Powering HS-485 with Ni-Mh Battery

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Hi,

Just a quick question about powering a hexapod that I am building. I have purchased 18 HS-485HB servos and plan to power them with a BAT-05 2800mAh Ni-Mh battery. It’s nominal voltage is 6.0V however its full charge voltage is 7.25V.

Am I likely to run into issues powering them at 7.25V?

Also, controlling them from an SSC-32, if I use a separate battery for the logic and the servos attempt to draw too much current causing the voltage to drop - will the SSC-32 still reset?

Thanks

Chris

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Hi Chris,

We are using the BAT-05 in our kits to power the servos without any issues. The voltage should drop a bit when putting a charge (motor etc) on it.

The SSC-32 does have separate power options for the logic and the servos so if you use two batteries and connect the jumpers for separate power, you will not have problems.
It will not reset unless the VL voltage go too low (separate battery).

all the best,