I am planning my first "robot", if you would call it that =p. I know you can mod a servo for continuous rotation, but I was wondering if you can mod a servo for less rotation, like 90degrees for example.
Thanks for your help
why would you ever do that?a
why would you ever do that?
a servo is build with numbers where 150 is center, 225 is all to one side and 75 is allthe way to the other side
now, standard for a servo is 180° so you can simply (with no hack/mod) just use 150 as center, 200 as "all" the way to one side and 100 is "all" the way to the other side
that would give a standard servo those 90° that you were looking for =D
i hope that helped you!
if not, then tell me your problem!
Like it was stated before
Like it was stated before why would you want to?
If you REALLY wanted to just add a bit of hot glue or plastic to make another stop so it won’t turn as far. Look at the other tutorials on how to modify a servo and you will see the stop that is already in place. You could easily add another to make it rotate less. A software solution is the best since it doesn’t require you to lose funcitonality, jut not use all of the rotation you have available.
yep!a mix of what we both
yep!
a mix of what we both just said!
I think i get it
I think I get what your saying. I am going to be using the servo as a…swinging arm to hit small stuff, and I didnt want it to smack the ground, or hit the object and push it out of the way somehow O.o
when your programming it,
when your programming it, keep the numbers between either 75 and 150 or 225 and 150.
**Standard servos dont have**<br><p>Standard servos dont have safety limits anyway, so whether you add stops for 180 degrees or 90 degress or 42.621 degrees, if you give it a bad pulse or one outside its range it`s going to try going past the limits and break something.
The exception to that is those expensive digital servos and robotic servos.
are you using a picaxe, pic,
are you using a picaxe, pic, or arduino?