Problem: servo turns to right when motors engage

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Hi all,

I'm trying to make the start here robot with the 18m2 starter kit and I've encountered a problem.

With the current setup, whenever the motors turn on, the servo turns to as far right as possible then back again after they've stopped. I'm using a slightly modified version of the code on the start here page and even when I take all servo commands out of the code this problem still occurs. However, when I run the code without the motors plugged in this problem does not occur.

Can anyone help me?

Cheers

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Its a power problem

It sounds like a power problem, do you have separate fully charged powersources for your controller and another dedicated to your servos and motors ?

Here is why -

 

http://rcarduino.blogspot.com/2012/04/servo-problems-with-arduino-part-1.html

 

http://rcarduino.blogspot.com/2012/04/servo-problems-part-2-demonstration.html

Duane B

rcarduino.blogspot.com

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My 2 motors each run on 3

My 2 motors each run on 3 volts and the servo at 4.8, so do you think i need an extra power source of 6ish volts? (the servo doesn’t move at the same time as the motors) this would just be a pain for the design 

Thanks

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