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Question servomotor #38

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thibeaudemol opened this issue Dec 2, 2021 · 2 comments
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Question servomotor #38

thibeaudemol opened this issue Dec 2, 2021 · 2 comments

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@thibeaudemol
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How do we have to power our servomotor? It needs 4.8V, and our board can only deliver 3.6V -> external power supply is needed
@MatsDeMeyer
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The octa has a stepup pin which enabled 5V, have a look at the pinout section in the wiki.

This 5V is linked to each header, so you can add jumper cables there if you want.

@michielaernouts
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connecting a servo motor directly to the Octa might be dangerous, when the motor blocks for some reason there will be high peak currents that can damage the Octa. Consider adding a motor driver to your circuit, I believe Ward was also looking into this

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