Need help powering my M 996R servo with a hex fly 3000mah 7.2v nimh

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So I'm using 4.0 banana plugs to make jumper wire to connect from battery to breadboard and Arduino. Was wondering if I can just use the parts that I have and power the servo or will I need additional parts. If I don't need additional parts can someone help me with the circuit design

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The ground of the battery should be connected to the ground of the Uno, in this case.

Servo stuff

Power externally.

power distribution blocks.

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Space is very important on my project that's why I have the bare minimal, but I'm also a complete noob so after I connect the battery ground to Arduino ground where do I connect the servo motor positive and negative wires? Can you use the numbers on the breadboard picture I sent you?

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Also on that diagram they don't have the positive or negative should I just remove that on my breadboard and follow the instructions or use the negative positive and then use the a to connect the brown wire?

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what voltage is the servo rated for? do you need a regulator to reduce it?

does the signal to the servo need to be at that voltage or can it be at a lower voltage available from the Arduino?

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I really don't connect servo motors to bread boards. Typically bread boards are unable to supply the current but.

Did you use the internet and words to try to see what you could find?

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Operating voltage is 6-7.2v , the load I want to carry on the servo i need 7.2v

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You can do it however you want. Good luck.

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Thanks for the help

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So I copied the circuit on the Autodesk powering a servo tutorial and the breadboard lit up and got super hot , so I don't know what could be the problem. I connected ground first. The only thing that could be the culprit is the jumper wire I'm using is not connecting to the battery they said they are stackable so I plugged in the backside of one to the negative side to the negative side of the battery.Amazon.com. Is there another way I can use the servo without the breadboard?

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Was able to connect the servo to the Arduino without the hex fly battery, bad news I wasted money on a battery , good news is the servo is working thanks guys.

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Sounds like the servos are drawing more power than the breadboard can handle. You will need a different way to route power from your battery to your servos. For minimum size, solder a bunch of jumper wires to the battery negative connector and a bunch of jumper wires to the battery positive connector. Each servo gets one positive and one negative wire.