So I'm using 3 servo motors with 3 pots and I have a separate 5v 1A power supply connected paralelly to the motors and potentiometers with the common ground from the arduino.. my question is why are the servo motors stuck in the maximum position ( can't be turned by hand with supply on) and after a few minutes it resulted to a faulty servo motor. All the motors are working before it become faulty.. Thanks in Advance
You are being strangely secretive about your problem. We can't help you unless you show us your code and your wiring diagram (a photo of a clear pencil sketch will be fine).
...R
It should not happen. To answer your question : because something is definitely wrong !
Did you connect the potentiometer to the Arduino analog inputs ?
Can you measure the power supply ? is it really 5V ?
It is possible that all the servo motor are faulty... if you bought them very cheap from Ebay. However, I think that something else is wrong.
Can you give links, brand, or type, or photos or schematic of everything you have: Which Arduino board ? Which servo motors ? How is it wired ? Which power supply ?
Sorry, I'm just new to this forums and arduino in general..
So I use an arduino uno and I just use the basic knob code and just x3 the servo and pots and vals declared..
I am using a regulated 1A 5v power supply kit. And Yeah I bought the servo motor:
http://www.emaxmodel.com/views.asp?hw_id=1287
Is it possible that a moment that I reverse the polarity completely break my servo motors?
As far as I can tell, it is like this:
Brown : GND
Red : +4.8 to 6V
Yellow/Orange : signal wire
If you connected it wrong, they might be damaged.
FFchocobo:
Sorry, I'm just new to this forums and arduino in general..So I use an arduino uno and I just use the basic knob code and just x3 the servo and pots and vals declared..
I am using a regulated 1A 5v power supply kit. And Yeah I bought the servo motor:http://www.emaxmodel.com/views.asp?hw_id=1287
Is it possible that a moment that I reverse the polarity completely break my servo motors?
As already requested, Code and Wiring diagram if you want help. Otherwise everyone is just guessing, and its not meant to be a pub quiz.
...R