[ros-users] Servo Controller Board Problems

koen buys koen.buys at mech.kuleuven.be
Sun Jul 25 08:54:48 UTC 2010


Do you have enough capacitive buffer for the servo motors? (I don't
use this board) It seems like an
dip in your power supply perhaps.

On 22 July 2010 01:50, austen hagio <hagio at usc.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm currently using 2 Pololu USB 16-Servo Controller to control 18 servos in
> my robot. These controller boards have two problems. My first problem is
> that once the node sending servo positions is terminated and restarted, the
> LED on the board flashes red and won't receive the servo positions. So, the
> only way for the board to work again is if I restart my computer. The second
> problem occurs when certain servos suddenly jerk, for some reason, and the
> LED on the board flashes red again. The only way around this problem is also
> to restart my computer.
>
> So I was wondering, is anyone else having these problems and if so, could
> you me out?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Austen
>



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