Micro Servos

[spacejunk]

I am looking for faster and more powerful micro servos fo my toddler robot. There seems to be very little choice when compared to standard servos.

My main problem is servo jitter. Is there such thing as a digital micro servo?

What would be the best option?

[spacejunk]

Linuxguy, I found something on your website that I thought was questionable:

Many different microcontrollers are nothing more than standard microcontroller parts that have been preprogrammed with firmware to make writing robot control software and accessing hardware easier. Microcontrollers in this catagory include the Basic Stamps, SX, and Propeller from Parallax

The Propeller and SX are “standard microcontroller parts”
Infact, the SX is the core of many BS2 chip (BS2e-BS2px)

Just trying to help.

[linuxguy]

@spacejunk

The Propeller and SX are “standard microcontroller parts”
Infact, the SX is the core of many BS2 chip (BS2e-BS2px)

Is the problem that the SX and Propeller chips are not specifically targeted to robotics? In that case, then they would not really belong in the same category as the BS2. I should strike that whole segment, since most microcontrollers can be used in many different areas, and even the most specialized ones have some general purpose features. It really isn’t fair to categorize microcontrollers. I’m not sure what I was thinking when I wrote that.

8-Dale

[spacejunk]

@linuxguy

@spacejunk

The Propeller and SX are “standard microcontroller parts”
Infact, the SX is the core of many BS2 chip (BS2e-BS2px)

Is the problem that the SX and Propeller chips are not specifically targeted to robotics? In that case, then they would not really belong in the same category as the BS2. I should strike that whole segment, since most microcontrollers can be used in many different areas, and even the most specialized ones have some general purpose features. It really isn’t fair to categorize microcontrollers. I’m not sure what I was thinking when I wrote that.

8-Dale

The SX and propeller belong in the category with PICs and Atmel chips, while the BS2 and Basic Atom are hybrid controllers that consist of a PIC, SX or other prossers with support hardware and a bootloader. The SX does not usually use a bootloader when it is used as a stand alone chip.

[linuxguy]

@spacejunk

The SX and propeller belong in the category with PICs and Atmel chips, while the BS2 and Basic Atom are hybrid controllers that consist of a PIC, SX or other prossers with support hardware and a bootloader. The SX does not usually use a bootloader when it is used as a stand alone chip.

It’s becoming more and more difficult to catagorize microcontrollers, so I am going to stop trying to. The lines are getting more and more blurred everyday.

I was looking for the place I wrote that questionable segment, but can’t seem to remember what section it was in.

8-Dale

[spacejunk]

It was in "Robotics, Multipods, Walk 'N Roll, The Brain.

Or atleast I think.

[linuxguy]

@spacejunk

It was in "Robotics, Multipods, Walk 'N Roll, The Brain.

That’s where it was, and I reworked that whole page. I’ll be revisiting my design for Walk 'N Roll soon, as I incorporate new stuff I have learned, including conversion of the design to use motors instead of continuous rotation servos, which will not be powerful enough to move the robot.

8-Dale