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Subject: 
expansion board - servo control
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
Date: 
Wed, 23 Dec 1998 14:04:41 GMT
Original-From: 
shsc9801@condorANTISPAM.stcloudstate.edu
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Hello,

I emailed this to the handy board list and got one response. I am mailing
it back hoping that I can get some more responses from those on the list
and perhaps fred.

> Hi,
> 
> I stopped working with the handyboard for a while but just started back up
> again.  I put the expansion board onto my handyboard and began testing it.
> After testing the general tests done before with just the handyboard I
> started testing the servo ports.
> 
> I am having some trouble with controlling the ports though.  When I enter
> init_expbd_servos(int action); from the computer via IC, the motor turns
> completely clockwise.  It does not matter what my integer is as long as it
> is not zero.  I am not sure what the action variable should be in any case.
> I also am unable to change the direction of the servo no matter what action
> value is given or what value I give servo0, the port that the motor is
> plugged into.
> 
> Can anyone give me any suggestions as to how to control the servo?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Scott Sherman
> shsc9801@condor.stcloudstate.edu
> ACS
> SCSU
> 



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  Re: expansion board - servo control
 
hard to tell what is wrong. do you have a scope so that you can view the servo control signal. fred In your message you said: (...) (28 years ago, 23-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)

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