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dakhr · Joined: 13 Oct 2010 Posts: 2

Hi
I'm happy to join your community.Im completly novice in motion control and drives.I need some guidance to start.
1.What i need to buy to build basic project eg feedback control speed of motor with use of an encoder
2.How to put all hardware together

jharvey · Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 9:41 am Post subject:

Hi and welcome along.

Are you looking to upgrade an RC servo or are you looking to modify one such that it supports full rotation? The wiki is a good place to get a lot of good info.

A basic setup could include the OSIF and OSV3. By connecting them to a PC's USB, and installing the OSV3 in a common RC servo, you can control the servo via PC program.

dakhr · Joined: 13 Oct 2010 Posts: 2

jharvey · Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 8:41 pm Post subject:

Yup full rotation is supported with OpenEncoder often short handed as OE. The board can be purchased on batchPCB's service at this page.

http://batchpcb.com/index.php/Products/23010

More about OE in the wiki at this page.

http://www.openservo.com/ConstructionTutorial_MG995_open-encoder

I see OE is no longer the top rated board on batchPCB, if you like the board please vote for it, it's kind of fun having the top rated board.

I have several of the SLA shafts, and a pile of the magnets. If your interested in making an OE board, let me know and I can sell some to you.