Thread: Is the suggested Vision Camera setup ILLEGAL?!
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Re: Is the suggested Vision Camera setup ILLEGAL?!
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Originally Posted by Dave Flowerday
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Originally Posted by FIRST Q&A
ID: 1183 Section: 5.3 Status: Answered Date Answered: 1/14/2005
Q: May we connect servos to the PWM outputs on the CMUcam to take advantage of the automatic pan and tilt control that it provides
A: Yes.
We have our answer.
This answer seems to be contradicted by the following answer.

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Originally Posted by FIRST Q&A
ID:1184 Section:5.3.5 Status:Answered Date Answered:1/14/2005
Q:The suggested camera configuration available from: www.ifirobotics.com requires a servo that pans the camera left and right to be directly connected to the camera board. Is this illegal according to <R53?
A:Yes.
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