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and now the raw sketch of the movement its all in my had and this is just a quick sketch to help me explain myself
this is the way the eyes should work its a fibre glass kable wich will move like a pupil in front of the black coloured eyehole.
buy the arduino mega? and hook it up to the servos + the controller (joystick for the eyes and levers for the rest)
would it work or am i on the wrong way
thnx i will keep my progress on the mask updated
Buy separate servo controller, that is the best solution. Your program in arduino only needs to calculate the (if there's no external PC-program) coordinates, and simply send it to servo controller. That is the way to do it.
Arduino itself has no servo controller, it is done by program that creates PPM signals, which are needed for servos. Servo controllers are done the same way, they are just dedicated for one job...
Cheers,
Kari
thnx think i got it now
i will get the servocontroller and the servos first and try out hope it works ^^
thnx to all of u
hi, i was trying to same sort of stuff, but i am not a sculpture and failed to do the mask.. i am envious:p. anyway later done just on a plastic head with eyes and chin only.. i wish you all luck and want to see the result..
you asked whether you need another source for power, you will need that because one servo in my case was pulling enough current and when i connected two arduino was resetting itself.. you will need i guess another source of power source then just send the signals via arduino.. i guess servo controllers should deal with that as well .
long time no see i actually had an evil caramel accident so i wasnt really able to work
got my servos and a servocontroller no my first problem ^^
i got 2 types of servos --top line servo RS-2 works the only thing that i noticed is i can turn it way further by hand than the controller actually does can i change that??--
--top line servo VSD-18MBWG hmm so the recomended volts for both is 4.8v-6v but at that voltage the servo doesnt realy move it quivers around but if i increase the Volt it works so whats that??
I just used deafault settings in the maestro controll center
the stuff i use ---Servoboard MAESTRO 12, specs for the servos (RS-2 VSD-18MBWG) Modelcraft Servos - Page 2
ps: if i increase the volt to the servos how much can they take without the blue smoke of success making me sad I was so happy to make a Servo move with the computer like Birthday
THX