Hi Dave,
I am interested on what the chip inside the servo does, not on the
pulse. The pulse is the command you give it but the chip inside
translates that into angle and direction.
Regards	
	Luis 

Luis Moreira
luis.moreira@jet.uk
tel. 01235464615
JET PSU Department
UKAEA Culham Division
J20/1/55, Culham Science Centre
Abingdon
Oxfordshire
OX14 3DB


-----Original Message-----
From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf
Of Dave VanHorn
Sent: 12 July 2005 16:26
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.; 'Microcontroller
discussion list - Public.'
Subject: Re: [EE] R/C servos

At 01:31 AM 7/12/2005, Luis Moreira wrote:
>Hi guys
>On the R/C servos when you stop at a certain position do you rely on
the
>high torque generated by the gears to keep the motor braked or does the
>controller inside the servo actually breaks the motor electrically? If
it is
>the later do you guys have any info on it that you could share. Best
regards
>                 Luis

If you stop pulsing, then you're only held by friction.
If you keep pulsing, then you are held electrically. 

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