I am connecting 4 servos to a picaxe 28x1. I am modifying the servos for continous rotation and attathcing wheels to them for a project kind of like a car :).
Each slot for the servos only has 2 pins each while the servo plug requires 3 pronged it appears. Am I able to plug in using only the 2 pins or do I need to solder on a third?
Also as far as programming for continous rotation. How does it work since I am wanting all my wheels to go in the same direction(2 on each side). Is it in the programming like servo 1,100 would go forward and maybe servo 1,XXX would make it go the oposite way?
This is for a school final project,
Any help is much appreciated.
You will have to see when you have it connected up for programming but it will be very simple, tell it to go to one side and it will turn forever to that side. You will understand when you try it.
It the servos are still having their own circuits, have a look at the Start here That explains how to hook up servos. Then just set the servos to different values and see what happens
The fact that you have modified the servos can also mean that you have bypassed all electronics in them. If so, they are just geared motors, and they should be hooked up as such. Also the the Start here for hooking up geared motors. It is impossible for us to know what (2) wires are hooed up to your motor if this is the case. But it should be these 2 that goes to A or B on the board.
BTW are you modifying your servos by getting rid of the mechanical stop and trimming the potentiometer post and setting it at 0 ? Or are you getting rid of the potentiometer and mechanical stop and connecting directly to the motors ?
It is a metal gear servo, so far I have bulled out the plastic piece on the inside of the main gear so it does not catch and then I have also pulled out the little round metal nub off the main gear. I am not sure if I have done this all correctly.
