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The original method of control was to use servo motors mounted in a housing along with limit switches. The servo arm would press upon the limit switch and activate a relay upon actuation. The relay would be used to control the drive motors for the Skills Canada robot.
I disliked the idea of the mechanical method of control mainly due to the fact that it would impose a time delay before the motor started. I also had a feeling that the mechanical method would cause me more grief and frustration in calibrating and construction. I then ventured to a method that I had read up on, on the internet. It was a command called the PULSIN command for measuring pulse length on a pin of a PIC Microcontroller. I felt that this would be a more reliable way of controlling the drive relays, and thus I set forth upon a task of designing a circuit.
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Futaba servo signal interface
1 IntroductionFutaba servo signal interface
1 Introduction
The original method of control was to use servo motors mounted in a housing along with limit switches. The servo arm would press upon the limit switch and activate a relay upon actuation. The relay would be used to control the drive motors for the Skills Canada robot.
I disliked the idea of the mechanical method of control mainly due to the fact that it would impose a time delay before the motor started. I also had a feeling that the mechanical method would cause me more grief and frustration in calibrating and construction. I then ventured to a method that I had read up on, on the internet. It was a command called the PULSIN command for measuring pulse length on a pin of a PIC Microcontroller. I felt that this would be a more reliable way of controlling the drive relays, and thus I set forth upon a task of designing a circuit.
