Servo recommendations

Other Hardware Motors, Mechanics, Power and CNC
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Hello,
I need to control a steel cylinder and an egg shaped agitator with servo driven belts.

The cylinder is water melon sized.

The agitator is about the size of an iphone and made of rubber.

I want the single servo to drive both units.
I want as much control as I can get out of the servo.
I imagine it has to be 12V mains power (UK) integrated into the control circuit.

I would like to know any recommended servos that I can control with the Arduino.
Also, anything I should be looking for in buying a strong, compact servo.

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The 'normal' servo motor that can be connected to the Arduino are small.
This info could be useful, Linear Actuator, Servo, ESC, Leonardo - #10 by system - Project Guidance - Arduino Forum

For stronger servo motors, specific driver modules are needed. Not all of those can be connected to the Arduino. Many times a DC motor with a gear is used and some kind of simple feedback.

Could you make a drawing of what you want to achieve ?

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I want as much control as I can get out of the servo.

What type of control would that be?

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I imagine it has to be 12V mains power (UK) integrated into the control circuit.

I must have missed the news where the UK replaced their mains grid with a bunch of old car batteries.
GrumpyMike must have had a hand in that. :wink:

Lefty