Diagram of Servo Controller

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Good Evening,
I recently purchased a lynxmotion quadrapod kit (lynxmotion.com/p-885-symmetric-quadruped-kit-flowbotics-studio.aspx). I have began assembling it and have a few questions about the wiring of the battery.

I am using your instruction manual to assemble and wire the SC-32 micro-controller. This is the one I am using: lynxmotion.com/images/html/sq3u-assembly.htm. In the instruction manual, it has two different diagrams. One is a photograph and one is a schematic; they both show how to wire the 9 and 6 volt battery to the micro-controller. Here are the two diagrams I am looking at: drive.google.com/open?id=1pNnvfA7ak7MG-ZCe4f_Ao3hxnjNumCpF and drive.google.com/open?id=1R9gChnFAbPrCjxq8x-DRlfQkd5H7qumN.
One diagram says that the 9V battery wire goes into the VS2 module while the other one says that it goes into the VS1 module. They both are diagrams of the SC-32 micro-controller. Which one is correct? Should I insert the 9V battery wire into the VS2 or VS1 module?

Let me know if you need any additional clarification.

Thanks,
Christopher

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Hi Christopher,

The 9V battery doesn’t connect to neither VS1 nor VS2 if you are using 6V servos. The VS1 and VS2 screw terminal power inputs supply power to the VS1 and VS2 servo vcc lines respectively.
Therefore, if you are using regular RC servos, which is most likely the case, it should be powered with a 4.8V-6V supply.
Doesn’t matter if you connect it to VS1 or VS2 as long as you have the VS1=VS2 jumpers in place.
The 9V battery connects to the VL screw terminal to power the logic through a 5V regulator.

Hope this helps