Re: [oopic] Single 6V battery constraint

You haven't stated how many or what size servos you'll be using. You
also haven't specified what size or chemistry batteries you're
using. Without that information, I can't advise you.

At 12:27 PM 11/4/2007, pvbeachdiver wrote:
>For a competition, batteries are constrained to 4 x 1.5V batteries (or
>a 4.8 single battery pack).
>
>The plan was to use ooPIC oServerSP Object to control direction and
>speed of an RC servo-motor.
>
>However, notes at www.oopic.com/oservosp.htm advise:
>
>"be sure not to power the servo from the same power supply as the
>ooPIC. A servo will pull large amounts of power in quick surges
>causiong the servo's power supply to periodically drop below 4.5
>volts.. The ooPIC has a brown otu circuti that resets the ooPIC if its
>power goes under 4.5 volts. Using separate power suppplies will
>prevent the ooPIC from resetting when driving a servo".
>
>Is there a workaround for this problem, or does the constraint
>effectively eliminate the use of the ooPIC for this competition?

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