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OpenServo hobby servo hack for robotics

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By wsc
-  Sun Apr 02, 2006 5:34 pm #11778
Very cool project. I'll pipe up and say that I like the choices of writing in C, I2C bootloader, and using the m168. Current sensing is a really cool addition, now if only you could squeeze encoders inside the servo housing ;)

If you're looking for more people to join, you should make a post over at AVRfreaks.net although it looks like they got hacked again...

By andylippitt
-  Sun Apr 02, 2006 8:12 pm #11786
There is one member who will likely be working on encoder input soon. For the most part people are trying to use this project in place of R/C style servo boards and don't want to replace any of the other hardware, but there are a few that are stepping well outside that scope. The extra flash and IO on the mega will allow support for wide ranging applications.
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