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Servo function (new?)
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
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Sun, 23 Apr 2000 15:03:39 GMT
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john@coastalgeology.orgSPAMCAKE
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Hello all, here's a servo function that I worked up. It's really very
simple, but I figured that someone else might want to use/hack it up.
My problem was that I wanted to be able to set the servo
(non-continuous) at *any* point in its travel easily. I decided to do
it by percentage. This was because doing it by degrees meant that I'd
have to calculate the total number of degrees that the servo had in
the first place (since they're not exactly 180). I guess I'll still
have to do that if I need a more precise function, but I don't right
now.
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/* minimum and maximum travel values for my servos. I use conservative
numbers because some can use 4600, but some squeal like hell at that
value. You'll obviously want to change these. */
int servo_0 = 500;
int servo_100 = 4000;
/* my micro servos have different values */
int mc_servo_0 = 950;
int mc_servo_100 = 4400;
/* THe argument "servo" is for the model, I actually use 3-4 different
ones, all with different values. If you only have one, take this an
dthe if statement out. */
int set_servo (int servo, int value) {
float p,point;
int range,min,max;
/* Find out which kind of servo it is using model number */
if (servo == 3101) { /* Futaba 3101 is a micro servo */
min = mc_servo_0;
max = mc_servo_100;
} else if (servo == 3003) { /* Futaba 3003 is a regular servo */
min = servo_0;
max = servo_100;
}
/* Get total range of travel */
range = max-min;
/* Calculate value as a percentage */
p = ((float) value) / 100.;
/* Find point of travel that is x percent of total. If you don't add
the minimum value, 100% will be equal to range, not max. 0% will be
way out of range on the low end.*/
point = p * ((float) range) + ((float) min);
return ((int) point);
}
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like I said, it's simple, but it might stop somone from reinventing
the wheel, so to speak.
-J
--
Jonathan Pennington | A computer without Windows
john@coastalgeology.org | is like a dog without bricks
http://www.coastalgeology.org | tied to its head.
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