], build your own freeform BEAM H-bridge, or buy a well engineered device.
The RC speed control may be sending you back into PWM servo boards. There may be some RC hobby suppliers that provide replacement boards as there are replacement gears and replacement cases available. But it is up to you to figure out it that is really saving money.
Personally, I think that if the boards are burnt out, you have a chance to switch to a digitally switched H-bridge as a superior robotic setup.
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"When all think alike, no one is thinking very much.' - Walter Lippmann (1889-1974)
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