Does anyone know what are the limitations on programming the endpoints for the Hi Tec digital servos – in particular the HS-5645. Can you program it go go beyond the 180 degrees potentially, and if so how far? Also are they generally a lot smoother than the analog counterpart? If I send a pulse width of 0 over the SSC like the analog version does it go dead?
Thanks …
All hobby servos are limited to 180°. It’s a hardware limitation of the potentiometer in the output. They are smoother than analog. If you stop sending pulses it will continue to hold position. In fact there is no way to turn them off so to speak. Adjusting for 180°…
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Thank you very much for the fast response.
Seems to me that you could have a multi-turn pot – giving up some resolution – possibly some hack in like they do for continuous rotation. But I have not taken apart one of these things yet and I am sure getting a mechanical equivalent would be difficult. However, that is a secondary thing.
It is actually a nice feature to be able to turn off the analog servos with a 0 pulse width – that way it can do its thing and then go rest. Too bad the digital ones do not have that feature.
Thanks again for the quick respoonse. I am thinking of going to the Digital servos on the SES robot arm in order to smooth out some of the motion and was hoping I would see an improvement.