Quick question:
What pulse does the Arduino servo library automatically use for its .write() function?
Is it 1000 - 2000 or...?
What is "pulse" in Your opinion? A pulse has a duration and pulses have a frequency.
1000 - 2000....... ??????? Not light years but what?
What is it You want to handle?
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by "pulse" I meant pulse width as in pulse width modulation, as it the duration of the pulse.
When writing to any servo, there is a range of pulse durations which correspond to different positions. Devices differ in their range of min and max pulse width, with standard being around 1000, but some things are 200-600 etc. I was curious to know what "pulse" is automatically used.
Standard is a pulse width of 1500us is 90 degrees, 1000us is 0 degrees and 2000us is 180 degrees. But, like you say, the real world is not perfect. When I buy a servo I will characterize it by finding the pulse width for the limits. The limits are not necessarily 0 and 180 either.
If you attach a servo without writing to it first, the default position will be 90 degrees (1500us).
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