<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Wait, what? Did I miss a schematic or something?</div><div><br></div><div>Servo control pins are low current signal pins. You hook the power pins to you bower supply and the control pin to an IO pin. The servo itself has the transistors and stuff needed so you can avoid an H bridge. <br><br>Thanks,<div><br></div><div>gopi@iPhone</div><div><br></div></div><div><br>On Sep 8, 2012, at 17:32, Sean Cusack <<a href="mailto:sean.p.cusack@gmail.com">sean.p.cusack@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>It looks like the problem is that the servo is trying to draw 155mA but your arduino can only supply 40mA per pin. You'll need to move into an H-bridge setup or something else where you can add more power to your setup!<div>
<br></div><div>Sean<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Tracy Jacobs <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kinetical@comcast.net" target="_blank">kinetical@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div> <div><p>Has anyone used servos from Phidgets before? I ordered some high <br> torque servos from them:<br> <a href="http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=3212_0" target="_blank">http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=3212_0</a><br>
<br> but they don't seem to be compatible with my Arduino. Can anyone <br> tell me what else I would need to make these servos work or suggest <br> another high torque continuous rotation servo that would be compatible <br>
with the Arduino and the Arduino servo shield I already have? Thanks <br> for your advice,<br> <br> Tracy<br> </p> </div> <div style="color:#fff;min-height:0">__._,_.___</div> <div style="clear:both;margin-bottom:10px;white-space:nowrap;color:#666;padding-top:15px">
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