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So I have tried 2 different types of servo and 5 in total and they all do the same thing. I am trying the servo sweep example and it just makes the arduino connect and disconnected every second. The wires are orange to 9, red to + brown to -. and i have tried other combos as well. I have tried different pwm pins and analog pins but it isnt working!!! I think theres something wrong with the arduino.
I have tried different computers, different servos, different wire, different combos of wires, the only thing i havent changed is the arduino. But it (the arduino) works fine with led's and buttons. WTF IS HAPPENING???

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Have you tried using an external supply for the servo? It could be that the servo is drawing too much current, causing a sag and resetting the Arduino. You don't indicate what servo you have (ie, model, manufacturer, etc) nor do you say what "+" and "-" mean, so all I can go on is that you are trying to power the servo from the Arduino itself.

...and yes, while the tutorial shows this, that will only work properly with -some- low-current servos, and not while they are under load; you should always power servos from their own power supply, not from the Arduino's 5 volt regulator.

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Servo external power wiring.

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I have tried a 6v external which should definitely be sufficient but it still isnt working. With the external battery it does nothing, no buzzing, no sound nothing at all. I'm sure i am doing it right and I double and triple checked using the diagram zoomkat provided.
I have 2 different types of servos but preferably i would like to use the corona.
Corona CS-929MG
TowerPro SG90

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I'm sure i am doing it right and I double and triple checked using the diagram zoomkat provided.

Best post a pic of what you have then.... photo of hand drawn sketch would be ok

[Reply #5 on:]

Found the problem. Pretty ashamed to say that the battery was dead. switched it out just now and its working fine
 

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the only thing i havent changed is the arduino.

Oh, and the battery... 

[Reply #7 on:]

haha

[Reply #8 on:]

It happens! 

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Hello ppl...
had the same problem as mrronoah..but that "external supply to servo" solution worked and now it is working fine...
but i have a doubt...
that pin 13 internal led glows when i am using the servo sweep code even though its not defined in d code...
why is that happening? is that ok?
or is my arduino not working properly?

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that pin 13 internal led glows when i am using the servo sweep code even though its not defined in d code...
why is that happening? is that ok?
or is my arduino not working properly?

Seems that's nothing to worry about: there's been a lot of discussion about that here, and iirc the led on 13 being on all the time seems to have snuck in on a certain version. I'm hazy on the details. Mine is on by default, and it annoys the crap out of me, so I just throw a digitalWrite in at the top of each sketch to turn it off.

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phew! thanks a lot!
i feared my arduino was not proper.