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Re: Servo controlers for mindstorms?
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 29 May 1999 04:43:14 GMT
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I should have ben more clear I am interested in what people have ben doing
with software and hardware. Just trying to find out as much as I can about
it:)
Kekoa Proudfoot wrote in message ...
> Patrick Lawrence <pat@hpnc.com> wrote:
> > Does any one know of some kind of "adapter" to get servos to work with • the
> > mindstorms set?
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> Do you mean a piece of hardware or a piece of software?
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> I do not know of any hardware to convert from the Mindstorms output ports
> to the servo inputs, so if you desire to do this sort of thing you will
> presumably have to get cozy with a soldering iron.
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> As for software, the current Mindstorms software generates 1 kHz waveforms,
> which aren't exactly what you want for fine control of a servo, but
> reportedly somebody has tried this already and it is enough to position the
> servo at either of its endpoints. If you are willing to write a low-level
> servo driver, I believe it is possible to go further and control the motor
> outputs with enough finesse to finely position a servo, but I'm not sure
> because I haven't heard anything about this having been done yet.
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> -Kekoa
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| (...) Do you mean a piece of hardware or a piece of software? I do not know of any hardware to convert from the Mindstorms output ports to the servo inputs, so if you desire to do this sort of thing you will presumably have to get cozy with a (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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