Blimey! I bought the wrong survo! You know it’s bad when I say blimey because blimey isn’t even in my vocabulary… but there it is. Blimey!
Surfing on ebay, I bought a couple “360 degree” survos so that hands attached to those could point to something on a labeled cardboard wheel on command. however, I’m controlling speed and not angle. Bleh.
Is there such thing as a 360 degree survo that is angle controlled? Any good links you would recommend? What about modding my survo? Is there something I can re-attach (reading up a bit more now).
Thanks for the advise in advance. I think I’m over the anger now, and am transitioning into depression… Ok I’m done with that now too.
Also, what kind of internet application would you make with a continuous motion survo? Right now I’m thinking webcam control, a bell ringer, hmmm…
You can get a multi turn servo like below where you can position it as desired. If your setup isn't too fancy and doesn't require a lot of torque, you can make a simple setup to make a regular 180 deg servo turn a spool 360 deg or more.
That’s a cool link and refreshing to know. My project will require very little torque or speed. It’s going to hold a clock-like hand that points to something on a dial. I’ll read more into the 180 mod option.
You probably can do what you want using a small piece of wood for support, a nail, two different sized plastic bottle caps, some string, and hot glue to put it all together. Below is a pix of a simple servo setup that used a similar setup to operate a blind control rod that required ~2 turns for full close-open-close. I like the simple (and inexpensive) solutions. ;)
