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Unread 08-03-2012, 00:31
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servo jitters

Our Hi-Tech servo from the KOP jitters when it's programmed to stay still. It does this regardless of whether we run our shooter motors (2 rs550s from banebots).

We were told by another team that the jittering might be caused by electrical noise in the digital sidecar.

The servo is placed at the same height as the shooter motors, about 6 inches away, along the same piece of c-channel. We had to extend the cable for the servo to reach the digital sidecar. At one point the cable for the servo crosses paths with the wires powering the motors , without touching.

Has anyone else experienced this problem?
Does anyone know of a way to remedy this?
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