Re: TI-H: G3 Rocks and a servo question???
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Re: TI-H: G3 Rocks and a servo question???
I was talking about other servos. Ignore me. I was linking this to the
robot discussion and thinking of the 3 wire remote controlled car servos.
I'm human. (unless you ask my friends <g>)
~Larry C
Larry1492@juno.com
On Wed, 25 Mar 1998 22:47:08 -0700 gussie@alaska.net (Grant Stockly)
writes:
>
>Opps...I guess I need to get some new servos. (other than the ones
>used in
>a 1979 wang computer) :) They were different 19 years ago... :)
>
>>The guy at the bottom is right about the servos. They do run on a
>pulse
>>channel. Servos can also be modified to accept a continuous 'pulse'
>and
>>complete a 306 degree rotation in either direction. I have
>successfully
>>modified my servos into 'motors'. These can be used along with the
>BS1 to make
>>things such as a robot. Is anyone else working on a way to program
>basic
>>stamps with their TI calc? This is something I am interested in and
>would like
>>to start trying.
>>
>>Greg
>>
>>Ritchie Argue wrote:
>>
>>> >>> >In the current war of processors -- the PowerPC G3 in Macs vs.
>the
>>> >>> >Intel Pentium II for Windows -- whose faster-than-thou claims
>do you
>>> >>>believe?
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > Apple 1781 (63%)
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > Intel 1037 (37%)
>>> >>
>>> >>That 63% sure know what they're talking about! (=
>>> >>
>>> >>Wish I had a G3!!! I'll take a G3 over a PC any day, and if I
>ever get a
>>> >>PC, I'll trade it for a G3! (: I don't need a PC other than my
>old P75
>>> >>with no CD or sound. I havn't touched it for over 2 months!
>>> >>
>>> >>Also, Servos have 3 wires. How are they run??? If anyone knows
>let me
>>> >>know?
>>> >
>>> >Most 'GND' '+L' '+R'...
>>>
>>> Actually I think that servos are gnd, +, and a pulse channel where
>the
>>> width of the pulse is proportional to the angle of the servo arm.
>Check
>>> out the issue of Circuit Cellar ink with robots on the cover (I
>think it's
>>> jan or feb 98). One of the articles has a blurb about the workings
>of a
>>> servo.
>>>
>>> Ritchie
>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>-------------------------------------------------------
>>"I will never submit to the ones I will not be like!"
>>
>>get the latest on syncity
>>http://www.eatel.net/~whitmore
>
>
>
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