| Servo motors are used in robotics and tend to be on | | | | travel anywhere from zero to one hundred eighty |
| the smaller side for that purpose. The circuitry is usually | | | | degrees. The motor is smart enough to know how |
| built into the product that you buy, and one of the | | | | much power to apply. If there is a larger distance to |
| greatest benefits of the product is the amount of | | | | travel, more of the engine power will be used. |
| power that it is able to put out. For example, if it is a | | | | The control wire is used to help determine the angle at |
| smaller engine, it will often have a smaller motor. The | | | | which the servo motor turns. A pulse is sent through |
| amount of torque is consistent with the size of the | | | | the control wire, and the length of the pulse will |
| motor. | | | | determine the angle the servo motor changes. The |
| One of the keys of a servo is that it has an output | | | | normal time for a pulse to happen is every twenty |
| shaft. With this shaft, it can be positioned with a coded | | | | milliseconds. A shorter pulse will cause the servo |
| signal that is sent. Sending the same signal will keep | | | | motor to change its direction under ninety degrees |
| the servo at exactly the same position. If a signal is | | | | while a longer pulse will cause the servo motor to |
| changed, this causes the angle of the servo motor to | | | | change its direction more than ninety degrees. |
| change. | | | | Hopefully this article on Servo Motors has given you |
| Servos can be used in many different fields other than | | | | more of a background, which can help if you are |
| robotics. Oftentimes they are used for radio controlled | | | | looking to buy one in the near future. |
| airplanes. A servo motor has a wide radius and can | | | | |