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Re: how many servos on handyboard?
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
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Wed, 17 May 2000 05:28:43 GMT
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Original-From:
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Charles Hacker <C.Hacker@mailbox.gu/avoidspam/.edu.au>
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The base Handy Board is designed to control 4 DC motors.
The DC motor output ports CAN be used to control 4 (four) stepper
motors. Remember that a stepper motor needs a square wave pulse
continually sent to the motor for operation, and the mark / space
(time high / time low) pulse determines the position.
So by writing code for the motor outputs, you can control 4 (four)
stepper motors, (but YOU need to entire the code to do this).
The expansion board has outputs to control servo's directly, but not
having the expansion, I do not know about it.
> I'd like to know how many servos the handy board can control. On the FAQ it
> says 2, in the documentation it says 4 DC motors. what's the deal? (am I
> stupid? I'm new at this)
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> also, when you plug an expansion board, do you get 6 EXTRA servos? or those
> are the only ones you can still use? How about the rest? do all imputs
> remain free on the handyboard and everything on the expansion board is
> extra? than you.
Charles Hacker
Lecturer in Electronics, Computing and Physics
School of Engineering
Griffith University - Gold Coast
PMB 50 Gold Coast Mail Centre
Southport Queensland 9726
Australia.
Email - C.Hacker@mailbox.gu.edu.au
Ph. (07) 5594 8670
Fax.(07) 5594 8065
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| I'd like to know how many servos the handy board can control. On the FAQ it says 2, in the documentation it says 4 DC motors. what's the deal? (am I stupid? I'm new at this) also, when you plug an expansion board, do you get 6 EXTRA servos? or those (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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