Re: TI-H: G3 Rocks and a servo question???


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Re: TI-H: G3 Rocks and a servo question???




Thats what im talking about ...like Futaba servoes...!
>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
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>-------------------------------------------------------
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>>>
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>>>http://www.eatel.net/~whitmore
>>
>>
>>
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